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Feds raid New York properties linked to billionaire Russian oligarch
"Columbus Ashcraft" (2022-09-08)
Federal agents have raided two New York properties linked to a billionaire Russian oligarch who is under US sanctions and faces a criminal probe into alleged bank fraud.
FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents on Thursday took part in the raids of a Park Avenue penthouse in Manhattan and a sprawling Hamptons real estate What is mls tied to Viktor Vekselberg, according to Vekselberg, a close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, is worth an estimated $14.4 billion, and is the powerful head of Moscow-based Renova Group, a conglomerate with interests in metals, mining, tech and other businesses.
He is among the Russian oligarchs under US sanctions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, and also faces a Department of Justice probe into potential violations of US bank fraud statutes, court filings show.
In April, Spanish officials acting on a US warrant seized Vekselberg's $99 million, 225-foot superyacht 'Tango' in a shipyard on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca.