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Karen Vardanyan

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2026
Ryuk Member Karen Vardanyan Sentenced to Two Years in U.S. Prison

Ryuk member Karen Vardanyan was sentenced to 24 months in U.S. prison after extradition from Ukraine and ordered to pay $1.2M in restitution. Karen Vardanyan, a 35-year-old Armenian citizen who went by “Maneeken” and, oddly, “Karl Lagerfeld” online, was extradited from Ukraine and sentenced to 24 months in federal prison plus three years of supervised […]

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