{"id":9760,"date":"2023-06-11T13:35:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T10:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alssabiqun.com\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2023-06-11T13:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T10:35:21","slug":"british-man-charged-with-hiding-russian-megayacht-from-us-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alssabiqun.com\/?p=9760","title":{"rendered":"British man charged with hiding Russian megayacht from US sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-20a3edfe67a098ef\" website height=\"407\" width=\"306\" alt=\"Richard Masters, 52, was arrested on Friday on charges of violating US sanctions laws\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Richard Masters, 52, was arrested on Friday on charges of violating US sanctions laws<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rolexreplicasswissmade.com\/category\/rolex-replica-ebay\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evigetir.com\/evdeneve\/img\/deposit_2.jpg\" style=\"max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A British citizen has been arrested in  on US criminal charges alleging that he helped a billionaire Russian oligarch evade sanctions relating to his $90 million megayacht.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Richard Masters, 52, was arrested on Friday\u00a0by the Spanish Guardia Civil and  <a href=\"http:\/\/cifarelli.net\/mediawiki\/index.php\/LIZ_JONES_On_The_Terrifying_Insecurity_Of_Having_To_Rent_In_Your_60s\">yA<\/a> faces extradition to the US on charges that he tried to hide , the Tango, from authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An unsealed indictment accuses Masters, who runs a yacht management company, of concocting a phony name, &#8216;the Fanta,&#8217; for the Tango in order to hide the yacht&#8217;s connection to Vekselberg from financial institutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite the alleged scheme, the Tango was seized by the  last April in Palma de Mallorca, the capital of Spain&#8217;s Balearic Islands and a playground and tax haven for the ultra-rich.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-5b7364619a1fee91\" website height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Masters faces extradition to the US on charges that he tried to hide sanctioned oligarch Viktor Vekselberg's 255-foot luxury yacht, the Tango (above), from authorities\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Masters faces extradition to the US on charges that he tried to hide sanctioned oligarch Viktor Vekselberg&#8217;s 255-foot luxury yacht, the Tango (above), from authorities<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-b0a47948816feefa\" website height=\"391\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Vekselberg (right) is a billionaire and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Vekselberg (right) is a billionaire and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Also charged in connection with the alleged plot was Vladislav Osipov, 51, a Russian national with dual Swiss citizenship, who remains at large.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Masters and Osipov are both charged with\u00a0conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit offenses against the United States, violating sanctions laws, and  <a href=\"https:\/\/evigetir.com\/evdeneve\/tips.html\">eN<\/a> money laundering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Vekselberg is a billionaire and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who heads the Moscow-based Renova Group, a conglomerate encompassing metals,  <a href=\"http:\/\/kreuzfahrer.wiki\/index.php?title=Male_Escort_Husband_Of_Phil_Collins_apos;s_Ex_Demands_She_Be_Thrown_In_Jail\">yA<\/a> mining, tech and other assets.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div data-track-module=\"am-related_carousel^related_carousel\" data-track-selector=\".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])\" data-dm-rotator-rotate=\"false\" data-track-pos=\"static\" data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=\"\" data-dm-rotator-auto-init=\"\" id=\"p-24\" class=\"related-carousel with-fb-or-tw news half\" data-dm-rotator-active-class=\"active\" data-dm-rotator-page-count=\"1.0\" data-dm-social-article-auto-init=\"\" data-dm-rotator-page-size=\"1\">\n<div class=\"rotator bdrcc\">\n<div class=\"rotator-title\">\n<h2>RELATED ARTICLES<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rotator-pages link-xocc\">\n<li class=\"rotator-prev\"><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li class=\"rotator-next\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>   <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><b><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><h2>Share this article<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"share\"><span class=\"wai\">Share<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Since 2018, Vekselberg&#8217;s assets in the US have been frozen, and US <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2015\/12\/proof-that-positive-work-cultures-are-more-productive\">companies<\/a> are forbidden from doing business with him and his entities, but fresh sanctions targeting his yacht were enacted following Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Masters is the founder and director of Master Yachts, a yacht management company in Palma de Mallorca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The company&#8217;s website boasts that it is &#8216;renowned for its highly ethical, no-nonsense and pragmatic approach&#8217; and committed to &#8216;transparency and integrity&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-859b72d2b24c8f28\" website height=\"525\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Masters is the founder of Master Yachts, a yacht management company in Palma de Mallorca that claims to be 'renowned for its highly ethical, no-nonsense and pragmatic approach'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Masters is the founder of Master Yachts, a yacht management company in Palma de Mallorca that claims to be &#8216;renowned for its highly ethical, no-nonsense and pragmatic approach&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-2338bb93f7afef73\" website height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A Civil Guard stands by the yacht called Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Monday April 4, 2022 as FBI agents search and seize the vessel\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A Civil Guard stands by the yacht called Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Monday April 4, 2022 as FBI agents search and  <a href=\"https:\/\/evigetir.com\/evdeneve\/iletisim.html\">kL<\/a> seize the vessel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-4ebdaabb361e504f\" website height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A U.S. federal agent and two Civil Guards board the yacht called Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on April 4, 2022\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A U.S.federal agent and two Civil Guards board the yacht called Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on April 4, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">However, US prosecutors allege that after Vekselberg was sanctioned in April 2018, Masters&#8217;s company took over the management of Tango and conspired to evade US sanctions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mol-img-group floatRHS\" style=\"style\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\">  <\/div>\n<p> <noscript> <img id=\"i-95ec8b60e207eb8e\" website height=\"367\" width=\"306\" alt=\"According to the indictment, Masters cooked up the fake yacht name 'the Fanta'\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">According to the indictment, Masters cooked up the fake yacht name &#8216;the Fanta&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to the indictment, Masters cooked up the fake name &#8216;the Fanta&#8217; and used various workarounds to avoid sanctions, such as payments in other currencies and through third parties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As a result,\u00a0the trappings of Tango, including its satellite television, luxury goods, and teleconferencing software, were all US-origin products and services supplied by US companies, in violation of sanctions laws, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Facilitators of sanctions evasion enable the oligarchs supporting Vladimir Putin&#8217;s regime to flout US law,&#8217; said United States Attorney Matthew M.Graves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The United States will not allow its financial institutions and persons to be manipulated or defrauded for the purposes of benefitting those supporting an illegal war,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In investigation was coordinated through\u00a0a Justice Department task force known as KleptoCapture, aimed at enforcing sweeping sanctions against Russia&#8217;s oligarchs following the invasion of Ukraine. If you have any inquiries with regards to exactly where and how to use <a href=\"https:\/\/evigetir.com\/evdeneve\/evden-eve-nakliyat-istanbul.html\">yA<\/a>, you can make contact with us at our own internet site. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;These men made their decisions, and now face the consequences of a failed attempt to profit through, rather than standing against, a sophisticated, transnational criminal enterprise,&#8217; said KleptoCapture\u00a0Director Andrew Adams.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The US is seeking Masters&#8217; extradition from Spain. 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