A Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin has been indicted for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions through hidden financial transactions.
Aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin, has been indicted for allegedly evading U.S. sanctions through hidden financial transactions, including sending people flowers and arranging for his girlfriend to give birth to his child in America.
“Shell companies and webs of lies will not shield Deripaska and his cronies from American law enforcement, nor will they protect others who support the Putin regime,” said Deputy U.S. Attorney General Lisa Monaco. Also : U.K.-based oligarchs Lebedev and Abramovich rebuke Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — if not Putin personally
Prosecutors say that a Deripaska employee, Natalia Bardakova, 45, helped arrange for many of his financial transactions in the U.S. Among them was directing Olga Shriki, 42, a naturalized U.S. citizen living in New Jersey, to make purchases on Deripaska’s behalf, including sending flowers and Easter baskets to his social contacts in America and Canada.
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