United States of America v. Real Property Located at 7505 and 7171 Forest Lane, Dallas, Texas 75230

  1. September 29, 2022

    Feds Need To Fix Ukraine Money Laundering Suit, Judge Says

    A federal magistrate judge expressed doubt about the viability of a case brought by federal prosecutors to seize a 29-story office tower in Kentucky allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, but he recommended giving the government more time to address a complicating factor.

  2. September 15, 2022

    Ukrainian Courts OK'd Loans In Laundering Case, Judge Told

    Two men accused of helping launder money stolen from a Ukrainian bank told a Florida federal judge that courts in Ukraine have already found the transactions were aboveboard, even as U.S. prosecutors argue the foreign judgments simply aim to frustrate their civil forfeiture case.

  3. May 20, 2022

    New Arbitration Planned In $5B PrivatBank Laundering Case

    Two men accused of helping launder millions of dollars stolen from PrivatBank in Ukraine said Thursday they plan to seek arbitration over the U.S. government's efforts to seize an office complex in Dallas that federal officials say they financed with the stolen money.

  4. April 27, 2022

    Ukrainian Rulings Not Irrelevant In Fraud Case, Court Hears

    Two men accused of helping launder millions of dollars stolen from PrivatBank in Ukraine urged a Florida federal court to permanently dismiss prosecutors' claims against them and not to ignore parallel proceedings in the Eastern European country that they say disprove the prosecutors' allegations. 

  5. April 12, 2022

    US Says Ukrainian Court Ruling Not Final Say In Fraud Case

    U.S. prosecutors have urged a Florida federal court not to toss litigation that they filed to seize property in Dallas allegedly connected to a Ukrainian money laundering scheme, calling the claimants' argument that U.S. courts must defer to Ukrainian courts because the purported fraud took place in Eastern Europe an attempt to "nullify" justice.

  6. March 29, 2022

    Fla. Judge Orders Gov't Reply In Ukrainian Bank Scandal

    A judge in Florida on Tuesday allowed two Miami businessmen to retain forfeiture claims on a 31-story Kentucky skyscraper that federal prosecutors say was acquired with funds tied to an alleged Ukrainian money-laundering scheme.

  7. January 25, 2022

    Feds Win Restraining Order In $6.5M PrivatBank Funds Case

    Federal prosecutors have won a temporary restraining order over loan documents used to secure a $6.5 million office complex in Texas that's allegedly tied to a money laundering scheme involving billions of dollars stolen from PrivatBank, one of Ukraine's largest banks.

  8. August 27, 2021

    Fla. Men Fight For Assets In Ukraine Money Laundering Case

    Two Florida men under investigation for their alleged part in a multibillion-dollar international money laundering scheme said there's no law that kills their claim to a Kentucky skyscraper simply because the property has already been sold for cash.

  9. June 11, 2021

    Fla. Men Defend Claims To Property In Alleged Fraud Scheme

    Two Miami-based associates of the former owners of Ukraine's PrivatBank are urging a federal judge not to nix their claims to a 31-story Kentucky skyscraper being targeted by U.S. prosecutors for its alleged connection to a money laundering scheme.

  10. May 26, 2021

    Fla. Men Say Feds Can't Seize Fraud-Linked Ky. Skyscraper

    Two Florida men under investigation for their alleged part in a multibillion-dollar international money laundering scheme are trying to stop feds from seizing their Kentucky skyscraper, saying the U.S. must stay out of Ukrainian sovereign affairs.