United States judge authorise seizure of two aircraft owned by Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich, for violating export restrictions as well as U.S. sanctions on Russia.
Written by News Room on June 7, 2022
A United States judge has authorised the seizure of two aircraft owned by Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich, for violating export restrictions as well as U.S. sanctions on Russia.
The Department of Justice (DoJ) said a federal judge in New York authorised the seizure requested by federal agents of a Boeing 787-8 and a Gulfstream G650ER.
The aircraft with an estimated combined value of more than 410 million U.S. dollars owned and controlled by Abramovich, the billionaire former owner of Chelsea Football Club.
The seizure and forfeiture were “based on probable cause of violations of the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) and the recent sanctions issued against Russia,’’ the DoJ said in a statement.
U.S. authorities charge that each of the two aircraft was flown from a third country to Russia in March.
Ameen J. Kantyok
