U.S. Justice Department Brings Civil Forfeiture Suit Against Kleptocrats
On December 30, 2020 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The DOJ is alleging that commercial real estate, located at 55 Public Square in Cleveland, Ohio, was acquired using misappropriated funds from PivatBank in Ukraine.