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Cops Follow Money Trail in Mystery Death of Colorado Real Estate Broker
USFWS via Wikimedia Commons A Colorado couple accused of stealing more than $2 million worth of real estate from a local man, then possibly planning to flee to non-extradition countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, or the African archipelago of Cape Verde, have been named as suspects in his mysterious death. Earlier this month, police in Longmont, Colorado arrested Savuth Yin, 26, and Yulisa Yin, 24, who are accused of forging deeds to illegally transfer ownership of multiple properties owned by 77-year-old Fred Oelke, a real estate broker whose body was found on Sept. 15 and identified publicly by authorities on Wednesday. Although cops have not yet revealed any information about…
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Putin’s Monte Carlo mystery, secret money and swanky real estate
Vladmir Putin. (Washington Post illustration; Photograph by Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images) MONACO — The apartment hangs over the blue waters of the Mediterranean beneath the Monte Carlo casino of James Bond legend. In the harbor below, royals, moguls and oligarchs float by in iceberg-size yachts. There is little about the humble background of Svetlana Krivonogikh to indicate that she had the means to acquire property overlooking this playground for the world’s elite. The Russian woman reportedly grew up in a crowded communal apartment in St. Petersburg, and held jobs that included cleaning a neighborhood shop. But previously undisclosed financial records combined with local tax documents show that Krivonogikh, 46, became the…
