On September 1, the FBI and the US Department of Homeland Security raided an apartment and house that may be associated with Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. We are talking about real estate in New York and Florida. It is reported by NBC News.

According to AP , the properties that were searched belong to Vekselberg's childhood friend Vladimir Voronchenko or companies associated with Voronchenko's family and partners. Voronchenko was the founding director of the St. Petersburg museum, built to house the oligarch's collection of Faberge eggs.

According to media reports, during a search of an apartment in Manhattan, FBI agents "carried out boxes."

In early April, it was reported that employees of the Spanish Civil Guard and the US FBI, during a joint operation, arrested the yacht Tango, which belongs to Vekselberg, in the port of Palma de Mallorca. According to the Associated Press, the yacht was searched, during which documents and computers were seized. Vekselberg is suspected of money laundering, fraud and forgery in order to hide the owner of the yacht.

The owner of the Renova group came under US sanctions in 2018. According to the US Department of Justice, he benefited from the "consequences of destabilizing activities" of the Russian authorities. All Vekselberg's assets in the United States are frozen, and American companies are prohibited from doing business with him and his structures.