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A close associate of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich who was granted high-net-worth residency status to live in Jersey was called to appear in the Petty Debts Court over an unpaid parish rates bill, Express has learned.
Former Chelsea FC director and Canadian national Eugene Tenenbaum (pictured top, right, with Mr Abramovich) owed the Parish of St Brelade more than £4,000 in unpaid rates on a flat in an exclusive development on the hillside above St Aubin’s Harbour.
Mr Tenenbaum was scheduled to appear in the Petty Debts Court on 17 January.
Following his failure to appear, Magistrate Bridget Shaw ordered Mr Tenenbaum to pay St Brelade a total of £4,265.91.
The Court also authorised the Parish to have Mr Tenenbaum's wages arrested at the standard rate of £80 per week, and his personal property to be arrested and sold.
Pictured: The official judgment of the Petty Debts Court against Mr Tenenbaum.
Express has contacted the Parish to confirm if Mr Tenenbaum's rates still remain outstanding.
Mr Tenenbaum has several business links to Russian oligarch and politician Roman Abramovich – the former owner of Premier League football club Chelsea, and the primary owner of private investment company Millhouse LLC.
The Canadian national served as the Head of Corporate Finance at Mr Abramovich's oil company Sibneft, as well as a director of Chelsea, and a board member at mining group Evraz.
Financial records showed that Mr Tenenbaum had been a director at Fordstam, a company registered at Chelsea FC's Stamford Bridge home that loaned money to the Premier League side. Fordstam had received funds from Camberley International Investments – a firm registered at 50 Colomberie.
In 2021, Mr Tenenbaum, who was granted high-value-residency status, purchased two flats near St Aubin’s Village worth a combined £3.5m – one of which was subject to the unpaid parish rates bill.
However, the following year, he was added to the UK sanctions list on 14 April 2022 in an attempt to freeze up to £10bn of assets linked Mr Abramovich.
The sanctions were extended to Mr Tenenbaum and David Davidovich, another close associate of Mr Abramovich, because the oligarch had transferred billions of pounds of assets to the pair as Russia invaded Ukraine.
Pictured: Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich were sanctioned on 14 April 2022 for being "associated with Roman Abramovich".
The sanctions were coordinated with Jersey, and came after police raided premises in Jersey suspected to be connected to the business activities of Mr Abramovich and seized assets worth $7bn.
The UK Foreign Office said the sanctions would “freeze assets connected with the pair estimated to total up to £10bn – the largest asset freeze action in UK history”.
The department said the asset freezes would “prevent these assets from being repatriated to Russia and used to fund Putin’s war machine”.
Liz Truss, who was Foreign Secretary at the time, said: “We are tightening the ratchet on Putin’s war machine and targeting the circle of people closest to the Kremlin.
“We will keep going with sanctions until Putin fails in Ukraine. Nothing and no one is off the table.”
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