CITY OF ALMATY v. KHRAPUNOV

No. 18-56451.

956 F.3d 1129 (2020)

CITY OF ALMATY, a foreign state, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Viktor KHRAPUNOV, an individual; Leila Khrapunov, an individual; Iliyas Khrapunov, an individual; Madina Ablyazova, AKA Madina Khrapunova, an individual; Crownway, Ltd., a Belize corporation; Vilder Company S.A., a Panama corporation; RPM USA, LLC, a New York corporation; World Health Networks, Inc., FKA Health Station Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation; RPM-Maro, LLC, a New York corporation; Daniel Khrapunov, an individual; Maro Design LLC, a California corporation; Thirtyeight Enterprises, LLC, a California Corporation; Haute Hue LLC, a California corporation; 628 Holdings LLC, a California corporation; Candian International LTD., a British Virgin Islands corporation; Elvira Khrapunov, as Trustee for The Kasan Family Trust; Dmitri Kudryashov, AKA Dmitry Kudryashov, an individual, and as Trustee for The Kasan Family Trust, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Bress (argued) and Margaret A. Upshaw , Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, D.C.; David J. Schindler and Kendall M. Howes , Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Martha Boersch (argued) and Matthew C. Dirkes , Boersch Shapiro LLP, Oakland, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Matthew L. Schwartz , Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, New York, for Amici Curiae Anti-Money Laundering Experts.

Before: Sandra S. Ikuta and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges, and Algenon L. Marbley, District Judge.


OPINION

The City of Almaty, in Kazakhstan, alleges that Victor Khrapunov and his family engaged in a scheme to defraud the city of millions of dollars. After absconding with the money to Switzerland, the family allegedly began laundering the money into property and other investments in the United States. Almaty...

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