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Trump’s Mob Bonds
“I have met on occasion a few of those people. They happen to be very nice people..Just don’t owe them money.”
Trump Tower..was built in the early 1980s..of ready-mix concrete [controlled by Tony Salerno and other mob leaders.
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/o…
Trump’s Mob Bonds
“I have met on occasion a few of those people. They happen to be very nice people..Just don’t owe them money.”
Trump Tower..was built in the early 1980s..of ready-mix concrete [controlled by Tony Salerno and other mob leaders.
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/o…
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The Real-Life Mob Families of ‘The Irishman’? Donald Trump Knew Them
Back in the ‘80’s & ‘90’s, Trump’s buildings &casinos attracted underworld figures like “Fat Tony” Salerno, the..cigar-chomping boss of Genovese crime family.
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
The Real-Life Mob Families of ‘The Irishman’? Donald Trump Knew Them
Back in the ‘80’s & ‘90’s, Trump’s buildings &casinos attracted underworld figures like “Fat Tony” Salerno, the..cigar-chomping boss of Genovese crime family.
rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
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Donald Trump’s Tower of Trouble
Meet the Medicaid cheats, coke dealers, mobsters — and those who may have gotten a touch too friendly with mobsters — who call Trump Tower home
by Wayne Barrett
villagevoice.com/2019/05/09/don…
Donald Trump’s Tower of Trouble
Meet the Medicaid cheats, coke dealers, mobsters — and those who may have gotten a touch too friendly with mobsters — who call Trump Tower home
by Wayne Barrett
villagevoice.com/2019/05/09/don…
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“.. most of his workers were illegal Polish aliens.. slept in groups of 8 in slum apartments)..$4-$6 an hour in wages. On Trump’s job 200..worked 12-to-18-hour shifts hauling asbestos-covered piping..virtually unprotected, w/no days off or overtime.
“.. most of his workers were illegal Polish aliens.. slept in groups of 8 in slum apartments)..$4-$6 an hour in wages. On Trump’s job 200..worked 12-to-18-hour shifts hauling asbestos-covered piping..virtually unprotected, w/no days off or overtime.
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“..your Trump Tower neighbors are as likely to be Medicaid cheats, coke dealers, mobsters, or those who may have gotten a touch too friendly with mobsters.”
“..your Trump Tower neighbors are as likely to be Medicaid cheats, coke dealers, mobsters, or those who may have gotten a touch too friendly with mobsters.”
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Trump Tower neighbors are as likely to be Medicaid cheats, coke dealers, mobsters, or those who may have gotten a touch too friendly with mobsters.
Trump Tower neighbors are as likely to be Medicaid cheats, coke dealers, mobsters, or those who may have gotten a touch too friendly with mobsters.
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Roberto Polo, an Italian financier subsequently jailed for swindling clients of more than $110 million and other charges..bought his six tower apartments in the names of offshore corporations in 1983.
Roberto Polo, an Italian financier subsequently jailed for swindling clients of more than $110 million and other charges..bought his six tower apartments in the names of offshore corporations in 1983.
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Sheldon and Jay Weinberg, a father and son team who were eventually convicted in the largest Medicaid fraud case in history. Weinbergs rented three apartments on the 63rd floor that Trump had personally acquired himself.
Sheldon and Jay Weinberg, a father and son team who were eventually convicted in the largest Medicaid fraud case in history. Weinbergs rented three apartments on the 63rd floor that Trump had personally acquired himself.
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David Bogatin, high-level member of a Russian emigré crime family, bought 5 tower apartments in 1984 for $6 million. Working w/Colombo capo Michael Franzese, Bogatin was part of a ring of oil entrepreneurs convicted in a record-setting gas-tax evasion scam.
David Bogatin, high-level member of a Russian emigré crime family, bought 5 tower apartments in 1984 for $6 million. Working w/Colombo capo Michael Franzese, Bogatin was part of a ring of oil entrepreneurs convicted in a record-setting gas-tax evasion scam.
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Convicted cocaine dealer Joe Weichselbaum, whose helicopter company serviced the Trump casinos, didn’t move into the two adjoining apartments his girlfriend bought for $2.4 million until he got out of federal prison in 1989.
Convicted cocaine dealer Joe Weichselbaum, whose helicopter company serviced the Trump casinos, didn’t move into the two adjoining apartments his girlfriend bought for $2.4 million until he got out of federal prison in 1989.
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Robert Hopkins, a Lucchese crime family associate, was arrested in his Trump Tower suite for ordering a mob murder of a gambling competitor. While the murder count was dismissed, Hopkins was convicted of running one of the biggest gambling rings in NY.
Robert Hopkins, a Lucchese crime family associate, was arrested in his Trump Tower suite for ordering a mob murder of a gambling competitor. While the murder count was dismissed, Hopkins was convicted of running one of the biggest gambling rings in NY.
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“..taking in half a million a week and running numbers out of as many as a hundred locations. State investigators maintained a tap on his Trump Tower phone for months, concluding that he “controlled the enterprise” from the tower apartments.
“..taking in half a million a week and running numbers out of as many as a hundred locations. State investigators maintained a tap on his Trump Tower phone for months, concluding that he “controlled the enterprise” from the tower apartments.
