For sale: A 348-foot mega yacht with an infinity pool, eight staterooms, a sauna and helipad.
The seller: The US government.
The Amadea was seized three years ago on the shores of Fiji in an operation run by the Justice Department’s KleptoCapture task force that targeted Russians on the US sanctions list to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin after his invasion of Ukraine.
The vessel was once valued at $350 million and is now likely to be sold for a deep discount following a multiyear legal battle involving a bitter dispute over the ship’s rightful owner.
The Amadea is one of several mega yachts, airplanes and luxury properties seized by the task force since it was established in 2022. Many of them remain in legal limbo.
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