* Albania freezes assets, seeks arrest of Francesco Bechetti
* Italian owns TV channel, British soccer club Leyton Orient
* He denies wrongdoing; lawyer says accusations "confused"
TIRANA, June 9 (Reuters) - Albanian prosecutors have frozen the assets of Italian businessman Francesco Bechetti and issued arrest warrants for him and his associates on suspicion of money laundering.
An Albanian justice official said on Tuesday an international arrest warrant had been issued for Bechetti and some of his associates over the financing of a planned hydroelectric scheme, and authorities had frozen the assets of his electricity, television and other interests.