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Washington (AP) — Ministry of Finance approved Thursday Blocked the $ 1 billion Delaware-based trust associated with the Russian Oligalhi Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov.
This move took place after the United States seized a $ 325 million super yacht (348-foot long Amadea) tied to Kerimov earlier this month. .. According to the
department, this is a unique case due to the magnitude of trust and the complexity of the investigation.
"The Ministry of Finance continues to use the full range of our tools to circumvent our sanctions and expose and confuse those who try to hide the profits they did not get. "Masu," Finance Secretary Janet Jellen said in a statement.
"Even if the Russian elite is hidden behind agents and complex legal arrangements, the Treasury will leverage a partnership with a wide range of enforcement authorities through the REPO Task Force to fund it. We will proactively implement multilaterally coordinated sanctions imposed on us, and will benefit from the Russian war against Ukraine, "she said.
Earlier this year, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, and other agencies convened a task force called REPO (Russian Elite, Proxy, Oligalhi), and others. We conducted an investigation and prosecution in cooperation with the government. Oligalhi and an individual who have formed an alliance with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The consortium blocked $ 30 billion in sanctioned individual assets and funds in its first 100 days of operation and was frozen, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday.
The Allied Government bans individuals from trading Russian gold in the United States to companies banning companies in Russia from providing accounting, legal and consulting services. , I've done everything.
Earlier this week, a group of seven countries agreed to ban Russia's gold imports in the latest round of sanctions against Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
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