1. I've only just started to look at these and there are some familiar names associated with Trump and the Trump Org. @davidenrich
2. Take Ilyas Khrapunov who washed $4Bn of his father-in-law's embezzled cash through these US banks.
3. Felix Sater was in talks with Khrapunov about funding the Moscow Trump Tower, according to Bloomberg. And when that fizzled, Sater bought Khrapunov on as a big condo investor in Trump SoHo.
4. Khrapunov allegedly used Sater's Bayrock to invest his father-in-law's stolen money in the US. Bayrock financed the SOHO building. Khrapunov bough several units in the building.
5. Don Jr was asked about Khrapunov under oath during a congressional inquiry and denied knowing him, which is likely a lie.
6. This is Trump's business model: license Trump's brand to developers who finance their buildings with dirty money. Trump gets his cut in a licensing fee which shields him from the law.
7. The condos are catnip for criminals looking to launder dirty $$. Trump asks no questions and also gets an annual management fee from each owner. @narativ_live
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