Optima 55 Public Square is one of many U.S. real estate companies where oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky invested the money he allegedly siphoned out of PrivatBank through his American business partners and proxy companies. (Google Maps)
Ihor Kolomoisky-tied Cleveland property company defaulted on a $18.5 million loan, according to a report by Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer on Dec. 4.
Optima 55 Public Square LLC manages one of the city’s most prominent office buildings. It is part of a web of companies where Kolomoisky allegedly parked a big chunk of the $5.5 billion that he and his business partners allegedly stole from PrivatBank, Ukraine’s largest bank, which he owned before the state nationalized it four years ago.