All posts tagged "Russian Oligarchs"

Federal prosecutors want to seize and sell a $300 million superyacht, arguing the boat belongs to a Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin, court records show.

The 348-foot Amadea yacht — seized in Fiji last year as Washington heightened sanctions against Russia amid its war with Ukraine — is the subject of a legal complaint filed Monday in a New York federal court.

The U.S. hopes to auction the yacht and send the proceeds to Ukraine, according to a Reuters report. ...

US federal prosecutors have charged 34 people allegedly linked to the Russian mob with running a high stakes illegal gambling business catering to multi-millionaires and billionaires.