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Veselnitskaya is a long-time lawyer for Pyotr Katsyv, who is the vice-president of the state-owned Russian Railways, and was formerly the Moscow region's minister of transportation.
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On 8 January 2019, Veselnitskaya was indicted for obstruction of justice by the office of the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District Court of New York, in connection with a 2015 money laundering case.
Veselnitskaya acted as the lawyer for Denis Katsyv, a key figure in the U.S. indictment. The son of a former Moscow regional transport minister, he was sole owner of Prevezon Holdings, which was named in the U.S. indictment alleging that some proceeds from the tax fraud scheme were laundered through the purchase of New York City real estate.
Magnitsky was a Russian lawyer and auditor who in 2007 and 2008 uncovered an alleged vast corruption scheme involving about $230 million, according to a federal indictment by the U.S. Southern District of New York in 2013. The alleged tax fraud scheme came at the expense of an investment firm, Hermitage Capital, owned by an American investor, Bill Browder, according to the U.S. indictment.
Veselnitskaya has fought against the Magnitsky Act in both her home country and in the United States, and it was the topic of discussion during her Trump meeting. The act itself was named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who discovered fraud involving the real estate company, Prevezon Holdings, which was owned by the son of a Russian official. Oddly enough, Magnitsky died in Russian custody. Veselnitskaya and her firm, Kamerton Consulting, represented Russian businessman Denis Katsyv (who was the owner of the Cyprus-based Prevezon Holdings) in a civil case, which involved fraud. The case was filed by then New York U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in 2013 in Manhattan.
Veselnitskaya is now making headlines for her meeting with Trump Jr. in 2016, which also raised eyebrows surrounding the allegations (and several investigations) into the Kremlin’s meddling in the presidential election. According to three advisers to the White House who were briefed on the meeting, Trump Jr. was promised “damaging information about Hillary Clinton” before the initial meeting took place. However, it is unclear as to whether or not the Russian lawyer actually produced any incriminating evidence on Hillary Clinton.
Veselnitskaya is a long-time lawyer for Pyotr Katsyv, who is the vice-president of the state-owned Russian Railways , and was formerly the Moscow region's minister of transportation. In 2008, the Russian journalist, Vladimir Solovyov, accused Veselnitskaya and her stepdaughter of orchestrating unusual court decisions regarding land in Moscow.
Veselnitskaya has said that she graduated with distinction from the Moscow State Legal Academy in 1998. She attests that she was then employed for a period by the prosecutor's office in Moscow Oblast, where she worked on legislation, and claims to have won over 300 legal cases. Veselnitskaya switched to private practice, ...
On 8 January 2019, Veselnitskaya was indicted in the United States with obstruction of justice charges for allegedly having attempted to thwart the Justice Department investigation into the money laundering charges against Katsyv.
From 1986 to 1988, Akmetshin served in the Soviet Army, where he obtained the rank of sergeant and worked in a counterintelligence unit for the KGB. Veselnitskaya's campaign included an unsuccessful attempt in Washington to repeal the Magnitsky Act and to "keep Mr. Magnitsky’s name off the law".
Attorney for the Southern District Court of New York, in connection with a 2015 money laundering case.
Natalia Veselnitskaya. In this Eastern Slavic naming convention, the patronymic is Vladimirovna and the family name is Veselnitskaya. Veselnitskaya attends a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Russia in 2016.
According to Swiss news sources, a Swiss agent and Russia specialist from the Federal Office of Police, investigating the Prevezon transaction from a Magnitsky Act violation, travelled privately to Moscow in December 2016 with his diplomatic passport, where he met Veselnitskaya.