US Hires New Crew, Sails Seized Russian Megayacht to Hawaii
- US won legal battle to move $325 million superyacht from Fiji
- Officials pursuing yachts, villas of tycoons close to Putin
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US authorities have sailed the $325 million superyacht they seized last week that’s linked to Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov to Hawaii -- a big win as the US looks to confiscate Russian assets and punish oligarchs for their country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The 348-foot Amadea, now sailing under an American flag and manned by an all-new crew, moored in Hawaii Thursday morning local time, according to vessel data compiled by Bloomberg and space-based analytics firm Spire Global Inc. That would be a roughly 3,100-mile journey from Fiji, where the Supreme Court lifted a stay on June 7 that had prevented the US from sailing the vessel away from the South Pacific nation after its registered owner mounted a series of legal challenges.