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Federal prosecutors have announced the arrest in London of a U.S. citizen for his work as a television producer for a Russian Oligarch tied to Russian aggression in Ukraine. U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Thursday that the February arrest of John Hanick came from the first-ever criminal indictment in New York charging a violation of U.S. sanctions resulting from Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea. Williams said Hanick had worked for years for Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev. U.S. sanctions on Malofeyev ban U.S. citizens from working for or doing business with Malofeyev.

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges Thursday against an American television producer accused of violating sanctions against a Russian oligarch related to Moscow's invasion of Crimea in 2014. 

Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against an American they say violated U.S. sanctions by working for a Russian oligarch, calling the case an "example" amid Moscow's ongoing aggression in Ukraine.

A U.S. government attorney said U.S. citizen John Hanick was arrested in February in London and it was the first-ever criminal indictment in New York charging a violation of U.S. sanctions resulting from Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.