United States of America v. Real Property Located at 7505 and 7171 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75230
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August 26, 2024
Businessmen Say Feds' Ky. Tower Seizure Suit Can't Proceed
Two Miami businessmen have objected to a federal magistrate judge's recommendation opposing their attempt to toss litigation by the U.S. government as it looks to seize about $9.1 million from the sale of a Kentucky office tower, saying the United States can't prove its case.
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July 29, 2024
Ky. Tower Sale Laundering Case Should Proceed, Judge Told
A Florida magistrate judge has recommended denying a bid by two Miami businessmen to toss litigation filed by the U.S. government looking to seize about $9.1 million from the sale of a Kentucky office tower over alleged ties to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme.
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July 02, 2024
Gov. Says Ky. Tower's Sale Didn't Cancel Ties To Laundering
Prosecutors and a pair of Miami businessmen have traded briefs over preserving the government's case in Florida federal court to seize $9.1 million from the sale of a Louisville, Kentucky, tower over alleged ties to a Ukrainian money laundering operation.
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January 22, 2024
Skyscraper's Ties To Laundering Cut After Sale, Judge Told
Two Miami businesspeople told a Florida federal judge that a pair of Ukrainian oligarchs lost their investment in a Louisville, Kentucky, skyscraper when an entity turned over the deed to avoid foreclosure on the property in 2018, countering the government's claim of a connection to a money laundering scheme.
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January 11, 2024
US Says Ukrainian Money Laundering Suit Should Proceed
The Biden administration has asked a Florida federal judge not to toss its civil lawsuit to seize funds purportedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, arguing it's "simply wrong" for the accused to say there's no connection between property subject to forfeiture and the alleged scheme.
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August 23, 2023
US Gets Ukrainian Money Laundering Suit Stayed
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday paused civil litigation initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to seize funds allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, saying a stay is necessary to prevent the case from jeopardizing a related criminal investigation.
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June 05, 2023
US Criminal Probe Can't Halt $9M Laundering Suit, Court Told
Two Miami businessmen accused of helping facilitate a multibillion-dollar laundering scheme at the expense of Ukrainian lender PrivatBank say the U.S. government cannot halt an effort to recoup that money, claiming the seizure fight won't impede an ongoing criminal probe.
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May 19, 2023
Gov't Wants Pause To Ukraine Money Laundering Suit
The federal government asked a Florida federal court to stay a civil case alleging that two Ukrainian oligarchs used properties in the state to launder funds from a criminal scheme while it completes a parallel criminal investigation.
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January 03, 2023
Judge Allows DOJ To Fix Ukraine Money-Laundering Suit
A Florida federal judge has given the government a chance to amend its complaint seeking to seize proceeds from the sale of a 29-story tower in Kentucky allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money-laundering scheme after a magistrate judge identified problems with the case.
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November 22, 2022
US Says Ukrainian Money Laundering Suit Should Proceed
The U.S. government urged a Florida court on Monday to uphold a magistrate judge's findings that a money laundering lawsuit involving a pair of Ukrainian bankers and a Kentucky office building is not time-barred.