A Sunny Isles Beach-based luxury real estate broker pleaded guilty to a scheme to violate Russia-Ukraine sanctions and commit money laundering.
Roman Sinyavsky of Family International Realty LLC and Miami VIP Properties faces up to five years in prison for his work with properties owned by sanctioned Russian oligarchs Viktor Perevalov and Valeri Abramov, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Perevalov and Abramov are both the subjects of sanctions by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for their conduct in Russia-occupied Crimea.
Sinyavsky pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to commit money laundering by “maintaining, transferring, selling, and leasing,” luxury condos owned by Perevalov and Abramov in Miami-Dade County, the Justice Department stated in a press release.
The condos in question included Abramov’s unit 606 on Williams Island, at 2600 Island Boulevard in Aventura, which he and his wife bought for $1.1 million in 1998, according to court and property records. They sold it for $1.2 million in 2019, while Abramov was sanctioned.
The charges also include Sinyavsky’s involvement in the management and leasing of Perevalov’s units 1616 and 1617 at One Bal Harbour, at 10295 Collins Avenue in Bal Harbour. Unit 1616 is a one-bedroom, 510-square-foot condo and unit 1617 is a one-bedroom, 1,147-square-foot condo, which Perevalov bought for a combined $1.9 million in 2008, records show. Federal authorities ordered the forfeiture of the condos in February.
Sinyavsky has also agreed to pay a fine of $1.1 million as part of his plea deal.