southern district court of new York after a pause of a year resumed the consideration of the claim on the confiscation of American assets of the son of the Vice-President of Russian Railways Peter Katsyv – businessman Denis Katsyv.
Another preliminary hearing at the district court at the suit of U.S. prosecutors began on Wednesday. Consideration of the claim on the merits, the court cannot proceed for almost three and a half years. Since the previous meeting was about. During this time, replaced by the judge and the defendant’s representative, writes “Kommersant”.
the Main defendant in the suit are the Cyprus company Prevezon Holdings Ltd and its several subsidiaries owned by Denis Katsyv near. According to the Prosecutor, through these companies Katsyv in 2008 was derived from part of the $ 230 million stolen from the Russian budget under the guise of VAT refund.
According to law enforcement authorities of the United States, in February 2008, the Bank “far North” listed Moldovan companies Bunicon-Impex and Elenast-COM two tranches of 250 million rubles, transferred later to the account of Prevezon Holdings in a Swiss Bank UBS. In 2009, Prevezon was registered in new York as a foreign Corporation, which then purchased the property for $ 13 million in Lower Manhattan. Prosecutors insisted that in this transaction and has been used the fraudulent funds. Law enforcement agencies require their forfeiture.
Security Katsyv insists that the prosecution failed to find any conclusive evidence proving that the property purchased with criminal funds, and the claim is based only on the words of William Browder.
following the meeting on Wednesday, the court scheduled jury selection for may 15.
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