The US Federal Bureau of Investigations found evidence on the Russian oligarch arrested in Fije, the native of Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov, confirming the criminal activity of the billionaire – washing money, evasion of US sanctions and preliminary conspiracy to commit financial crimes.
According to Business Insider, at the end of March, a billionaire of AMADEA billionaire, so as not to fall under the sanctions imposed by the United States, the European Union and Great Britain, left Mexico’s shores and headed for Vladivostok. On the way, the crew of the yacht decided to moor in one of the ports of Fiji.
In mid -April, Amadea moored in the port of Lautok, where it was detained by local authorities, since without the permission of customs entered the exclusive economic zone of the island state.
After some time, several FBI special agents came to the yacht with a search, after which the authorities issued the Order of the arrest of Amadea, and a few days ago Fiji’s court allowed Karimov’s yacht worth about $ 400 million.
According to the US Ministry of Justice, Suleiman Kerimov forced his beneficiaries to perform operations in dollars to serve yacht through American financial institutions. The Secretary General of the United States Merrik B. Garland said in an interview with Business Insider: “The court decision (on the confiscation of the yacht) clearly demonstrates that the laws of the United States are acting. There are no refuge for the assets of criminals supporting the Russian regime. The Ministry of Justice continues unestitioned efforts to bring guilty of guilty of deaths and destruction in Ukraine. “