Is this connected to Operation Cassandra?
It is certainly a #ButNothingsHappening case, $115M illegally laundered to Iran from Venezuela from 2011-2013, but not investigated until the Trump Admin.
Lied to FBI agents about the scheme which started in 2006 in January 2020!
It is certainly a #ButNothingsHappening case, $115M illegally laundered to Iran from Venezuela from 2011-2013, but not investigated until the Trump Admin.
Lied to FBI agents about the scheme which started in 2006 in January 2020!
This is a superseding indictment, which likely means an earlier indictment happened under seal. Now this one as an edited version to hide other connections & cases connected to this defendant. ht @ProudBigDaddy2 
One of the reasons this may be Project Cassandra related is that they are having the SDNY's Terrorism & International Narcotics Unit leading this investigation.
This was money laundered to Iran to supposedly pay for a housing complex in Venezuela. Why they needed to pay it in US dollars & expose this to sanction issues remains to be seen.
This superseding indictment redacts the names of 2 co-conspirators & several other entities in this indictment while those identities remain sealed.
Would you be surprised that it connects to Turkey as the conduit to launder money to Iran? Me either!
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres…
Would you be surprised that it connects to Turkey as the conduit to launder money to Iran? Me either!
justice.gov/usao-sdny/pres…
Entities involved in the conspiracy include "Clarity Trade & Finance", "Stratus Turkey" as shell companies using St. Kitts & Nevis passports & a Dubai UAE address.
Who are the unnamed co-conspirators? Well there have been articles about this case for more than a year to tell us. Wanna guess if they connect into the rest of the Swamp? Of course they do!
Here are a few of the overt acts that help us track down what happened!
So who is one of the co-conspirators? Ali Sadr Hasheminejad who owned Pilatus Bank in Malta, a bank that was shut down after he was arrested in Virginia in 2018.
maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/…
maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/…
He even established citizenship & got a passport for St. Kitts & Nevis. So it seems clear this is the exact same case, but the new case doesn't mention his bank...
He was arrested in March of 2018 when he flew into the United States. This article identifies a few more companies that he owns. He tried to claim he couldn't go home to Iran but went there 20 times to coordinate this sanction busting business.
Supposedly 97% of his assets disappeared between 2014 & 2018.
Of course his bank in Malta where much of the money disappeared ties into many other cases. Some of the money disappeared though friends of the former Prime Minister.
This is what #DaphneCaruanaGalizia was investigating before she was killed.
lovinmalta.com/news/news-brea…
This is what #DaphneCaruanaGalizia was investigating before she was killed.
lovinmalta.com/news/news-brea…
Looks like some of the money was transfered to NYC to pay off a mortgage with JPMorgan Chase...
Wonder if they reported that on a Suspicious Activity Report?
Wonder if they reported that on a Suspicious Activity Report?
Prime Minister Muscat's family bank was involved in a very shady transaction a few weeks before that.
How shady? Like President Obama authorizing a illegal $5.7B Iranian transaction through the US handled by Muscat Bank. #ButNothingsHappening
How shady? Like President Obama authorizing a illegal $5.7B Iranian transaction through the US handled by Muscat Bank. #ButNothingsHappening
PM Muscat was forced to resign last month after his chief of staff, a cabinet minister, & his friends started getting arrested for murdering a reporter covering their corruption.
How long will the media cover for the Swamp that kills journalists?
How long will the media cover for the Swamp that kills journalists?
Looks like the other co-conspirator may be a Turkish national named Volkan Mustafa Morkaya who is listed as owning some of the entities involved. Tis source found his linkedin listing Strataturk. manueldelia.com/2018/06/more-m…
More background on the coverage of Sadr sueing #DaphneCaruanaGalizia for her coverage of their corruption.
irishtimes.com/business/finan…
irishtimes.com/business/finan…
