Friday, April 14, 2023

VASSILIADES & CO MALTA LIMITED, CONTROLLED BY CYPRIOT LAWYER CHRISTODOULOS VASSILIADES, IS SANCTIONED BY OFAC



A Malta company owned and controlled by CHRISTODOULOS VASSILIADES, a Cypriot lawyer sanctioned by OFAC due to his alleged performance of legal services for sanctioned Russian Oligarchs, has also been sanctioned. The Malta company was established in 2013. 

                                   OFAC INFORMATION

VASSILIADES & CO. MALTA LIMITED (a.k.a. VASSILIADES AND CO. MALTA LIMITED), 17 Macerata Street, Floriana FRN 1080, Malta; Registration Number C60982 (Malta) [RUSSIA-EO14024] (Linked To: VASSILIADES, Christodoulos Georgiou). -to- VASSILIADES & CO. MALTA LIMITED (a.k.a. VASSILIADES AND CO. MALTA LIMITED), 17 Macerata Street, Floriana FRN 1080, Malta; Organization Established Date 27 Jun 2013; Registration Number C60982 (Malta) [RUSSIA-EO14024] (Linked To: 



                    US DEPARTMENT OF STATE INFORMATION

VASSILIADES, Christodoulos Georgiou)."The Network of Christodoulos Vassiliades

The Department is designating the network of the lawyer Christodoulos Vassiliades.  Vassiliades and the entities and individuals in his network have served as prolific enablers of a number of Russian oligarchs.

Christodoulos Georgiou Vassiliades (Vassiliades) is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(A) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation, and Section 1(a)(iii)(C) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of Sberbank Investment Limited, an entity that is blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024.  Vassiliades is a prolific enabler of Russian oligarchs and is also being sanctioned by the United Kingdom.

Kyriaki Demetriou Kamperi (Kamperi) is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(A) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation, and pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(C) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of Sberbank Investment Limited, an entity that is blocked pursuant to E.O. 14024.  Kamperi is a key associate of Vassiliades who is listed as a director or minority shareholder of multiple of Vassiliades’ entities.

Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & CO. LLC (CGV LLC) is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(vii) for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Vassiliades.  CGV LLC is Vassilides’s Cyprus-based law firm, which maintains offices in Belize, Seychelles, the British Virgin Islands, Hungary, and Greece.

Vassiliades & CO. UK Limited (Vassiliades UK) is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(vii) for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Vassiliades and Kamperi.

Anna Maria Vassiliades (Anna Maria) is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(iii)(C) for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of directors of Vassiliades UK.  Anna Maria is the adult daughter of Vassiliades.

Vassiliades & CO. Malta Limited (Vassiliades Malta) is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(vii) for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Vassiliades.

The following additional entities are being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(vii) for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Vassiliades:

Ionics Nominees Limited

Ledra Nominees Limited

Ledra Trustees Limited

Ledra Trustee Services Limited

Giorgos Vassiliades, the adult son of Vassiliades, is being designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(v) for being the spouse or adult child of Vassiliades.


https://www.state.gov/further-curbing-russias-efforts-to-evade-sanctions-and-perpetuate-its-war-against-ukraine-2/

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