Mystery Over Abandoned Yacht Grows as Russian Tycoon Denies Link

The mystery surrounding who owns an abandoned 267-foot superyacht docked in Antigua and Barbuda deepened after lawyers for Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev said their client doesn’t own the vessel, and the government pushed ahead with plans to auction it off.

The Caribbean nation claims the Alfa Nero — a luxury yacht that sleeps 12 and has an infinity pool that turns into a helipad — belongs to Guryev, an industrial tycoon who’s facing international sanctions. But Guryev’s lawyers in London said the vessel isn’t his.

“As we have informed the Antiguan authorities Mr. Guryev neither owns nor controls the Alfa ...