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Justice Department's indictment of Semion Mogilevich

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nominees, closely-related parties, and shell companies. FISHERMAN coordinated, supervised<br />

and implemented the scheme to defraud from MOGILEVICH’s headquarters at 44 Benczur<br />

Street in Budapest, Hungary, among other locations.<br />

8. JACOB BOGATIN, a/k/a “Yakov,” was born in Saratov, Russia.<br />

BOGATIN entered the United States in or about 1987 and became a naturalized United States<br />

citizen in or about January 1993. BOGATIN held various executive positions within the Network<br />

<strong>of</strong> YBM companies, including: President and Chief Executive Officer <strong>of</strong> YBM MAGNEX, INC.,<br />

described below at paragraph 15, from March 1994 until at least September 1998, and President,<br />

Chief Executive Officer and a member <strong>of</strong> the Board <strong>of</strong> Directors <strong>of</strong> YBM from late 1995 until at<br />

least September 1998. Through these positions, BOGATIN was involved in the daily control and<br />

supervision <strong>of</strong> YBM's operations in the United States and abroad, including those in Budapest,<br />

Hungary. BOGATIN coordinated, supervised and implemented the scheme to defraud from<br />

YBM headquarters in the Eastern District <strong>of</strong> Pennsylvania, among other locations.<br />

9. ANATOLY TSOURA was born in Russia and served as the Vice President<br />

<strong>of</strong> Finance for YBM’s subsidiaries ARIGON CO., LIMITED and UNITED TRADE, LIMITED,<br />

see paragraphs 13 and 14 below, from approximately 1995, until at least September 1998.<br />

TSOURA was not a citizen <strong>of</strong> the United States. Under the direction <strong>of</strong> defendant<br />

FISHERMAN, TSOURA was responsible for, among other things, the compilation <strong>of</strong> UNITED<br />

TRADE's financial records and the preparation <strong>of</strong> false purchase orders, invoices and other<br />

documentation to support bogus commercial transactions. TSOURA implemented and<br />

participated in the scheme to defraud from the Budapest, Hungary location <strong>of</strong> UNITED TRADE,<br />

among other places.<br />

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