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Troika Laundromat scandal has hit Austria's Raiffeisen Bank which saw shares drop 15% on the news - Raiffeisen allegedly received $634 million from Ukio and Danske’s Estonian unit

In 2007 Raiffeisen loaned $310 million Canadian to develop Trump Toronto

theguardian.com/world/2019/mar…
While the media reported on funding for Trump Toronto business partner Alex Shnaider from VEB - the bulk of funding came from Raiffeisen (RZB) on unusual favorable terms, with the loan extended multiple times and eventually defaulted on by Trump's partner
Shortly before Raiffeisen funded development of Trump Toronto it was involved in RosUkrEnergo deal on behalf of undisclosed beneficiaries - who turned out to be Dmitry Firtash and Ivan Fursin - RosUkrEnergo had been called a front for Semion Mogilevich
Last year Raiffeisen was fined 2.7 million euro over lack of money laundering controls, the largest money laundering fine ever in Austria
In 2008 Dmitry Firtash wired $25 million deposit from Raiffeisen for Drake Hotel (aka Bulgari Tower) deal involving Paul Manafort, Rick Gates, and former Fred Trump associates Brad Zackson and Arthur Cohen (the deal failed and didn't close)
Chart showing Manafort, Gates, Firtash and others involved in the Drake Hotel deal (and overlap of funders and links with Trump Soho deal)
medium.com/@wsiegelman/tr…
More links in the Firtash and RZB network
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Per @KenDilanianNBC Judge Ellis thinks the Manafort sentencing guidelines are excessive...

We'll know more soon, but need to manage expectations
BREAKING: Manafort is sentenced to 47 months (3.9 years) in prison
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Wendy Siegelman
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EDNY indictment charges ex Mozambican govt officials and business execs in alleged $2 billion fraud/money laundering scheme

Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group pursued joint venture in 2018 with companies involved in scheme (Proindicus, EMATUM, MAM)

justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/t…
Indictment alleges 2013-2016 several people including Antonio do Rosario arranged for more than $2 billion in loans to govt owned companies Proindicus, EMATUM & MAM - and then illegally facilitated diversion of more than $200 million of the loan proceeds
justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/t…
A May 2018 story reported that Erik Prince's Frontier Services Group (FSG) was in discussions to take over half of Ematum and to partner with Proindicus
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Wendy Siegelman
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Former Uzbek Govt Official Gulnara Karimova & telecom exec Bekhzod Akhmedov charged in $1 billion bribery & money laundering scheme

Case involves VimpelCom (HT @KlasfeldReports) - majority owned by Alfa Bank's Mikhail Fridman, Mercer's Renaissance Tech also invested in VimpelCom
The massive $1 billion bribery scheme war organized "on behalf of MTS and two other telecommunications companies, VimpelCom Ltd. (“VimpelCom”) and Telia Company AB (“Telia”), and their Uzbek subsidiaries
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/f…
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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🔥In what @billbrowder calls the "largest #MoneyLaundering scandal in European history," Danske Bank CEO Thomas Borgen RESIGNS after a probe uncovered $234 BILLION of suspicious transactions at its tiny #Estonian branch👉🏼“BILLIONS of rubles monthly." 1/

reuters.com/article/us-dan…
Way back in 2007, Danske Bank was criticized by the Estonian regulator and received info from Danish regulators pointing out: “criminal activity in its pure form, including #MoneyLaundering."🤨

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@DrDenaGrayson
THREAD: in 2013, Denmark’s biggest bank – Danske – previously accused of #MoneyLaundering, shut down 20 #Russian🇷🇺accounts used to funnel cash through British companies by *members of Putin’s FAMILY & the FSB*‼️ 1/

theguardian.com/world/2018/feb…
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