A member of the Council of the Dagestan Council and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov owned approximately 1% of the Spacex Ilon mask through a trust, when it was already under the sanctions of the United States. This was informed by Bloomberg informed sources.
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The oligarch had a participation in the mask of the space company since 2017 through Heritage Trust, based on the state of Delaware, four interlocutors to the agency said, including former high -risk officials related to the national security of the United States. Three sources pointed out that initially the trust had approximately 1% of Spacex.
In 2018, the United States Ministry of Finance imposed sanctions on Kerimov and other Russian officials. The actions of the US department were aimed at blocking the assets of the oligarch and preventing it from doing business with US companies, Bloomberg writes.
After the sanctions, the American Citigroup Bank, which was administered by Heritage Trust, requested instructions to the Ministry of Finance. The Citigroup did not see the need to block the trustee and related organizations, so it continued to work.
In June 2022, the US Treasury blocked the confidence of the heritage after the “complex system of legal structures and mannequins” created to hide Kerimov’s interests by the researchers, said one of the sources. At that time, the trustee assets amounted to around $ 1 billion, and the proportion of Spacex was already sold.
Companies closed as Spacex carry out an integrated audit of investors, however, in certain circumstances, it may be difficult to identify shareholders, for example, when participation in the company is bought through a legal entity created for certain purposes , explained the agency.
In December, the sources of the Wall Street Journal reported that Spacex’s leadership did not seek an increase in the level of admission to Gostine for the mask to avoid questions about drugs and multimillionaire contacts with Vladimir Putin.
The interlocutors clarified that senior management did not request a higher level for the mask on the recommendation of Spacex lawyers; They warned that the businessman can lose the current admission if he had to answer questions about contacts with foreign citizens and drug use.
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