NEW: #Russia|n oligarch, 3 associates charged w/sanctions evasion & obstruction of justice
Per @TheJusticeDept, indictment vs oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Natalia Bardakova, Olga Shriki & Ekaterina Lobanova was unsealed today
Shriki -a naturalized US citizen- was arrested this AM
Per @TheJusticeDept, indictment vs oligarch Oleg Deripaska, Natalia Bardakova, Olga Shriki & Ekaterina Lobanova was unsealed today
Shriki -a naturalized US citizen- was arrested this AM
Per @TheJusticeDept, Shriki deleted electronic records after getting a grand jury subpoena
Lobanova, 33, is charged w/making false statements to @DHSgov agents when she tried to enter the US "for the purpose of giving birth to Deripaska’s child"
Lobanova, 33, is charged w/making false statements to @DHSgov agents when she tried to enter the US "for the purpose of giving birth to Deripaska’s child"
"The Justice Department will not stop working to identify, find, and bring to justice those who evade US sanctions in order to enable the #Russia|n regime" per US Atty Gen Merrick Garland, in statement
More details: Per @TheJusticeDept, Deripaska conspired w/the others to violate sanctions "in various ways and over the course of several years"
DOJ says he used 1 entity-Gracetown Inc-"to maintain and retain three luxury properties" in the US
DOJ says he used 1 entity-Gracetown Inc-"to maintain and retain three luxury properties" in the US
Deripaska's name may be familiar - he was named in a 2020 report by the Senate Intelligence Committee on #Russia|n efforts to influence #Election2016
Per the report, Deripsaka was known for running influence ops at the Kremlin's direction
voanews.com/a/usa_us-polit…
Per the report, Deripsaka was known for running influence ops at the Kremlin's direction
voanews.com/a/usa_us-polit…
Last October, the @FBI carried out a raid at his #Washington home...
https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1450509038031151106?s=20&t=5ec7oa_J4hNAHXUIirYAoA
Deripaska was sanctioned by @USTreasury back in April 2018 "for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a senior official of the Government of the Russian Federation..."
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
More details on #Russia|n oligarch Oleg Deripaska from @TheJusticeDept
Between May 2018 & abt 2020, his associates purchased & sent "Easter gift deliveries to a US television host, two flower deliveries to a then-former Canadian Parliament member..."
Between May 2018 & abt 2020, his associates purchased & sent "Easter gift deliveries to a US television host, two flower deliveries to a then-former Canadian Parliament member..."
As for Deripaska's love-child w/Ekaterina Lobanova, his associates "orchestrated the payment of approximately $300,000 worth of US medical care, housing, childcare, & other logistics to support ...which resulted in the child receiving US citizenship"
BUT that was just the 1st child
@TheJusticeDept says Lobanova (aka Voronina) was trued away when she tried to give birth in the US a 2nd time
@TheJusticeDept says Lobanova (aka Voronina) was trued away when she tried to give birth in the US a 2nd time
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