# U.S. Exposes Attempted Sanctions Evasion Scheme Connected to Russian Oligarch

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/u-s-exposes-attempted-sanctions-evasion-scheme-connected-to-russian-oligarch/
- Published: 2024-05-20T10:00:55-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image info: Sketch of the US Treasury from the book  Picturesque Washington, by Joseph West Moore. 1884. No restrictions. Wikimedia. Press release: U.S. Department of the Treasury – May 14, 2024. WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one Russian individual and three Russia-based companies involved in an attempted sanctions evasion scheme in which an opaque and complex supposed divestment could have unfrozen more than $1.5 billion worth of shares belonging to U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (Deripaska). […] Click here to view original web page at home.treasury.gov