“ Mr Katsyv was approached by an Israeli gentleman who represented that he was a consultant in forfeiture cases and could assist Mr Katsyv in this case.

The meeting, according to Denis Katsyv’s lawyers, was held at the recommendation of an unnamed Israeli “consultant.”Įxplaining the original meeting with FBI, Denis Katsyv’s lawyers said: He was accompanied to the meeting by his Russian attorney. Nearly $2 million of those transfers have been traced by the US Government to the $230 million crime in Russia uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky.Īccording to court filings, Denis Katsyv met with FBI Special Agent Penza in Rome on 12 February 2014. The US Government has traced over US$4.2 million in false and questionable wire transfers to Prevezon, described as payments for “bath tubs,” “auto spare parts,” video equipment” and other goods, while Prevezon is a real estate company that has nothing to do with manufacturing or trading goods. $8 million) confiscated as part of settlement of a separate money laundering investigation by the Government of Israel.Īccording to the US Government, Katsyv’s company was involved in laundering into Manhattan real estate proceeds connected to the $230 million crime.

In 2005, another company of Denis Katsyv, Martash, had 35 million shekels (U.S. In addition to the US proceeding, assets of Denis Kastyv and Prevezon have been frozen by the Swiss General Prosecutor under the criminal money laundering investigation connected to the same $230 million fraud uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky. The US court froze US$14 million of Prevezon assets in real estate and bank accounts pending trial in this action. Pyotr Katsyv then informed the US Government that that he wanted to “negotiate a settlement” in the case of his son, Denis Katsyv.ĭenis Katsyv’s company, Prevezon Holdings, is defendant in the civil forfeiture and money laundering case brought by the US Department of Justice in 2013.

One month later, in October 2014, it was announced that Pyotr Katsyv was appointed vice president of Russian Railways, the Russian state company, whose former chairman Vladimir Yakunin is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and subject of US sanctions. However, he did not show up at the meeting.

Pyotr Katsyv, former Minister of Transport for Moscow Region, Vice President of Russian Railwaysġ0 December 2015 – Documents filed in the US court in the first US civil money laundering case involving the $230 million crime that Sergei Magnitsky had uncovered, show that Pyotr (also spelled Petr) Katsyv, a senior Russian government official, offered to become an FBI informant to help settle the money laundering action brought against his son’s company in the Magnitsky case.Īccording to court documents, Pyotr Katsyv, currently Vice President of Russian Railways, and former Vice Premier of the Moscow Regional Government, offered the US Government to meet to provide information on “criminal activity in Russia.” This offer was preceded by a meeting between his son, Denis Katsyv, and FBI Special Agent in Rome, Italy.įollowing the offer from Pyotr Katsyv, plans were made by the US Department of Justice to meet him in Hungary in September 2014.

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