Thread by @davidenrich

A massive leak of "suspicious activity reports" filed by big banks, including @DeutscheBank.

I am just starting to look, but from what I hear it doesnt sound like there is a direct @realDonaldTrump connection. (Correct me if I'm wrong please!) buzzfeednews.com/article/jsvine…

Here's a handy table breaking down the leaked SARs by institution.

Here's a few bullet points on @BuzzFeedNews's main findings from the leaked SARs. buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl…

Here's an interesting angle on how @DeutscheBank's notorious "mirror trading" scheme to launder money for Russians involved Vladimir Putin's cousin and a big-time mobster. #FinCENFiles buzzfeednews.com/article/tomwar…

Here is a pretty extraordinary suspicious activity report. It was filed by @BankofAmerica to complain to the US government about @DeutscheBank apparent inability to detect and prevent money laundering. documentcloud.org/documents/7213…

Confirmed that there are no records here directly related to @realDonaldTrump. That is probably at least in part because Deutsche Bank told employees who flagged potentially suspicious Trump and Kushner transactions *not* to file SARs. (As reported in DARK TOWERS and NYT)

North Korea moved money through @jpmorgan nbcnews.com/news/world/sec…

This is quite interesting. @jpmorgan not looking so good. ⤵️⤵️

After spending five hours in this, my biggest takeaway so far is that @jpmorgan – the biggest US bank – has been a real hub of suspicious activity. Malaysia, Venezuela, Manafort, Russian mafia, etc. JPM deserves more scrutiny than it's been getting. icij.org/investigations…

I'm sure there are going to be more important revelations in the days/weeks ahead, especially as more journalists get access to the @BuzzFeedNews @ICIJorg trove of suspicious activity reports and use those materials in other ongoing reporting. Exciting!

And here's our quick @nytimes write-up of this landmark leak. @noamscheiber @FlitterOnFraud nytimes.com/2020/09/20/bus…