January 14, 2026
Federal prosecutors asked to drop most of the remaining charges against a Russian gas company's former chief financial officer who was convicted of other tax crimes after failing to secure unanimous support from a jury, according to documents filed in a Florida federal court.
December 01, 2025
A Russian gas company's former chief financial officer will ask the Eleventh Circuit to undo a Florida federal judge's order to sentence him to six years in prison for tax crimes, according to a court filing.
November 17, 2025
A Florida federal judge handed a nearly six-year prison term to a Russian gas company's former chief financial officer, who was convicted for tax evasion after the Eleventh Circuit vacated a prior sentence earlier this year.
November 10, 2025
A former Russian gas company executive convicted of hiding more than $100 million from the IRS asked a Florida federal court to release him from prison now that his sentence has been vacated on appeal, while the U.S. urged the court to deliver the same seven-year term.
September 21, 2023
The ex-chief financial officer of Russian gas company Novatek who was convicted of lying to the IRS and failing to report foreign bank accounts that held $93 million was sentenced Thursday in Florida federal court to just over seven years in prison and ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution.
September 18, 2023
The ex-chief financial officer of a Russian gas company who was convicted of failing to report foreign bank accounts should spend 10 years in prison, prosecutors told a Florida federal judge, saying the former executive was unrepentant, even after bilking the government of $30 million in taxes.
July 21, 2023
A Florida federal judge refused to acquit the former chief financial officer of a Russian gas company who was found guilty of failing to report foreign bank accounts, saying there was enough evidence to convict him.
May 15, 2023
A former chief financial officer of Russian gas company Novatek convicted of tax crimes is scheduled for a sentencing hearing Sept. 21, according to a Florida federal court order Monday.
May 05, 2023
The former chief financial officer of a Russian gas company who is trying to overturn his convictions for foreign tax crimes has two weeks to respond to federal prosecutors who are pressing instead for a partial mistrial and possible retrial, a Florida federal judge ordered.
March 28, 2023
A Florida federal jury on Tuesday convicted the former chief financial officer of Russian gas company Novatek of failing to file taxes and disclose Swiss bank accounts that held $93 million, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.