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The former home of fugitive Ukrainian businessman sold for $ 12 million

Бывший дом беглого украинского бизнесмена продали за 12 миллионов долларов

In the town of Tiburon, California, USA, sold the house, once belonging to Petro Kyrychenko, the Ukrainian businessman, ally of former Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko. It is reported portal SocketSite.

In the mansion Kirichenko was arrested in 1999 by the decision of the immigration service. The official reason for the arrest then became a businessman providing incorrect data when applying for a visa.

Subsequently, the property was leased investment brokers Rebecca and Terry Solomon did, who were detained in 2007 by FBI agents on suspicion of theft of investors ‘ funds. They were convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment.

In 2009, the house has an area of about 1.3 thousand meters were on sale for $ 24,9 million. Then the rate reduced to 12.9 million dollars. In March 2016 the price tag reduced by another 400 thousand dollars, but the deal was eventually concluded with a four percent discount.

Petro Kirichenko, former assistant to the former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko, the founder of the party “Hromada”. In 1999, Lazarenko was arrested in the US on charges of fraud and money laundering. In 2006, the American court sentenced him to nine years in prison. Kirichenko was also a witness in the murder of MP Yevhen Shcherban in 1996. In 2013, he was named the customer of a crime the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko.

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