Former coach of MMA icon Georges St-Pierre arrested in Argentina A former coach of mixed martial artist Georges St-Pierre was arrested for suspected involvement in an international money laundering network. Vargotskii is a former cornerman for retired UFC champion Georges St-Pierre. Vargotskii, whose surname is also spelled Vargotsky, is himself a former kick-boxing champ from Ukraine and an ex-Soviet Union special forces sniper who served in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
Vargotskii was the last of 19 suspects to be arrested as the result of a major RCMP investigation targeting a criminal organization in Montreal and Toronto. The two-year investigation led to the arrest of 17 suspects in February 2019. Another suspect, Francisco Javier Jimenez Guerrero was arrested on Oct. 24, 2019, in Spain.
