On Tuesday, FBI investigators raided houses in Washington and New York City that are linked to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian businessman sanctioned by the United States who once worked for Paul Manafort, the chairman of Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign in 2016.
The investigation into Deripaska, a metal industry magnate with ties with Kremlin, is being led by the United States Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, also known as the Southern District of New York.
A representative for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said that the agency was carrying out a court-ordered law enforcement operation at the homes, which the Washington Post earlier reported was tied to the Russian oligarch.
A second spokesperson for the FBI’s New York field office confirmed the ‘law enforcement operations’ at a residence in New York’s Greenwich Village district, but refused to elaborate further.
The purpose for the searches was unclear, and FBI representatives provided no information. According to a spokesperson for Deripaska, the properties being examined belong to the oligarch’s relatives.
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