{"id":1390505,"date":"2022-03-20T09:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T13:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390505"},"modified":"2022-03-20T09:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T13:59:49","slug":"u-s-government-offers-5-million-reward-for-info-on-russian-oligarchs-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-government-offers-5-million-reward-for-info-on-russian-oligarchs-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Government Offers $5 Million Reward for Info on Russian Oligarchs&#039; Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-government-offers-5-million-reward-for-info-on-russian-oligarchs-assets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1390505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Potential $5 million cash rewards are being offered by the U.S. government to Americans delivering information leading to the seizure of assets directly linked to Russian oligarchs.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cseize and freeze\u201d scheme launched Wednesday as part of guidance dubbed the \u201cKleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program\u201d as overseen by the U.S. Treasury.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>It took shape before Moscow sent troops into Ukraine and was approved by Congress during the Trump administration as part of a defense spending plan.<\/p>\n<p>Any U.S. citizen who relays information that leads to the restraint, seizure, or forfeiture of assets \u201clinked to corruption involving the government of the Russian Federation,\u201d could claim the $5millon, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10630779\/Snitching-Russian-oligarchs-government-lead-5-million-reward.html\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assets owned by the rich Russians will only be seized if they are situated in the U.S. although others have acted unilaterally elsewhere.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ukrainian Crewman Attempts to Sink Russian Boss\u2019 Megayacht in Mallorca<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l5MsJRICxI\">https:\/\/t.co\/l5MsJRICxI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1498734827440197637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They can include any financial holdings under the name of the oligarchs, if they are deemed by the U.S. government to be aiding the Russian cause as the deadly conflict continues.<\/p>\n<p>The program is part of a coordinated effort from different government agencies to \u201cuse all the tools that they can and put a lot of teeth into the economic sanctions,\u201d Joe Valenti, a lawyer with the firm Saul Ewing Arnstein &#038; Lehr, <a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2022\/03\/19\/us-reward-russian-oligarchs\/7088702001\/\">told<\/a> USA TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for a reward under the new program, a tipster must provide information that leads to the restraint, seizure, forfeiture or repatriation of stolen assets \u201clinked to foreign government corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The assets, Valenti outlined, could include anything of value, from real estate to art to jewelry, as well as financial holdings and superyachts as well as private planes and associated transport.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0U.S. also unveiled Wednesday\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/home.treasury.gov\/news\/press-releases\/jy0659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multilateral Russian Oligarch Task Force<\/a>\u00a0to spread the search net wider with counterparts in\u00a0Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, the United Kingdom and the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, the U.K., France, and Italy are already involved in trying to collect and share information against Russians targeted for sanctions, the White House said when it announced the formation of the task force.<\/p>\n<p>The government says the sanctions imposed have had a stifling effect on the Russian economy.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Potential $5 million cash rewards are being offered by the U.S. government to Americans delivering information leading to the seizure of assets directly linked to Russian oligarchs. 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