company without any regulatory scrutiny, despite a longstanding battle in a U.S. federal court over his alleged role in schemes involving international money-laundering, kickbacks and a disgraced former Ukrainian prime minister, Global News has learned.last year, has been accused by American authorities of paying at least $28.5 million in kickbacks to former Ukrainian prime minister Pavel Lazarenko in 1996 for exclusive rights to sell gas in Ukraine.
The U.S. civil forfeiture case against Lazarenko, which cites his transactions with Makarov and others, is an effort to seize about US$250 million secretly pooled in bank accounts worldwide. The California-based proceedings allege that Makarov and the principals of his Florida-based company, Itera International, personally benefited from complex money-laundering transactions that were “intended to conceal Lazarenko’s abuse of his government positions.
A spokeswoman said the bank no longer has operations in Antigua, and that it has adhered to strict anti-money laundering guidelines.Ottawa should be putting ‘far more’ resources into fighting white-collar crime like money laundering: expert “This case just goes to the question, ‘Ottawa, you blatantly have not closed the gaps even after our Prime Minister acknowledged in 2019 that money laundering is a national problem,” Cohen said.
Two decades ago, Browder reported that Itera had gained more than 50 per cent of Gazprom’s business in Ukraine and other former Soviet states, while Makarov was given free usage of Gazprom’s European pipelines. Corporate records obtained by Global News reveal that Makarov’s rebranded companies are connected with many of the same Florida-based Itera International founders and Cyprus-based corporate officers involved in the Lazarenko case.
Records show that Makarov turned his sights to Alberta two years after he established Areti, which eventually became the largest shareholder of Spartan Delta. Spartan also issued a $50-million promissory note to an unidentified Inception Exploration investor, providing for more shares in Spartan Delta by 2023.
US sure dies spy on a lot of people while blaming the other countries, but no so little about themselves How much longer is this shit going to go on I'd like to get television again maybe even the news