Denis Katsyv

Denis Katsyv is a Russian businessman, who has been linked to violations of the Magnitsky Act and who has been represented by attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya. Katsyv is the son of Pyotr Katsyv, a former vice governor and transportation minister of the Moscow region. Denis became a shareholder of Cyprus based Prevezon Holdings Ltd, shortly after it received mysterious cash payments in 2008 from Moldova[1]. In May 2017, Prezevon settled a $5.9 million fine from the U.S Department of Justice in case related to Russian tax fraud and money laundering originally uncovered by the deceased Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Katsyv was represented by Natalia Veselnitskaya.[2][3] He provided financial support to the "Human Rights Accountability Global Initiative Foundation" a lobbying agent against the Magnitsky act that was created February 2015 in Delaware.[4][5] Denis Katsyv, was specifically named in testimony by investor Bill Browder to the United States House Judiciary Committee of the 115th Congress on July 27th 2017 in regards to the Magnitsky Act of which Katsyv has lobbied against.

References

  1. ↑ OCCRP. "The Wall Street Connection". www.occrp.org. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
  2. ↑ House, Billy. "Democrats Ask DOJ About Settlement Involving Trump-Linked Lawyer".
  3. ↑ "Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $5.9 Million Settlement Of Civil Money Laundering And Forfeiture Claims Against Real Estate Corporations Alleged To Have Laundered Proceeds Of Russian Tax Fraud".
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Eileen. "Russian-American Lobbyist Attended Meeting Organized by Trump’s Son".
  5. ↑ Weiss, Michael. "The Russian Attorney at the Center of the Trump Jr. Scandal".
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