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France's TRACFIN stops Luis Oberto's St Barts real estate sale to Kirill Pisarev

Gotham City reported this week: "Saint Barth: le PNF bloque la vente suspecte d'une villa à 28 millions: Une récente décision de justice révèle que l'oligarque russe Kirill Pisarev a tenté de racheter une propriété à Saint-Barthélemy évaluée à 28 millions d'euros à l'homme d'affaires vénézuélien Luis Oberto. Or tous deux sont visés par des enquêtes séparées du Parquet national financier. La vente, qui pourrait constituer une "opération de blanchiment", a été stoppée par une saisie pénale en mars 2022." [bold added]

Of special interest the part in bold: both Oberto and Pisarev are under investigation by France's Financial Prosecutor's office (TRACFIN).

Oberto is well known for being instrumental in setting up with Rafael Ramirez a $4+ billion money laundering scheme at PDVSA.

Pisarev reportedly has its own issues with TRACFIN.

Oberto tried to sell real estate in St Barts to Pisarev and TRACFIN flagged the operation as, potentially, money laundering. The background to Oberto's acquisition of said property in St Barts is here.

The court's decision is here (French).

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