@DerWouter I realize the NYT is somewhat circumscribed about what it can report but characterizing Igor Fruman as a failing businessman is so misleading you have wonder if the narrative was intentionally deceptive.....
nytimes.com/2019/12/19/nyr…
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..Last year, Fruman told the court he only earned $336k in '17 yet that same year, he donated between $100k-$250k to a private Miami day school for a building project. Presumably, his children attend the school where tuition averages $30k a year..... 
...The NYT team implies Fruman's Odessa businesses failed but in July '19, @AubreyBelford & Veronika Melkozerova reported that ownership had been transferred to Igor's recent ex, Yelyzaveta "Liza" Naumova, a business partner's wife & a 74 yr old proxy....
occrp.org/en/investigati…
occrp.org/en/investigati…
.The business relationship bet Igor Fruman & Sergey Dyablo dates back to at least '98 when they were directors of Black Sea Prospects, Inc. Mr. Dyablo is not a modest man...
sergeydyablo.com
sergeydyablo.com
...More importantly, Belford & Melkozerova reported on Fruman's ties to "Volodymyr “The Lightbulb” Galanternik, a shadowy businessman commonly referred to as the “Grey Cardinal” of Odesa". In fact, Fruman & his wife celebrated NYE in '16 w/The Lightbulb & his wife in Miami....
...Not to nitpick but the fact that Fruman celebrated NYE w/someone who sure sounds like a member of organized crime in Odessa & then 2-1/2 weeks later attended the Inaugural Candlelight Dinner in DC seems newsworthy to me & should be of interest to the FBI.....
..This April 23 '18 OCCRP story by Anna Babinets & Elena Loginova mentions both Volodymyr Galanternik & Sam Kislin in connection w/the Odessa mob buying property. Kislin was very vocal about ousting Marie Yovanovitch....
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...In Aug '18, the Kiev Post had a blaring headline about the trio who run Odessa, one of then being Igor Fruman's pal, Vladimir Galanternik....
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…
kyivpost.com/ukraine-politi…
..Closer to home, Igor & his brother, Steven (Vyacheslav) Fruman have been business partners for years. I suspect Steven handles the US side since he is more fluent in English. If Igor was Steven's partner in V.I. F. Management Inc (Vyacheslav Igor Fruman?)....
...then Igor shared in the $7 million Steven said the company raked in between '98 & '03 referring car accident victims to a now disbarred lawyer, Andre Strishak, according to a March '07 lawsuit...
law.justia.com/cases/new-york…
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...Fake no fault car accident settlements were all the rage in Brooklyn at the time but the scheme was accidentally uncovered, leading to Operation BORIS (Big Organized Russian Insurance Scam). Curious how the Frumans escaped the investigation...
archive.fortune.com/magazines/fort…
archive.fortune.com/magazines/fort…
...Igor Fruman's brother is in the restaurant business /Alex Fleyshmakher. Alex's very wealthy father, Igor , was busted in May '19 & Alex in Sept '19 in connection w/a $99 million health insurance fraud...
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..To be fair, Igor, a disbarred Meyers Pollock broker, was only charged w/evading $6m in taxes. His son, Alex, was charged w/fraud & kickback conspiracy. Were the feds in NJ & NY aware of the link bet the Frumans & the Fleyshmakhers during their concurrent investigations?...
...Around the same time Igor & his brother went into the no fault car accident victim business, they also went into the penny stock business, raising money from six investors in Ukraine who were named in an SEC filing....
...As recently as '09, Igor Fruman's brother & his company were involved in another penny stock company, Mega Media, that went bankrupt a couple of years after it was registered. The company was located on Coney Island Ave in Midwood Brooklyn....
...Mega Media shareholders circa '08. Steven (Veyacheslav) Fruman was also named in a $3 million judgment involving a default on a loan guarantee in Lee County FL. His co-defendants were all from the NYC area....
..Two things Steven Fruman & his co-defendants appear to have in common. First, they were Soviet emigres or their parents were. Two, they were involved in the no fault car accident victim scam. '08 Courthouse News:
courthousenews.com/insurance-179/
courthousenews.com/insurance-179/
..Alex Fleyshmakher, via Grelex LLC, loaned Igor & Steven Fruman, via Seafront Properties, $1.5 million secured by a Sunny Isles condo in '14. The loan was paid off in '19 in connection w/Fruman raising money to donate to the GOP...
..Just realized Alex Fleyshmakher made the secured $1.5 million loan to Igor & Steven Fruman via Grelex to Seafront Properties in connection w/323 MM NY LLC, the llc listed on the NYS liquor license for Mamo's....
..Steven Fruman subsequently was awarded three more NYS liquor licenses & one is pending. The restaurants appear to be coffee shops & Fruman's can be found thru a search on the NYS Liquor Authority website:
tran.sla.ny.gov/JSP/query/Publ…
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..Looking at the Miami-Dade index of transactions for Seafront Properties, you have to ask if the the Grelex mortgage was transferred on May 21 '18 to mask Alex Fleyshmakher's financial ties to Igor Fruman. That was two days after Yonavitch was ousted....
(Furman & Parnas' fake energy company, Global Energy Producers LLC donated $325k to America First Action PAC on May 17, '18)
..Fruman sold the One Bal Harbour condo he & his brother owned thru Seafront Properties to FVV23 LLC, registered to David A Becker, CPA. on Aug 28 '19 for $4.9 million. Concurrently, FVV23 LLC mortgaged it for $4.1m. Fruman had paid $2.4m in cash for the unit in '07...
...While looking thru M-D prop records to see how much the Frumans were paying for the One Bal Harbour (10295 Collins Ave) condo ($55k), I took a look at the record for Igor Fruman's residence (Collins Ave) & noticed he doesn't take a tax exemption for being a FL resident...???
...This is very odd since most Miami residents such as Marco Rubio & Norm Braman take the $50k exemption. On the property rolls, Fruman lists his address as Woods Lane, Woodmere NY. LOL - If Igor isn't a FL resident, he's in trouble since he registered to vote in FL in Oct '16...
..Prob a reasonable explanation as to why Igor Fruman forgoes the $50k Fl prop tax exemption but it would be a hoot if he did vote illegally. Icing on the cake yada yada. BTW, his prop taxes were $41k in '17 which means Igor shelled out....
..bet $100k-$250k for a school donation, $30k in tuition per child & $41k in prop taxes totaling a min. of $171k w/o counting maintenance fees or any other living expenses yet Igor Fruman told the court he only earned $366k in '17....
