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☆ Feds seek seizure of two New York apartments worth $14 million tied to former Mongolia leader in alleged mining scheme
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Batbold Sukhbaatar of Mongolia addresses the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 22, 2010. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday sued to seize two New York City apartments worth $14 million that were allegedly bought with proceeds from a corrupt scheme involving Mongolia's huge copper mine, a former prime minister of that nation, and his Harvard Business School graduate son. Batbold served as prime minister from 2009 through 2012. Batbold's son, Battushig Batbold, a Harvard Business School graduate, is a member of the International Olympic Committee. Battushig Batbold also worked as a summer associate at Blackstone in 2014, and as a mining analyst at Morgan Stanley from 2009 through 2011, according to his LinkedIn page.

Persons: Batbold, Sukhbaatar Batbold, Battushig, Batbold's, Battushig Batbold, Morgan Stanley Organizations: United Nations, New, Harvard Business School, Erdenet Mining, Ocean Partners, Erdernet Mining, International Olympic, Blackstone Locations: Mongolia, New York, New York City, U.S, Brooklyn, Mongolian, Batbold, Manhattan, United States

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