Janna Bullock

Wealthy New York socialite Janna Bullock has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Moscow court after she was found guilty of embezzling nearly $200 million, according to Russian reports. On Jan. 23 2018, Russian-born Bullock was sentenced by the Moscow Basmanny Court in her absence to 11 years at a prison and hard-labor camp. Bullock — who moved to New York in 1990 and is now a US citizen, a Manhattan and Hamptons society staple, an arts-scene fixture and a former Guggenheim board member — was found guilty, along with her ex-husband, former Moscow regional finance minister Alexey Kuznetsov, of embezzling more than 11 billion rubles from organizations in Moscow between 2005 and 2008. She has distanced herself from Kuznetsov, who was arrested in Saint-Tropez in 2013 after fleeing Russia following an associate’s murder, and spent four years behind bars in France fighting extradition. France released him last year after an appeal. In order to repay their victims, the Russians have reportedly seized most of Bullock’s property in Europe, including an apartment in Paris, two properties in Switzerland, a house in Saint-Tropez, a haul of expensive art — 27 paintings and eight sculptures — 10 cars, including Rolls-Royces, Mercedes-Benzes and Bentleys, and a yacht. But Bullock, who made a fortune flipping homes on the Upper East Side and in the Hamptons, is as prominent as ever on the social scene.