Leonid Teyf
Russian-Israeli white collar criminal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leonid Isaakovich Teyf is a Russian-Israeli businessman and white-collar criminal. He served as the deputy director of Voentorg, a company that contracted with the Russian Ministry of Defense to provide goods and services to the Russian Military.
Leonid Teyf | |
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Born | |
Nationality (legal) | Russian Israeli |
Occupation | business executive |
Known for | white-collar crime |
Spouse | Tatyana Anatolyevna Teyf (2005-17; divorced) |
Children | 3 |
In December 2018 Teyf and his wife were arrested by FBI agents and his mansion in Raleigh, North Carolina was raided as part of an investigation into a money laundering and murder-for-hire scheme. Teyf was alleged to have profited $150 million in a kickback scheme involving the Russian Government. On March 19, 2021, the United States Government dropped 47 counts out of a 50-count indictment against Teyf, including the charges of money laundering and murder-for-hire.[1] Teyf pled guilty to bribing a federal agent $10,000 to deport the son of his housekeeper, with whom he suspected his wife was having an affair; to lying on his visa application about his anticipated yearly salary; and to omitting his financial holdings in a foreign bank account in his 2012 tax returns. Teyf agreed to forfeit $5.9 million, and agreed to be deported upon conclusion of his 5-year prison sentence.[1]