Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Federal agents raid offices of company tied to Ukrainian oligarch

Following up on Sunday's "How $1.8 billion in aid to Ukraine was funneled to the outposts of the international finance galaxy".
From CBS News, August 4:
Washington — Agents with the FBI and the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday raided two offices belonging to Optima Management Group, a company with ties to a Ukrainian oligarch, federal law enforcement sources tell CBS News.

The federal agents conducted the raid of Optima Management's offices in Miami and Cleveland as part of an investigation out of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio, which has been ongoing for more than a year, a source said.

Agents are believed to have seized items including computers and laptops. However, an exact description of what was taken by federal agents is not publicly available, as the search warrant remains under seal. No arrests were made....
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And from the Cleveland Plain Dealer:
Ukrainian-linked investment company in FBI probe was once one of downtown Cleveland’s biggest landlords 
A Miami-based company with ties to Ukrainian oligarchs, now under federal investigation, was once one of downtown Cleveland’s largest landlords, with stakes in office buildings and a hotel.
Optima Ventures, which is part of a conglomerate of businesses with interests from former PrivatBank owners and oligarchs Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Borisovich Bogolyubov, went on a buying spree for real estate in downtown Cleveland over the past 15 years....
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