The Department of Justice announced Sunday that it has found evidence of crimes against the United States on a yacht owned by Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov that was seized Thursday in Fiji, the Australian network ABC reported.
According to the DOJ, FBI agents boarded $325 million Amadea after it was seized by Fijian authorities pursuant to the sanctions put on Russian oligarchs after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. The documents detail the movement of money through US financial institutions before and after the sanctions were put in place. The US has blocked obnoxiously wealthy Russia oligarchs, who made their mountains of money with Putin’s permission, from funneling money through US banking institutions.
Kerimov has been under US sanctions since 2018 for supporting and promoting the Russian invasion of eastern Ukraine. Upon the yacht’s seizure, Attorney General Merrick Garland said, “There is no hiding place for the assets of individuals who violate US laws. And there is no hiding place for the assets of criminals who enable the Russian regime.”