Editor’s note: Martin J. Sheil is a retired branch chief of the IRS Criminal Investigation division.
Irakly “Ike” Kaveladze is, or at least has been, a suspected money launderer in the employ of one of Russia’s most powerful oligarchs. His boss is Aras Agalarov, a Russian real estate mogul known in some circles as the “Russian Donald Trump,” reputedly the 57th richest person in Russia and a close friend of Vladimir Putin. Ike is currently a senior VP in charge of real estate/finance in Agalarov’s firm Crocus Group, where he started working in the early 90s.
