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Acon in exclusive talks to buy East Coast from investor linked to sanctioned Russian

US-based PE is in exclusive talks to acquire lobster and scallop processor East Coast Seafood from Forum Capital, an investment firm with links to a sanctioned Russian oligarch

By Tom Seaman | June 7, 2022 17:49 BST
Russian billionaire Igor Makarov, who has just been sanctioned by Australia and Canada, pictured on Jan. 19, 2017, at the opening of the Mount Sinai Autism Clinic in Miami, Florida. Makarov is the donor who funded the clinic. Credit: Imago
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US-based private equity (PE) ACON Investments is in exclusive talks to acquire lobster and scallop processor East Coast Seafood Group (ECSG) from Forum Capital Group, an investment firm that Undercurrent News has identified has ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch [...]

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