Vladimir Sklarov is facing serious allegations after reportedly swindling a Mexican billionaire of $450 million by creating a fraudulent company. He leveraged the name of the Astor family to illicitly ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor ...
Federal prosecutors claim Vladimir Sklarov used the Astor name to gain the trust of a Mexican billionaire—then liquidated hundreds of millions in stock. A financier who allegedly claimed connections ...
A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million in a bogus stock-backed loan scheme, according to a newly unsealed U.S.
Vladimir Sklarov, who claimed to have connections to the illustrious Astor family and lent money to billionaires, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering in Manhattan federal court. An April ...
NEW YORK (AP) — It's hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family's legacy is ...
The elegant exterior of New York City's The Astor, which recently unveiled its first new listings in two years. On this date in 1912, one of the richest men in the world dined sumptuously aboard the ...
John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor Jr. cofounded the Waldorf-Astoria after a feud. Modern Astor ...