2/ From 2009–2016, Russian related investment firms DST Global (Yuri Milner) and ru-Net, run by Russian oligarch Leonid Boguslavsky, have been involved in investing more than $1 billion in Groupon.
3/ In 2010, Groupon bought Darberry.ru, a copycat Russian website, for $50 million and renamed it Groupon Russia. Vadim Dmitrievich Fedotov was the CEO of Groupon Russia and is now the managing director of digital entities for Gazprom Media Holding.
4/ Two of the co-founders of Darberry.ru built Rocketbank, a banking app that was ultimately used by Rosneft to short the Rouble and nearly crash the Russian economy.
5/ Groupon ultimately gave its Groupon Russia subsidiary to Boguslavsky "without receiving any proceeds" from the sale. Boguslavsky is on the U.S. sanctions list.
6/ The Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga triangle was the testing ground for Facebook Connect, a single sign-on service used by hundreds of millions, that allows Fb and their partners to share data. We know Fb allowed its user data to be used by Russia. What about Groupon and Zynga?
7/ Groupon co-founders Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell, own Lightbank, a tech investment firm. Lightbank and Milner have invested in some of the same startups. So has Thrive Capital, run by Josh Kushner.
8/ Lefkofsky is also invested in InnerWorkings, a global print management provider. Brian McCormack, is a co-founder and the director of InnerWorkings. He's also the campaign chairperson for Garry McCarthy, the former Chicago Police Dept. superintendent that was hired...
9/ and fired by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. McCarthy's now running for Chicago Mayor. His police departments in Newark and Chicago were both the subjects of DOJ Civil Rights investigations. McCormack has donated nearly $60,000 to McCarthy's campaign.
10/ McCarthy's first contract for his new security firm was signed with Richard Simon, a former police sergeant who has had known Mob connections for decades. Simon owns United Service Companies, a company formerly owned by mobster Ben Stein, aka Chicago's "King of the Janitors."
11/ Lefkosky has donated hundred$ of thousand$ to Rahm. Rahm has put Lefkosky on his World Business Council board.
12/ Rahm's said he isn't seeking a 3rd term. McCarthy has been friends with Rudy Giuliani for decades. Trump has supported McCarthy on numerous occasions, despite constantly criticizing Chicago. If outside $$ starts pouring into McCarthy's campaign, Chicago is def under attack.
13/ Read my complete thread:
