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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRussian money laundering case settled
It was supposed to go to court this Monday. I wonder if a backdoor deal was struck. Maybe that's why there is all the buzz about indictments.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/13/world/prevezon-settlement/
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Russian money laundering case settled (Original Post)
Phoenix61
May 2017
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mopinko
(69,806 posts)1. yeah, i suspect a deal.
prosecutors dont just dump cases, even when they dont want to actually prosecute them.
MedusaX
(1,129 posts)2. The RealEstate purchases used to launder the $$ sound very familiar..The deal gave future immunity..
So.. pay the fine... admit no guilt... receive immunity from future prosecution on any related court actions EQUALS turned states evidence on upcoming RICO cases and probably Witness Protection
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Members of the criminal organization, and associates of those members, have also engaged in a broad pattern of money laundering in order to conceal the proceeds of the fraud scheme.
In a complex series of transfers through shell corporations, the $230 million from the Russian treasury was laundered into numerous accounts in Russia and other countries.
A portion of the funds stolen from the Russian treasury passed through several shell companies into Prevezon Holdings, Ltd., a Cyprus-based real estate corporation that is a defendant in the forfeiture action.
Prevezon Holdings laundered these fraud proceeds into its real estate holdings, including investment in multiple units of high-end commercial space and luxury apartments in Manhattan, and created multiple other corporations, also subject to the forfeiture action, to hold these properties.
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Members of the criminal organization, and associates of those members, have also engaged in a broad pattern of money laundering in order to conceal the proceeds of the fraud scheme.
In a complex series of transfers through shell corporations, the $230 million from the Russian treasury was laundered into numerous accounts in Russia and other countries.
A portion of the funds stolen from the Russian treasury passed through several shell companies into Prevezon Holdings, Ltd., a Cyprus-based real estate corporation that is a defendant in the forfeiture action.
Prevezon Holdings laundered these fraud proceeds into its real estate holdings, including investment in multiple units of high-end commercial space and luxury apartments in Manhattan, and created multiple other corporations, also subject to the forfeiture action, to hold these properties.
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/acting-manhattan-us-attorney-announces-59-million-settlement-civil-money-laundering-and