The U.S. Justice Department seized a Los Angelesmega-mansion from the family of a former Armenian government official, who authorities said purchased the property with tens of millions of dollars in bribery payments.

A Kremlin critic who often reveals fraud and corruption in Russia claims that Russian physician and TV celebrity, Elena Malysheva, owns several luxurious properties in the US although she and her family are not that wealthy enough to be able to afford such real estate.