Man charged in US with stealing $450 million from Mexican billionaire in loan scheme
Prosecutors say Sklarov posed as an Astor family associate and used false prestige to control and sell $450 million in pledged shares.
- Federal authorities arrested Vladimir Sklarov in Chicago on Saturday following a New York indictment charging him with defrauding a victim of $450 million through a stock-backed loan scheme from 2021 to 2024.
- Posing as 'Gregory Mitchell,' the "managing director" of Astor Asset Group, Sklarov falsely claimed affiliation with the wealthy Astor family to secure the victim's trust in the fraudulent loan scheme.
- Sklarov secured company shares worth at least $450 million from Salinas, then liquidated the assets for his own benefit and that of unnamed co-conspirators, federal prosecutors said.
- Currently held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, Sklarov faces a detention hearing on Friday following his transfer from the Southern District of New York.
- The Wall Street Journal reported that Sklarov is a "Ukrainian-born American and convicted fraudster" who previously served prison time, while Salinas Pliego admitted last year, "I feel like an absolute idiot.
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Man charged in US with stealing $450M from Mexican billionaire in loan scheme: ‘How could I fall for this?’
A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million in a bogus stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed US indictment and other court records.
He posed as an experienced lender who had ties to a wealthy American family.
A man used the name of the renowned Astor family to steal approximately $450 million from a Mexican businessman through a fraudulent stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed federal indictment in the United States…
Vladimir Sklarov, who allegedly scammed Mexican businessman Ricardo Salinas Pliego in 2021, faces new allegations of fraud.According to information from The Wall Street Journal, Vladimir Sklarov sold shares fraudulently, allowing him to make a $450 million scam.Sklarov has multiple lawsuits against him, all coming from victims who pointed him out for selling shares with fabricated motives.Vladimir Sklarov defrauded Salinas Pliego with 115 millio…
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Man charged in US with stealing $450 million from Mexican billionaire in loan scheme
U.S. prosecutors allege a man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to scam a Mexican billionaire out of $450 million.
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