FBI agents outside Oleg Deripaska's home in Washington. Video frame. File photoMOSCOW, April 25The searches that the FBI conducted in October 2021 at the homes of relatives of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska in the United States were related to a sanctions evasion investigation, as part of which American law enforcement officers seized works of art, household items and financial documents, as well as glasses and shoes, Bloomberg reports citing informed sources. FBI officers searched two houses in New York and Washington, which the media associated with Deripaska, in the second half of October 2021. The representative of the businessman confirmed to RIA Novosti that the searches were being carried out, stating that the houses belong to the businessman's relatives and that the searches are related to US sanctions. Deripaska himself connected the searches with the continuation of the «spinning stories» about the allegedly colossal role of Russia in the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election.NYT: Biden's son wanted to sell information about Deripaska's connections to a US firmAccording to the agency, the purpose of the searches was to find possible evidence of Deripaska's evasion of US sanctions that were imposed against the businessman in 2018. The agency, citing New York federal prosecutor Andrew Adams, also reports that a special group under the US Department of Justice is currently dealing with the Deripaska case. Sources close to the investigation report that in addition to financial documents, invoices and works of art, solar glasses and hiking boots. According to sources, during a raid in New York, FBI agents were looking for documents related to Gracetown Inc, which was registered in 2006 by British businessman Graham Bonham Carter, second cousin of actress Helena Bonham Carter, the star of films directed by Tim Burton and his ex-wife. According to court documents, Gracetown has been managing the payment of property taxes in the Deripaska-related New York home since 2013. According to the agency, both houses currently appear uninhabited. A notice from a utility company hangs on the front door of a townhouse in New York warning of an imminent loss of gas and electricity in the event of a $400 debt. >Deripaska's family neighbor in Washington said that their house has long been uninhabited
