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Israel Extradites Accused Russian Hacker to US - Alexei Burkov, sought by Kremlin in prisoner swap, is instead to stand trial in US for fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion and money laundering
wsj.com/articles/israe…
Alleged Russian scammer Alexei Burkov appears in U.S. court after extradition battle, by @jeffstone500
cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
@jeffstone500 I was skimming Aleksei Burkov's 2016 indictment (link in article) and noticed this item about a co-conspirator:

Around Nov 20, 2015 a cybercrime forum member posted an ad to sell a database of names & dates of birth of over 191 million Americans

cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
@jeffstone500 Burkov and a co-conspirator launched the cybercrime forum around Feb 21, 2009
cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
@jeffstone500 Indictment count 5 conspiracy to commit access device fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion, wire fraud, money laundering ran from approx Feb 2009 to Dec 13 2015

Overlapping Nov 2015 date info on 191 million Americans was offered for sale on his forum
cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
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Wendy Siegelman
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There's a mystery $50mil debt related to Trump Int'l Hotel & Tower Chicago

I found SEC filings related to $130mil mezzanine loan on TIHT Chicago from before loan was paid off that may shed light on the loan (but may not tie to $50mil debt mystery) /thread
Both @russchoma @Fahrenthold have reported extensively on a mystery $50 million debt on Trump’s financial disclosure for Chicago Unit Acquisition LLC and in 2016
@susannecraig reported that Trump said the $ was a loan he purchased back from several banks
nytimes.com/2016/05/24/bus…
@russchoma @Fahrenthold @susannecraig A 2008 WSJ article described a $640 million senior construction loan from Deutsche Bank for Trump Int’l Hotel & Tower Chicago and $130 million mezzanine loan from group led by Fortress that had a steep $50 mil exit fee and could cost $360mil with interest
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This 2017 @dyertimes story is a must read: Why Putin chose Trump to get even with Clinton

Great overview of how Russian energy interests in Europe, thru Ukraine & aligned w/kleptocrats in Azerbaijan, Turkey & Trump have shaped events

HT @truthseekingiam
boulderweekly.com/news/why-putin…
@dyertimes @truthseekingiam To paraphrase:

To understand the Trump/Russia scandal we must see Russia as it truly is today: a cartel of wealthy oligarchs from Russia, Azerbaijan & Turkey manipulating political systems to maintain cash flow, mostly from the sale of natural resources
boulderweekly.com/news/why-putin…
@dyertimes @truthseekingiam The article correctly points out that while many people (including me in thread below) focused on the Russia/Exxon arctic exploration deal as a pivotal event, it's essential to look at the wider historical and global energy story to understand Trump/Russia
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Manhattan DA Cy Vance Jr’s criminal investigation zeros in on Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg

Per source SDNY asked DA to "stand-down" & a year later SDNY concluded investigation

Now clock is running out on 2 year window for some charges, by @peterelkind
propublica.org/article/prosec…
@peterelkind Per two sources, On October 30, a handful of lawyers and investigators from Vance’s office traveled to the federal minimum-security prison to meet for a third time with Michael Cohen - much of the discussion involved Weisselberg.
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@peterelkind This is not surprising, but still so ridiculous - Trump’s business turned over 3,376 pages of documents, court filings show - a filing by the DA asserted that “approximately two-thirds” were “non-substantive Google alerts” 🙄

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Russian national Aleksei Burkov was extradited from Israel to the US last night to face charges of credit & debit card fraud, identity theft, computer hacking & various other crimes.

He ran two websites that operated as his criminal front.
One website was called "CardPlanet" where he stolen sold credit and debit card numbers, gained mostly by hacking, and most of those cards belonged to US citizens. Those stolen card numbers resulted in over $20 million of fraudulent credit & debit card charges.
The DOJ didn't name his other website, but said it was invite only and was used for criminal to advertise stolen goods, malicious software, hacking services, and money laundering services. Criminal on this site had to pay $5000 as insurance to vouch for new criminal members.
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Escalation Of Security Presence At Ecuadorian Embassy Raises Concern After DOJ Jet Lingers In London

#Unity4J #FreeAssange #WikiLeaks

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In just a few days, it will have been a full year since WikiLeaks's Julian Assange was severed from contact with the outside world.
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#Russian🇷🇺diplomats held secret talks in London last year and plotted to smuggle Julian Assange out of #Ecuador’s London embassy in a diplomatic vehicle and transport him to #Russia.

But WikiLeaks isn’t a cutout for Russian intelligence or anything.🙄

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Fidel Narváez (close Assange confidant) recently was Ecuador’s London consul & served as a point of contact w/#Russia🇷🇺.

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So NOT shocking.🙄

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