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Reason: Added more comment.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by u/stoic_troll.

https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html

https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2020/08/05/over-10b-usaid-funds-laundered-privatbank/


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD


EDIT:

Now for a bit more about Lisa (Meg) Reiss...

From John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, April 6, 2016:
"MEG REISS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN PROSECUTION" https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/meg-reiss-named-executive-director-institute-innovation-prosecution

Reiss has also served as a deputy monitor on the Kroll Inc. team that supervised the Los Angeles Police Department’s compliance with a landmark federal consent decree, overseeing the implementation of anti-discrimination, arrest, officer training, and community outreach policies and procedures. More recently, she served as member of a five-member independent ethics panel overseeing London’s Metropolitan Police Service, providing guidelines on operational issues grounded in the principles of police legitimacy. She also advised on the Group Violence Intervention strategy that was implemented in three boroughs in London. Additionally, Reiss led a team monitoring HSBC Holdings as part of a deferred prosecution agreement for violations of U.S. and U.K. laws involving money laundering and sanctions violations.

Recent Posts About HSBC:

https://greatawakening.win/search?params=HSBC+&community=GreatAwakening

"HSBC Bank in London, which recently bought the British division of the bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is on fire.… Yet Another COINCIDENCE… Right ??? RIGHT !!!🤡🌎"

"HSBC Bank in London, which recently bought the British division of the bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is on fire....🔥🔥"

"There is a big fire in the center of English Loughborough: the building of HSBC bank, which recently bought the British division of the bankrupt Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), is on fire. "

"PROJECT YETI: How HSBC bought Silicon Valley Bank UK for £1"

"Synthetic Shorts - HSBC - Citadel!!! Theory time"

"Obama endorsed James Comey for the board of directors at HSBC where he went on to launder drug cartel and Clinton Foundation money. When he was done he got the FBI Director post."

"Wow. Rage doesn’t begin to describe my feelings toward the financial shenanigans afoot. HSBC bought the entirety of Silicon Valley Bank’s UK branch for 1£. ARE YOU KIDDING ME."

"DTCC sends issuer failure notice to HSBC Bank last Friday." (1 mo ago)

"HSBC Banker Quits After Blasting ‘Nut Job’ Climate Panic" (8 mo ago)

"Epstein's relationship with bankers from HSBC, Republic National Bank, BSI and others support the idea he was an intel asset and the money man behind drug and arms-dealing operations, in addition to the sex trafficking" (1 yr ago)

"Wanted: Soren Wm Schwartz (helped facilitate an agreement between Dominion & HSBC Canada)" (1 yr ago)

"SKADOOM! Global bank stocks plunge following FinCEN Files revelations. JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered and Bank of New York Mellon took a hit." (2 yr ago)

1 year ago
2 score
Reason: Formatted better.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by u/stoic_troll.

https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html

https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2020/08/05/over-10b-usaid-funds-laundered-privatbank/


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD


EDIT:

Now for a bit more about Lisa (Meg) Weiss...

From John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, April 6, 2016:
"MEG REISS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN PROSECUTION" https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/meg-reiss-named-executive-director-institute-innovation-prosecution

Reiss has also served as a deputy monitor on the Kroll Inc. team that supervised the Los Angeles Police Department’s compliance with a landmark federal consent decree, overseeing the implementation of anti-discrimination, arrest, officer training, and community outreach policies and procedures. More recently, she served as member of a five-member independent ethics panel overseeing London’s Metropolitan Police Service, providing guidelines on operational issues grounded in the principles of police legitimacy. She also advised on the Group Violence Intervention strategy that was implemented in three boroughs in London. Additionally, Reiss led a team monitoring HSBC Holdings as part of a deferred prosecution agreement for violations of U.S. and U.K. laws involving money laundering and sanctions violations.

1 year ago
2 score
Reason: Added more comment.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by u/stoic_troll.

https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html

https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2020/08/05/over-10b-usaid-funds-laundered-privatbank/


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD


Now for a bit more about Lisa (Meg) Weiss...

From John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, April 6, 2016:
"MEG REISS NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN PROSECUTION" https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news/meg-reiss-named-executive-director-institute-innovation-prosecution

Reiss has also served as a deputy monitor on the Kroll Inc. team that supervised the Los Angeles Police Department’s compliance with a landmark federal consent decree, overseeing the implementation of anti-discrimination, arrest, officer training, and community outreach policies and procedures. More recently, she served as member of a five-member independent ethics panel overseeing London’s Metropolitan Police Service, providing guidelines on operational issues grounded in the principles of police legitimacy. She also advised on the Group Violence Intervention strategy that was implemented in three boroughs in London. Additionally, Reiss led a team monitoring HSBC Holdings as part of a deferred prosecution agreement for violations of U.S. and U.K. laws involving money laundering and sanctions violations.

1 year ago
2 score
Reason: Formatted better.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by u/stoic_troll.

https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html

https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2020/08/05/over-10b-usaid-funds-laundered-privatbank/


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: Added more comment.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by u/stoic_troll.

https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html

https://americandigitalnews.com/index.php/2020/08/05/over-10b-usaid-funds-laundered-privatbank/


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: None provided.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by u/stoic_troll.

https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: Added more comment.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

From the GAW link post comments by (will add in a bit)... https://www.unian.info/politics/critical-biden-put-pressure-on-poroshenko-on-privatbank-nationalization-leak-claims-11003012.html


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: None provided.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: None provided.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Berman.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: Added more comment.

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.


The other thing I thought about was Chanel Rion's 3-part Investigation into Ukraine from 2021. In part 1, there was a name from SDNY that refused to receive a Ukraine letter of inquiry (at minute 25:51). The name was Geoffrey Burman (sp?).

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaJp7NK1-soda0d4RuveWFAkrh_lq3ybD

1 year ago
1 score
Reason: Original

This caused me to dig up an old link post from 12-30-2020 of a Justice.gov news story regarding Privat Bank. The comments on this post were interesting.

https://greatawakening.win/p/11Rh1V8geB/justicegov-news-12302020--justic/c/

The three complaints allege that Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholiubov, who owned PrivatBank, one of the largest banks in Ukraine, embezzled and defrauded the bank of billions of dollars. The two obtained fraudulent loans and lines of credit from approximately 2008 through 2016, when the scheme was uncovered, and the bank was nationalized by the National Bank of Ukraine. The complaints allege that they laundered a portion of the criminal proceeds using an array of shell companies’ bank accounts, primarily at PrivatBank’s Cyprus branch, before they transferred the funds to the United States. As alleged in the complaint, the loans were rarely repaid except with more fraudulently obtained loan proceeds.

As alleged in the complaints, in the United States, associates of Kolomoisky and Boholiubov, Mordechai Korf and Uriel Laber, operating out of offices in Miami, created a web of entities, usually under some variation of the name “Optima,” to further launder the misappropriated funds and invest them. They purchased hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate and businesses across the country, including the properties subject to forfeiture: the office tower known as 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, the Louisville office tower known as PNC Plaza, and the Dallas office park known as the former CompuCom Headquarters. The buildings have a combined value of more than $60 million.

1 year ago
1 score