US wins legal battle to seize $325m superyacht docked in Fiji
by Kalyeena Makortoff from World news | The Guardian on (#603CW)
US authorities claim vessel is beneficially owned by sanctioned oligarch Suleiman Kerimov, one of Russia's richest men
US authorities have won a legal battle to seize a $325m (258m) superyacht docked in Fiji that they claim is beneficially owned by one of Russia's richest men, the sanctioned oligarch Suleiman Kerimov.
US officials have been battling for control and seizure of the 106-metre vessel, which features a helipad, jacuzzi, lobster tank and sundeck managed by up to 36 crew, after claiming in court filings that the vessel was controlled by a straw owner" meant to obscure the true beneficiary of the vessel.
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