Russian Lawyer Charged With Obstruction Of Justice In US
- 5 years ago
According to Business Insider, federal prosecutors charged a Russian lawyer with obstruction of justice.
Natalia Veselnitskaya was indicted for seeking to disrupt a Justice Department investigation looking into an alleged money-laundering operation.
The case involves an elaborate tax-fraud scheme, which also implicated high-level officials in the Russian government.
It centered on the Russian real-estate firm Prevezon, which laundered millions of dollars into New York real estate.
Natalia Veselnitskaya was indicted for seeking to disrupt a Justice Department investigation looking into an alleged money-laundering operation.
The case involves an elaborate tax-fraud scheme, which also implicated high-level officials in the Russian government.
It centered on the Russian real-estate firm Prevezon, which laundered millions of dollars into New York real estate.