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The Alleged Russian Mobsters in Trump World’s Orbit: A Dirty Dozen
Trump’s favorite kind of immigrants..came..from some former Soviet Republic w/barely two kopecks to rub together.
thedailybeast.com/the-alleged-ru…
The Alleged Russian Mobsters in Trump World’s Orbit: A Dirty Dozen
Trump’s favorite kind of immigrants..came..from some former Soviet Republic w/barely two kopecks to rub together.
thedailybeast.com/the-alleged-ru…
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They then amassed enormous fortunes either through opaque business practices or completely unknown means. Some have rap sheets and did time; others wound up living in Trump Tower..
They then amassed enormous fortunes either through opaque business practices or completely unknown means. Some have rap sheets and did time; others wound up living in Trump Tower..
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Semion Mogilevich
“..he’s the “most dangerous mobster in the world,” a title earned by the litany of deaths that have followed in the wake of his exploits..controlling dubiously obtained natural gas pipeline contracts in the region.
Semion Mogilevich
“..he’s the “most dangerous mobster in the world,” a title earned by the litany of deaths that have followed in the wake of his exploits..controlling dubiously obtained natural gas pipeline contracts in the region.
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Vyacheslav Ivankov
Mogilevics muscle, The FBI couldn’t locate his headquarters until they finally found out where he’d been living the whole time: in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.
Vyacheslav Ivankov
Mogilevics muscle, The FBI couldn’t locate his headquarters until they finally found out where he’d been living the whole time: in Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue.
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Felix Komarov was never charged in any of Ivankov’s schemes,but he never denied his place of residence,Trump Plaza..As he said when questioned about his Russian mob ties in 1998, “Hmf, Mafia! If they work like I do 24 hours a day, it would be a good thing.”
Felix Komarov was never charged in any of Ivankov’s schemes,but he never denied his place of residence,Trump Plaza..As he said when questioned about his Russian mob ties in 1998, “Hmf, Mafia! If they work like I do 24 hours a day, it would be a good thing.”
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Eduard Nektalov
..dumped millions of dollars into..Trump World Tower..(Nektalov picked up a unit in the building that happened to be directly beneath future presidential aide Kellyanne Conway.)
..unknown gunman murdered Nektalov on the street, shooting him
Eduard Nektalov
..dumped millions of dollars into..Trump World Tower..(Nektalov picked up a unit in the building that happened to be directly beneath future presidential aide Kellyanne Conway.)
..unknown gunman murdered Nektalov on the street, shooting him
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David Bogatin
..known Russian organized crime figure, per 1996 Senate investigation &an early ally of Mogilevich. Looking for a place to park his money, Bogatin turned to Trump Tower,buying 5 luxury condos in 1984 in a closing personally attended by Trump.
David Bogatin
..known Russian organized crime figure, per 1996 Senate investigation &an early ally of Mogilevich. Looking for a place to park his money, Bogatin turned to Trump Tower,buying 5 luxury condos in 1984 in a closing personally attended by Trump.
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Felix Sater
Sater & co-defendants engaged in a “pump-and-dump” stock scheme defrauding some $40 million from investors. 4 separate Italian crime families — Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino &Genovese — were entangled w/this financial scheme. Sater pleaded guilty.
Felix Sater
Sater & co-defendants engaged in a “pump-and-dump” stock scheme defrauding some $40 million from investors. 4 separate Italian crime families — Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino &Genovese — were entangled w/this financial scheme. Sater pleaded guilty.
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Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov
2011 Tokhtakhounov joined Mogilevich on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted, described as a “major figure in international Eurasian organized crime” engaged in “drug distribution, illegal arms sales and trafficking in stolen vehicles.
Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov
2011 Tokhtakhounov joined Mogilevich on the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted, described as a “major figure in international Eurasian organized crime” engaged in “drug distribution, illegal arms sales and trafficking in stolen vehicles.
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American agents rushed into an apartment in New York’s Trump Tower, arresting nearly 30 suspected members of a massive international gambling ring. At the center of the ring was Tokhtakhounov, who remains at large.
American agents rushed into an apartment in New York’s Trump Tower, arresting nearly 30 suspected members of a massive international gambling ring. At the center of the ring was Tokhtakhounov, who remains at large.
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Sam Kislin
As reported by the Center for Public Integrity, 1994 FBI intelligence report named Kislin as a “member/associate”of what was then the largest Russian organized crime syndicate in the U.S., headed by the aforementioned Vyacheslav Ivankov.
Sam Kislin
As reported by the Center for Public Integrity, 1994 FBI intelligence report named Kislin as a “member/associate”of what was then the largest Russian organized crime syndicate in the U.S., headed by the aforementioned Vyacheslav Ivankov.
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..founder of Bayrock Group, LLC,that in 2002 moved into 24th floor of Trump Tower..was arrested by Turkish police who raided the Savarona, luxury yacht..and charged Arif w/leading a high-priced prostitution ring catering to the Russian &Ukrainian uber-rich.
..founder of Bayrock Group, LLC,that in 2002 moved into 24th floor of Trump Tower..was arrested by Turkish police who raided the Savarona, luxury yacht..and charged Arif w/leading a high-priced prostitution ring catering to the Russian &Ukrainian uber-rich.
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Dmytro Firtash..remains one of Ukraine’s most notorious oligarchs—&according to DOJ,an “upper-echelon [associate] of Russian organized crime..
Manafort &Firtash were partners in an attempt to buy &redevelop Drake Hotel in Manhattan at a cost of $850 million
Dmytro Firtash..remains one of Ukraine’s most notorious oligarchs—&according to DOJ,an “upper-echelon [associate] of Russian organized crime..
Manafort &Firtash were partners in an attempt to buy &redevelop Drake Hotel in Manhattan at a cost of $850 million
