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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI<\/strong> — The former president of the Russian steel producer’s U.S. subsidiary was indicted for hiding millions of dollars in secret Swiss bank accounts, federal officials announced Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Victor Lipukhin, formerly a resident of St. Charles, Ill., was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., for attempting to interfere with the administration of the internal revenue laws and filing false tax returns, according to federal authorities.<\/p>\n

Officials said Lipukhin, a Russian citizen, hid millions of dollars in Swiss bank accounts to dodge paying taxes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He lived in St. Charles from at least 2001 through mid-2007.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment, Lipukhin formerly served as president of Severstal Inc., a subsidiary of AO Severstal, the largest steel producer in Russia.<\/p>\n

Lipukhin, a Russian citizen and former lawful permanent U.S. resident, kept about $4,000,000 and $7,500,000 in assets in two bank accounts in Switzerland from 2002 through 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the indictment, \u00a0Lipukhin used fictitious mortgages through an entity called Dapaul Management, controlled by a Canadian attorney, to conceal his purchase of real estate in the U.S. with funds from the Swiss accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n

This includes his purchase of a historic building at 18 N. Fourth St, in St. Charles, Ill., for $900,000 in the name of Charlestal LLC, a domestic entity controlled by Lipukhin.<\/p>\n

Lipukhin also attempted to prevent an automobile dealer from filing a Form 8300 \u2013 which is required for certain cash transactions over $10,000 \u2013 with the IRS in order to report Lipukhin\u2019s cash payment to buy the automobile.<\/p>\n

A person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Lipukhin faces up to three years imprisonment on each count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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