Prigodsky is listed as the sole shareholder of TUC Ltd., a company registered in Malta in 2013, the principal activity of which is to “carry out shipping activities,” including the acquisition of vessels.
According to a TUC financial statement filed in 2015, as of Dec. 31, 2014, the company’s assets were valued at about $6.6 million and consisted of a vessel under construction. It also reported a loss of about $25,100, which allowed it to pay no income taxes for 2014, according to the document. The file also shows that TUC agreed in July 2015 to lease the Santa Maria T, a 120-foot motor yacht built in the Netherlands, to an unnamed user.
According to Malta registry files in December 2015, Prigodsky became a shareholder of Ala Int. Ltd., a company that was incorporated in 2011 and listed several lines of business, including agriculture, property management and acquiring intellectual property rights.
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