An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that agents were present at the addresses of Vekselberg’s properties in Manhattan and Southampton, but declined to comment further.
Law enforcement agents yesterday searched properties in New York associated with him Victor Vekselbergone Russian billionaire oligarch which has been sanctioned, NBC New York reported, as Washington seeks to use sanctions and asset freezes to pressure Moscow to end its military invasion of Ukraine.
An eyewitness told Reuters that agents from the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were dragging boxes and safes out of an apartment building at 515 Park Street in Manhattanwhere an asset linked to Vekselberg is located, NBC reported.
Agents also searched an asset linked to the reported Russian oligarch in Southampton, New Yorkas reported by NBC.
Vekselberg was not able to comment on the developments. An FBI spokeswoman confirmed that agents were present at the addresses of Vekselberg’s properties in Manhattan and Southampton, but declined to comment further. A spokesman for HSI declined to comment.
It was not immediately clear what exactly the agents were looking for. Vekselberg has no criminal convictions in the US.
Washington imposed sanctions on the Russian businessman in 2018 over possible Russian influence in the 2016 US election and in 2022 over his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin denies involvement in the US election, while characterizing the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “special war operation.”
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