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luxury real estate broker in Sunny Isles Beach has pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved violating Russia-Ukraine sanctions and money laundering. Roman Sinyavsky, who works for Family International Realty LLC and Miami VIP Properties, faces up to five years in prison for his involvement with properties owned by sanctioned Russian oligarchs Viktor Perevalov and Valeri Abramov.

    Perevalov and Abramov are under sanctions from the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control due to their actions in Russia-occupied Crimea. Sinyavsky pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and money laundering by managing, selling, and leasing luxury condos owned by Perevalov and Abramov in Miami-Dade County.

    The properties involved include a condo unit on Williams Island that Abramov sold for $1.2 million in 2019 while he was under sanction, as well as two units at One Bal Harbour that Perevalov bought for $1.9 million in 2008. Federal authorities have ordered the forfeiture of these condos and Sinyavsky has agreed to pay a fine of $1.1 million as part of his plea deal.