US charges two men in relation to Russian oligarch’s yacht

 

US charges two men in relation to Russian oligarch’s yacht

Two businessmen were charged in indictments unsealed in a US court for allegedly facilitating a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme in relation to a $90m yacht belonging to sanctioned Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg.

The two businessmen Vladislav Osipov, 51, a Russian national, and Richard Masters, 52, a UK national,  were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit offences against the US, the US Department of Justice said in a statement.