Mob money Figure goes from big time to big house

THAT'S RICH:Nikolai Dozortsev allegedly earned enough under gangster Ricardo Fanchini (pictured) and suspected smuggler Viktor Bout to buy a Riva Vertigo boat, an Aston Martin and a Shelby Mustang (below, from top).

 Nikolai Dozortsev, was the U.S connection for an international Mafia group bossed by Major organized crime figure, Ricardo Fanchini. Dozortsev coordinated the drug and cigarette smuggling for Fanchini from New York, and laundered the money from the profits of these rackets. Dozortsev was eventually busted and is facing sentencing in a Brooklyn federal court . Reports NY post

by Mitchel Maddux

His hillside villa on the French Riviera overlooks Cannes.

He’s buying a Riva Vertigo 63, an Italian-crafted yacht with that sleeps 12, and he tools around in a sleek Aston Martin V12 Vanquish coupe and a Shelby Mustang.

But Nikolai Dozortsev’s lavish lifestyle will take a 180-degree turn tomorrow when he’s sentenced in Brooklyn federal court as the favorite money launderer for a cabal of international gangsters — including Europe’s version of the Dapper Don.

He faces up to two decades behind bars.

The 44-year-old Dozortsev was born in Ukraine, while it was still under communist rule To read the rest  Click here: International money launderer Nikolai Dozortsev to be sentenced in Brooklyn federal court – NYPOST.com