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Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Third Commercial Property Purchased with Funds Misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine
[DOJ] Today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging that commercial real estate in Cleveland, Ohio, was acquired using funds misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine as part of a multi-billion-dollar loan scheme. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kevin Driscoll of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Ariana Fajardo Orshan for the Southern District of Florida, U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman for the Northern District of Ohio and Special Agent in Charge Eric B. Smith of the FBI’s Cleveland Field Office made the announcement. In August 2020, two other civil forfeiture complaints were filed in the Southern District of Florida involving properties in Louisville, Kentucky and Dallas, Texas, in which it was alleged that those properties were also acquired using funds misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine. All three properties are alleged to be subject to forfeiture based on violations of federal money laundering statutes. Related: Civil forfeiture: 2020-09-09 Iranian fuel seized by US to arrive in Texas Civil forfeiture: 2020-05-02 Treasury sanctions an IRGC Qods Force associate responsible for smuggling missiles into Yemen Civil forfeiture: 2019-10-18 Hundreds Charged Worldwide in the Takedown of the Largest Darknet Child Pornography Website, Which was Funded by Bitcoin Related: PrivatBank: 2020-08-05 FBI Raids US Company with Ties to Ukrainian Bank ‐ Tied to Hunter Biden's Burisma, Lost Billions in IMF and US Funds PrivatBank: 2019-12-31 Hunter Biden Accused of $156M Counterfeiting Scheme With Burisma, CrowdStrike, Legal Filing Claims PrivatBank: 2019-10-10 Did Biden Save This Ukraine Firm Responsible for $1.8B in Missing Aid? His Son is on the Board... Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-31 |
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