December 20, 2024
A Florida federal judge denied a request by two Miami businessmen to toss a civil forfeiture lawsuit brought by the U.S. government in an attempt to seize $9.1 million from the sale of a Kentucky office tower with alleged links to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme.
August 26, 2024
Two Miami businessmen have objected to a federal magistrate judge's recommendation opposing their attempt to toss litigation by the U.S. government as it looks to seize about $9.1 million from the sale of a Kentucky office tower, saying the United States can't prove its case.
July 29, 2024
A Florida magistrate judge has recommended denying a bid by two Miami businessmen to toss litigation filed by the U.S. government looking to seize about $9.1 million from the sale of a Kentucky office tower over alleged ties to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme.
July 02, 2024
Prosecutors and a pair of Miami businessmen have traded briefs over preserving the government's case in Florida federal court to seize $9.1 million from the sale of a Louisville, Kentucky, tower over alleged ties to a Ukrainian money laundering operation.
January 22, 2024
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.
January 11, 2024
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.
August 23, 2023
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.
June 05, 2023
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.
May 19, 2023
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.
January 03, 2023
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.