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Couple working as chauffeurs accused of stealing $34M from Oregon publishing giant

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Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:20:50 -0800
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by: Technobarbarian - Sat, 27 Jan 2024 01:20 UTC

"An Oregon couple who worked for an Oregon publishing giant have been
charged with stealing $34 million in exorbitant and bogus charges,
including lavish properties and a private jet, according to court
documents.

Sergey V. Lebedenko, 53, and his wife Galina A. Lebedenko, 48, were
charged with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding
Win McCormack, a 79-year-old political activist and founder of Tin House
Books, from 2016 to 2023.

For years, Sergey Lebedenko worked as a driver for McCormack, and their
business relationship soon changed with time and he and his wife
housesat for McCormack and ran his errands, a criminal complaint filed
Monday in the U.S. District Court of Oregon said.

The Lebedenkos charged their services to McCormack's American Express
card in the name of their business, Astra Car Service. However,
McCormack did not regularly check his card charges, and for years the
couple raked in piles of money ? including $9 million in 2019 alone ?
right under McCormack's nose, the complaint said."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/couple-working-chauffeurs-accused-
stealing-34m-oregon-publishing-giant-rcna135829TB

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