8/ Criminal charges summary
• #McGonigal: ✅ Pleaded guilty to #sanctions evasion and money laundering, sentenced to 50 months
• #Shestakov: ❌ Pleads not guilty, faces charges of conspiracy, money laundering and lying to the FBI | Trial begins June 17 🗓️
Now wait and see 👀
7/ 👩⚖️ #Shestakov’s defense
• Lawyer Rita #Glavin: If they worked for EN+ (legal corporate entity), that’s allowed under US law ✅
• Critics, like cjcmichel, say that’s splitting hairs, true aim was aiding #Deripaska himself ❌
6/ Enter: Vladimir #Gusinsky
Gusinsky, a former Russian media magnate, is linked through social ties to both defendants. The FBI inquiries involved his Connecticut mansion, though he isn’t charged. #Shestakov owned a credit card in his name, used for #NHL tickets 💳🏒
4/ 🏛️ EN+ or Deripaska?
#Shestakov’s team argues their work was for #EN+ Group (a legal entity co-owned by Deripaska), not for #Deripaska personally, allowing it under U.S. law. Critics say that difference is meaningless when it serves a sanctioned #Kremlin-linked oligarch 🇷🇺💰
🌶️🧵Trial Alert: #Russian asset Sergei #Shestakov’s federal trial begins June 17 in Manhattan! ⚖️ Let's find how he helped oligarch Oleg #Deripaska evade 🇺🇸 #sanctions!
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