Federal authorities are seeking the extradition of a British businessman arrested Tuesday for helping a Russian oligarch evade sanctions, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York said.
Graham Bonham Carter, 62, has been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to violate sanctions imposed on his boss, Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska.
Bonham Carter worked for Deripaska for about 20 years and managed his estates in the United States and London, according to the indictment opened Tuesday.
Last year, the businessman is said to have sent over $1 million in total from Russian bank accounts. properties. ”
“The international real estate market and its notoriously opaque nature make it difficult for Bonham-Carter to escape the diligence and expertise of U.S. law enforcement and partners,” Andrew Adams, director of the Justice Department’s task force KleptoCapture, said in a statement. was not possible.
“Others seeking to move illicit money through international markets should beware. Both powerful connections and sophisticated frauds have been used by Bonham Carter’s efforts to illegally serve licensed oligarchs. did not succeed in hiding the
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After Deripaska purchased 18 works of art from a New York City-based auction house in 2020, Bonham-Carter allegedly arranged for the works to be moved to London and paid $12,146.85 for shipping. increase.
The auction house informed Bonham Carter that it would “block” the property in accordance with US sanctions unless it could prove it was not purchased by a Russian oligarch.
Bonham-Carter then allegedly sent an email to the auction house in June 2021, falsely stating that “the funds and property do not belong to Mr.[.] Deripaska, according to the indictment.
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Bonham Carter, the second cousin of Oscar-nominated British actress Helena Bonham Carter, faces up to 20 years in prison for each of the three counts he faces.
Derispaka, who was first sanctioned in April 2018 in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, was indicted last month on charges of conspiring to evade US sanctions.
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Deripaska helped arrange a trip to the United States in 2020 so that his girlfriend could give birth to a child there, according to the indictment.
“apart from [Deripaska’s] As an ongoing support to the Russian regime, he funded a multi-hundred-thousand-dollar deal to ensure his children had access to the U.S. health care system and U.S. birth rights,” says Southern New York. district attorney said.