Miami-based businessman pleads guilty to conspiracy to violate Russia-Ukraine sanctions and to commit international money laundering
Sergey Karpushkin, 46, of Miami, Fla., a resident of the United States and a citizen of Belarus, pleaded guilty this month to engaging in a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions and commit money laundering by conducting transactions for the purchase and acquisition of metal products valued at over $139 million from companies owned by Sergey Kurchenko, a sanctioned oligarch.