The Department of Justice settled massive Russian fraud case involving lawyer who met with Don Trump Jr. Great. Democratic congressmen in the House Judiciary Committee want to know why Attorney General Jeff Sessions abruptly settled a money laundering case in May involving the same Russian attorney who met with Donald Trump Jr. during the presidential election to offer dirt on Democratic... Great. The civil forfeiture case was filed in 2013 by Preet Bharara. Oh, the one who was fired! The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was fired by Trump in March. The case alleged that 11 companies were involved in tax fraud in Russia and then laundered a portion of the $230 million they got into Manhattan real estate. The forfeiture case was heralded at the time as a significant step towards uncovering and unwinding a complex money laundering scheme arising from a notorious foreign fraud, Barrara said. As alleged... A Russian criminal enterprise sought to launder some of its billions in ill-gotten rubles through the purchase of pricey Manhattan real estate. But, instead of proceeding with the trial as scheduled, the Trump Justice Department settled the case two days before it was due to begin.