The US Department of Justice charged Russian Osipov with trying to circumvent sanctions

Washington also issued an arrest warrant for Osipov, RIA Novosti reports.

According to investigators, Osipov and British citizen Richard Masters tried to hide the ownership of the yacht by an entrepreneur who is under US sanctions.

Earlier, Deputy US Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the arrest by FBI agents of one of the founders of the Bitzlato crypto exchange, Russian citizen Anatoly Legodimov.