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Business Associations Keyed to LoPucki, 2nd Ed.
City of Almaty v. Ablyazov
Citation:
226 F. Supp. 3d 272 (2017)Facts
The Kazakh Entities alleged that Viktor Khrapunov, as mayor of Almaty, embezzled approximately $300 million between 1997 and 2004 through fraudulent auctions and abuse of eminent domain power. Similarly, they claimed that Mukhtar Ablyazov, as chairman of BTA Bank, siphoned more than $6 billion between 2005 and 2009 through fraudulent loans to valueless entities he controlled. To evade law enforcement, the defendants allegedly moved the stolen funds out of Kazakhstan and laundered them through shell companies and investments. This included creating SDG Capital in Switzerland and Triadou, a Luxembourg entity, which invested in New York real estate projects with the Chetrit Entities. In 2014, facing mounting legal pressure, the defendants allegedly liquidated their New York real estate assets through sham transactions to hide the funds again.
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