The U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of the Treasury announced proceedings against a company from Miami, Family International Realty LLC and its owner, Roman Sinyavsky.
Sinyavsky, according to US authorities, helped Russian businessmen Victor Perevalov and Valeriy Abramov (who founded JSC VAD in Russia, a large company involved in road construction including in Crimea), to circumvent sanctions imposed on them by the United States.
Perevalov and Abramov owned several luxury condominiums in Miami. When the United States imposed sanctions on businessmen in 2018, Sinyavsky helped the Russians resolve the real estate issue. Abramov sold his condominium, and two belonging to Perevalov were reorganized and leased (later they were confiscated in favor of the United States).
According to the US Treasury Department, Perevalov’s real estate was reissued with the help of Sinyavsky to the wife of a Russian businessman.
According to the US authorities, Roman Sinyavsky and his company earned about $182,442 in commissions by leasing two properties to third parties on behalf of Perevalov and selling a third property on behalf of Abramov.
Roman Sinyvasky has pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to violate US sanctions and money laundering, and faces up to five years in prison. In addition, Sinyvasky and his company have agreed to pay a civil fine of $1,076,923 for violating US sanctions.
