Russian whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy was warned his name was on gang hit list Alexander Perepilichnyy, the businessman who died suddenly outside his Surrey mansion two weeks ago, was warned that his name had been found on a hit list after police in Moscow broke up a criminal gang, The Independent has learned. An acquaintance of the 44-year-old Russian said Mr Perepilichnyy had first received the warning in November 2011 from a family member who had been briefed by a police official. According to the acquaintance, the family member was told that his name was one of many on a list that also contained detailed dossiers on some of the targets. "It was like an order book," the source told The Independent. His name was in it. After negotiating with the police, the family member was able to view the file. "It was detailed although it contained errors," the source added. It had information like the houses he had lived in but it was a year or so out of date. Because the details were incorrect, the source said, Mr Perepilichnyy was not overly troubled and did not speak of any further threats to his safety before his death. Surrey Police said yesterday they had had no previous contact with Mr Perepilichnyy and had no reason to believe he was concerned for his safety. The new revelations came as a Moscow-based lawyer claimed that the Russian exile wanted to make peace with the group of officials he had accused of being behind a Swiss money laundering scheme in the run-up to his death. Andrei Pavlov told the newspaper Kommersant he had met Mr Perepilichnyy twice in the last year and that he appeared "stressed," but wanted a rapprochement with the people he had fled from two years earlier. It is not clear whether Mr Pavlov met him in the UK, Russia or elsewhere. Mr Perepilichnyy was found dead outside his home in Weybridge on 10 November. The results of his first post-mortem proved inconclusive, but police are running further tests including toxicology. The results are not expected for at least a fortnight but a second post-mortem will take place tomorrow. He died in prison nine months later in a case that has become a domestic scandal and a huge source of international embarrassment. In the Kommersant article, another unnamed acquaintance said the Russian businessman had been involved in offering semi-legal banking services. The source added that Mr Perepilichnyy had businessmen and corrupt Russian officials as his clients, and was handling hundreds of millions of dollars. However, during the financial crisis, he lost a huge amount of money and began receiving threats from those he owed money to, deciding to flee to London in January 2010.