United States of America v. Real Property Located at 7505 and 7171 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75230
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1:20-cv-23278
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January 22, 2024
Skyscraper's Ties To Laundering Cut After Sale, Judge Told
Two Miami businesspeople told a Florida federal judge that a pair of Ukrainian oligarchs lost their investment in a Louisville, Kentucky, skyscraper when an entity turned over the deed to avoid foreclosure on the property in 2018, countering the government's claim of a connection to a money laundering scheme.
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January 11, 2024
US Says Ukrainian Money Laundering Suit Should Proceed
The Biden administration has asked a Florida federal judge not to toss its civil lawsuit to seize funds purportedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, arguing it's "simply wrong" for the accused to say there's no connection between property subject to forfeiture and the alleged scheme.
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August 23, 2023
US Gets Ukrainian Money Laundering Suit Stayed
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday paused civil litigation initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to seize funds allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, saying a stay is necessary to prevent the case from jeopardizing a related criminal investigation.
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June 05, 2023
US Criminal Probe Can't Halt $9M Laundering Suit, Court Told
Two Miami businessmen accused of helping facilitate a multibillion-dollar laundering scheme at the expense of Ukrainian lender PrivatBank say the U.S. government cannot halt an effort to recoup that money, claiming the seizure fight won't impede an ongoing criminal probe.
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May 19, 2023
Gov't Wants Pause To Ukraine Money Laundering Suit
The federal government asked a Florida federal court to stay a civil case alleging that two Ukrainian oligarchs used properties in the state to launder funds from a criminal scheme while it completes a parallel criminal investigation.
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January 03, 2023
Judge Allows DOJ To Fix Ukraine Money-Laundering Suit
A Florida federal judge has given the government a chance to amend its complaint seeking to seize proceeds from the sale of a 29-story tower in Kentucky allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money-laundering scheme after a magistrate judge identified problems with the case.
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November 22, 2022
US Says Ukrainian Money Laundering Suit Should Proceed
The U.S. government urged a Florida court on Monday to uphold a magistrate judge's findings that a money laundering lawsuit involving a pair of Ukrainian bankers and a Kentucky office building is not time-barred.
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September 29, 2022
Feds Need To Fix Ukraine Money Laundering Suit, Judge Says
A federal magistrate judge expressed doubt about the viability of a case brought by federal prosecutors to seize a 29-story office tower in Kentucky allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, but he recommended giving the government more time to address a complicating factor.
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September 15, 2022
Ukrainian Courts OK'd Loans In Laundering Case, Judge Told
Two men accused of helping launder money stolen from a Ukrainian bank told a Florida federal judge that courts in Ukraine have already found the transactions were aboveboard, even as U.S. prosecutors argue the foreign judgments simply aim to frustrate their civil forfeiture case.
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May 20, 2022
New Arbitration Planned In $5B PrivatBank Laundering Case
Two men accused of helping launder millions of dollars stolen from PrivatBank in Ukraine said Thursday they plan to seek arbitration over the U.S. government's efforts to seize an office complex in Dallas that federal officials say they financed with the stolen money.