US hires new crew to sail a sanctioned Russian oligarch's $325 million superyacht from Fiji to Hawaii, report says

• US authorities hired a new crew to sail a Russian gold tycoon's superyacht to Hawaii, per Bloomberg.
• Suleyman Kerimov's yacht is bearing the US flag on its journey to Hawaii, per ship-tracking data.

US authorities have hired a new crew to sail a Russian oligarch's luxury yacht from Fiji to Hawaii, $4 first reported.

The $325 million vessel, which US authorities said belonged to gold tycoon Suleyman Kerimov, left the port of Lautoka in Fiji early on Tuesday, according ship-tracking $4 from analytics firm Spire.

The yacht, called Amadea, is now heading for Hawaii, a US state, per Spire data.

After Fiji $4 on Tuesday that Kerimov's yacht was in the hands of US authorities, the vessel departed from the island bearing the American flag, according to ship-tracking site $4. It previously flew the Cayman Islands flag.

Bloomberg reported that a different crew is now in control of the 348ft Amadea, which features a helipad, jacuzzi, swimming pool, and a winter garden, according to $4.

The Department of Justice declined to comment about the new crew but told Insider on Tuesday that "the judicial process to determine the disposition of the vessel will continue."

Amadea $4 in Fiji on April 12 after $4 before it was banned from leaving due to $4.

In early June, Fiji's supreme court ordered the yacht to "sail out of Fiji waters" because its running costs were becoming $4.

After being sanctioned by the US in 2018 for $4, Kerimov was also sanctioned by the UK and European Union following the invasion of Ukraine for his close ties with Vladimir Putin.

He is a member of the Russian Federation Council and his family owns a $4 in Polyus Gold, which $4.

Kerimov also $4, a Russian financial and industrial group.