The assets of Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov in the USA have been disclosed
Ukrainian Privatbank has disclosed the assets of its former owners Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov, whom the bank accuses of laundering $470 billion through Cypriot companies, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
About this with reference to the Privatbank lawsuit Radio Liberty reports.
“In general, we are talking about dozens of assets: ferroalloy and metallurgical plants, commercial real estate and hotels,” the report notes.
For example, thanks to money from Privatbank, one of the companies, Optima Ventures, became the largest owner of commercial real estate in the American city of Cleveland.
And Privatbank discovered the most property from Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov in the states of Ohio, Illinois and Texas.
In general, among the assets of former co-owners, the state-owned Privatbank found:
Public Square Building (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) was acquired for $34 million by Optima 55 Public Square, LLC (Delaware) on July 29, 2008. The company was founded on April 29, 2008.
One Cleveland Center (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) - acquired for $86,3 million by Optima One Cleveland Center, LLC (Delaware) on May 15, 2008. The company was founded on April 29, 2008. At least $36,1 million of this amount was They claim in the statement that they received it by withdrawing funds from Privatbank.
AECOM Building (formerly known as Penton Media) in Cleveland, Ohio. Acquired for $46,5 million by Optima 1300, LLC (Delaware) on August 16, 2010. The company was registered on July 21, 2010.
Also included in the list was the Crowne Plaza Hotel (now known as the Westin Hotel) in Cleveland, Ohio. A share in it was acquired by Optima 777, LLC (Delaware) for $9 million. The company was registered on June 3, 2011. At least another $2,4 million was spent on hotel renovations.
Stemmons Towers are located in Dallas, Texas. They were acquired by Optima Stemmons, LLC (Delaware), founded on May 14, 2008. About $76 million of the amount that was paid for this structure was obtained through money withdrawal schemes.
The former CompuCom System Headquarters and adjacent site, located at 7171 Forest Lane and 7505 Forest Lane, respectively, in Dallas, Texas. They were acquired by Optima 7171, LLC (Delaware). The company was registered on November 10, 2010.
PNC Plaza is a thirty-story skyscraper in the city of Kentucky, Louisville, located at 500 West Jefferson Street. In 2011, it was acquired for $77 million by Optima 500, LLC (Delaware), registered on November 10, 2010.
The Huntington Building is a 21-story building in Cleveland, Ohio, located at 925 Euclid Avenue. On June 14, 2010, it was acquired for $18,5 million by Optima 925, LLC (Delaware), which was incorporated on May 14, 2010.
The CC Metals and Alloys LLC ferrosilicon plant (Calvert, Kentucky), the largest producer and supplier of this material in the North American Steel Industry, is also owned by entities associated with Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov, Georgian American Alloys, Inc. (Delaware). The company was founded on February 14, 2012. The owners are Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov, together with Korf and Leibera. The plant, according to the lawsuit, was purchased back in March 2011 by the Optima group company, for which they spent $188,1 million.
Felman Production LLC's ferrosilicomanganese plant (New Haven, West Virginia), also owned by Georgian American Alloys, Inc. (Delaware).
The only trading company for the plant is Felman Trading, Inc. (New Jersey), which has warehouses in two dozen states, in particular in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas , Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, as well as outside the USA. It is also owned by Georgian American Alloys, Inc. (Delaware).
But KES Acquisition Company is a metallurgical plant called Kentucky Electric Steel (Ashland, Kentucky), owned by Optima Acquisitions, LLC (Delaware). The company was founded on June 25, 2008. The owners are Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov and Korf. Plant with 42 thousand sq. m. m cost at least 20 million dollars.
Steel Rolling Holdings, Inc. (Delaware). The company was founded on May 22, 2006. From 2009 to 2015, it owned the Detroit Cold Rolling Facility (Gibraltar, Michigan), which was sold to Ferragon Steel Rolling.
The abandoned Warren Steel plant in Warren, Ohio, is owned by Warren Steel Holdings, LLC (Delaware), incorporated on November 19, 2001. Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov are respectively associated with it through an entity in the British Virgin Islands called Halliwel Assets, Inc., and trust from the island of Jersey (Channel Islands), called Marigold Trust Asset Management. At least $4,5 million used to purchase the plant was, according to Privatbank, “laundered.”
Former Motorola Campus in Harvard, Illinois. Was acquired by Optima International of Miami, Inc. — which is likely associated with Optima Ventures.
Additionally, in early 2015, Optima Acquisitions subsidiary Optima Specialty acquired Corey Steel's Cicero, Illinois, steel plant for $43,5 million.
As reported, in Privatbank's lawsuit against former owners Igor Kolomoisky and Gennady Bogolyubov in the United States, the bank accuses the oligarchs of laundering $470 billion through Cypriot companies.
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