The court announced the names of all Russians detained in the United States in a fraud case for $ 4,5 million

25 defendants are accused by the federal court of Manhattan in using a multimillion-dollar scheme for fraud and money laundering. The conspirators published fake car ads, deceiving victims across the country by more than 4,5 million dollars.

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Jeffrey S. Berman, attorney for the United States in the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney, Jr., Assistant Director for the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), opened an indictment for Dior Ashirova, Elvin Bagheera-Pura, Cyril Deduseva, Roman Eliozashvili, Sarkana Imamverdiyeva, Michael Nitobe, Aziza Yalolovoy, Elvin Javadzadeh, Igor Kalinicheva (also known as "Irwin Kalinichev"), Tengiz Huhiashvili, Elena Kudaibergenova, Michel Levinsky, Stanislaus Lissitzky (aka "Gidryus D Irny ”), Alexei Livadny, Durra Mehdiyeva, Mikhail Morozov, Elizabeth Nazina, Gocha Paposhvili, Matisse Puke, Ketevan Sepiashvili, Alexander Starikov, Igor Stasovsky, Nikolai Tupikin, Karlis Vitols and Melvut Yazichi in connection with the aim of the deadlock with the aim of the action, with the aim of the aim of the strike, Nikolai Tupikin, Karlis Vitols and Melvut Yazichi. United States Department of Justice.

Eleven defendants in this case were arrested today in New York, they will be represented and brought to justice by United States Magistrate Judge James L. Kott in federal court in Manhattan. Bagier-Pur was arrested this morning in Miami, he will also appear in court later. Tengiz Khukhiashvili is held on state charges in Alachua County, Florida, Puke and Vitols is held on state charges in Charlevoix County, Michigan. All three will be transferred to federal control. Dedusev, Eliozashvili, Kudaibergenova, Lissitzky, Livadny, Morozov, Starikov and Tupikin remain at large. The case was transferred to the United States District Judge George B. Daniels.

Attorney Jeffrey S. Berman said: “The defendants allegedly participated in a nationwide scheme of deception, fingering around the victims who responded to fake TV commercials designed to look like advertisements published by these legitimate sellers. Then the defendants allegedly created dozens of shell companies to receive payments from the victims, cashed out the funds and brought them out of the country. Thanks to the hard work of the FBI, these defendants will be brought to justice. ”

William F. Sweeney, Jr., FBI Assistant Director, said: “Being confident that they were doing legitimate business with car dealers, the victims lost more than 4 million dollars as a result of the scheme. As shown by the charges brought today, the FBI will work tirelessly with law enforcement officers to identify ambiguous conspiracies, regardless of the scale of the complexity of their cover. "

From November 2016 to July 2018, the defendants implemented a large-scale fraudulent scheme. They posed as legal car dealers, tricked the victims into paying for the cars they bought, took money out of banks all over the country, trying to avoid control, and spent the money outside the United States.

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How did it all work?

First, the conspirators posed as car dealers and collectors and claimed they were selling classic cars on well-known online auctions and shopping sites. The victims who responded to the advertisements actually matched the individual member of the scheme. After the victims and the conspirators reached an agreement on the price, including initial payments and shipping costs, the victims were sent to the alleged road transport companies. These companies allegedly had to accept payments and transport the purchased cars.

The companies were actually “front” corporations that the scammers created to convince the victim. Corporate accounts were created and controlled by them, awaiting the transfer of funds from the victim. The defendants would then go to banks to launder the money they received, often on the same day the payment was received.
The defendants collected money from different branches of the bank after making several payments on the same day, limiting each amount to a figure that they believed the bank would not notice and would not report the fraud to the authorities.

Then the conspirators sent funds outside the United States to the countries of Eastern Europe, where most of the accused come from. The victims never received a product that they thought they bought, and many of them were unable to return the money or were forced to pay loans for cars that were never really sold.

Each of the defendants was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud with the maximum penalty of 30-year imprisonment, as well as money laundering with the maximum imprisonment of 20 years. The maximum potential sentences in this case are prescribed by the Congress and are provided only for informational purposes, since any sentencing will be determined by the judge. The table below shows the name, age, nationality, and place of residence of each respondent.

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Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, the New York Police Department, and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Administration.

If you think you may have been a victim of this crime, including victims who are entitled to restitution, and want to provide information to law enforcement agencies and / or receive notification of subsequent events, please contact the Victims / Witnesses Department by calling the prosecutor’s office United States for the Southern District of New York: (866) 874-8900. Additional information can be get by reference.

The charge is being considered by the General Crimes Department. Lawyers Jeffrey C. Coffman, Thein Ren and Matthew J. H. Hellman represent the interests of the defendants.

The Court reiterates that the accused are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty by law. All of the above and below should be considered statements.

Earlier we wrote that at the end of July in the United States was arrested a group of 25 people, among which most come from countries of the former USSR, on suspicion of fraud with cars. Fraudsters impersonated car dealers and collectors and advertised classic cars for sale on well-known auction and specialized websites.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan said that in the United States detained three citizens of Kazakhstanwho are accused of fraud on a large scale: women 1994, 1991 and 1970 year of birth. Two under custody, one, 1970 of the year, released on recognizance not to leave in connection with the state of health.

Earlier today, the US Department of Justice called the names of four Russiansdetained in a major fraud case. The Russian Embassy in the United States asked the State Department for clarification. The names of five detainees, including at least four Russians, are Maxim Suverin, Stanislav Lissitzky, Alexey Livadny, Nikolai Tupikin and Kirill Dedusev, RIA Novosti reports, citing the representative of the US Justice Ministry Nicol Navas Oksman. According to her, Suverin was detained on July 30 in Boston, Lissitzky, Livadny and Tupikin - on August 1, and Dedusev the next day. The Russian Embassy in the United States is closely following the situation around the FBI’s detention of Russian citizens, according to the official Facebook page of the diplomatic mission.

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