Updated: 2:12 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020
FBI agents raided a Downtown Cleveland high-rise office building that has been linked to Ukrainian oligarchs in a 2019 lawsuit alleging money laundering.
A bureau spokeswoman confirmed agents were present at One Cleveland Center on East 9th Street Tuesday morning. The building belongs to Optima Management Group, a real estate company that also owns 55 Public Square and is an investor in the Westin Cleveland hotel.
Agents also raided a building in Miami on Tuesday, according to FBI Cleveland spokeswoman Vicki Anderson. No one was taken into custody during either raid, she said.
In a May 2019 lawsuit filed in Delaware, Ukrainian commercial lender PrivatBank alleged oligarchs Igor Kolomoisky and Ge…
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