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Salinas Pliego Bolsters Legal Push to Recover $400 Million From Astor Scam

With a London freeze in place, he filed U.S. lawsuits to trace proceeds from the identity-theft network

Durante la primavera de ese año, Salinas Pliego decidió realizar una fuerte apuesta en bitcoin y, para concretar la operación, necesitaba un préstamo de 400 millones de dólares. via REUTERS ATENCIÓN EDITORES - ESTA IMAGEN FUE PROPORCIONADA POR UN TERCERO. NO HAY REVENTAS. SIN ARCHIVO
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Overview

  • A London Commercial Court order from 2024 continues to hold $400 million in assets tied to the Astor Capital Fund fraud.
  • He has initiated federal actions in New York to subpoena bank records and trace funds from the liquidation of his retail shares.
  • Investigators located Vak Sklarov, the fraudster posing as Gregory Mitchell, in Greece and are tracking his assets including properties and a private yacht.
  • A Wall Street Journal investigation indicates that Sklarov defrauded additional investors of $750 million in share collateral beyond Salinas Pliego’s losses.
  • The scheme hinged on Sklarov’s and Alexey Skachkov’s impersonations of Astor family members, with Skachkov posing as Thomas Astor Mellon to secure the fictitious loan.