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| FBI raids Washington property of sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, reports suggest, as footage shows officers at the scene | |
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| American security officials have reportedly begun a sweep at a property belonging to billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska in the US capital, reports indicate. The FBI has declined to comment on whether or not a raid is underway. | American security officials have reportedly begun a sweep at a property belonging to billionaire businessman Oleg Deripaska in the US capital, reports indicate. The FBI has declined to comment on whether or not a raid is underway. |
| Footage posted by NBC correspondent Laura Strickler from outside the palatial residence, said to be belonging to Deripaska, show officers wearing masks and FBI windbreakers standing guard at the perimeter. | |
| In 2018, Deripaska was targeted by US Treasury Department sanctions, after officials claimed he'd acted as a proxy for Russian government officials. The wealth of the RUSAL aluminum empire’s founder is estimated by Forbes at $4.9 billion. | |
| Deripaska, whose lawyer said he was a “victim” of the “general hysteria” around the events of Russiagate, attempted to sue the US government over the sanctions, but the case was dismissed by a federal court judge. | |
| “The effect of these unlawful actions has been the wholesale devastation of Deripaska’s wealth, reputation, and economic livelihood,” the tycoon’s attorney wrote in the 28-page lawsuit. | |
| The US has accused Deripaska of money laundering, extortion, racketeering and “illegally wiretapping a government official.” NBC News claim he was also repeatedly denied a US visa “over his alleged ties to organized crime.” | |
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