A New York lawyer pleaded guilty on April 25 to making $3.8 million in payments to maintain properties that were beneficially owned by Viktor Vekselberg, a Russian billionaire oligarch under U.S. sanctions, court records showed. Robert Wise admitted to receiving wire payments from a shell company controlled by a Vekselberg associate, and then using the funds to pay taxes, insurance, and other fees on various properties, including two apartments on Manhattan's Park Avenue and an estate in the Hamptons on New York's Long Island. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.
U.S. Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Dealing With Russian Oligarch Under Sanctions
Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg (file photo)