MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY AND DA VANCE ANNOUNCE CIVIL FORFEITURE COMPLAINT AGAINST REAL ESTATE CORPORATIONS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN LAUNDERING PROCEEDS OF RUSSIAN TAX REFUND FRAUD SCHEME

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 10, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), and Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., the District Attorney for New York County (“DANY”), announced today the filing of a civil forfeiture complaint against the assets of nine corporations controlling real estate in Manhattan, including four luxury residential units and two high-end commercial spaces, as well as against the assets of two related companies, and seeking the imposition of civil money laundering penalties