Thread by @fascinatorfun

Bill Browder evidence to SC, claimed Moscow had been able to “infiltrate” UK society by using well-paid British intermediaries.

Some had “reason to know exactly what they are doing and for whom”
Others “work unwittingly for Russian state interests”

theguardian.com/world/2020/mar…

The article includes the hitherto confidential statement he made to the Security and Intelligency Committee.
Politicians (Tory & Labour) Ex Intelligence officers & diplomats, PR firms

That’s why Johnson is keen to have Parl go into recess.

NOT what Prof Whitty has advised.

Browder says that Putin’s Gov is at the heart of the criminal underworld, hiding illicit wealth of high Gov officials.

Panama Papers show that some of the proceeds of the $230 million fraud against Hermitage reached the account of long time Putin friend, cellist Roldugin.

Other parts of the money were applied to “black ops”.

The Government uses a network of Western people to weaken the voices of opponents of Putin’s regime, enhance Russian propoganda and to facilitate and conceal a massive money laundering operation through international banking

Former U.K. Attorney General Lord Goldsmith is specifically named (and his law firm Debevoise and Plimpton) as having been hired by Andrey Pavlov who, he says, is a member of the Kyleuv Organised Crime Group

The engagement letter specifies work connected to the EU FA Committee

Ex diplomat Andrew Fulton and GPW Ltd (a private intelligence consulting business is also named.

It’s suggested that Katsyv family hired them.
The father a senior Gov official & the son, Denis whose company Prevezon Holidngs is said to have received proceeds of Hermitage fraud

Denis has been subject to 3 related criminal proceedings.

GPW also pitched for Andrew Pavlov’s business on the basis that they were already hired by the Katsyvs to gather intelligence on Browder.

A lawyer called Wodsworth (who has since left GPW) also worked on that business

GPW asked for £50k up front.

It also seems that Lynton Crosby’s CTF worked for Pav

lov.

An ex Conservative MP for Taunton, Adrian Flook.

And someone else who was a previous advisor to an MP and worked in the Conservative Research Department

Who could that be?

He then goes on to multiples U.K. people and companies engaged by Russians to facilitate money laundering using their own passports and identities to set up a network of off shore companies to hide $billions in money laundering activities .

He then goes on to name some!

1. Andrew Moray Stuart, (1957). 297 companies registered to his name
2. John Wortley-Hunt, (1960) 652 companies.
3. Stephen Kelly. (1964). 930 companies
4.Matthew Charles Stokes. 1256 comoanies
5.Edward George Frank Cocks . 190 companies
6. Damian Calderbank. 708 companies

Suspicious transactions have been reported, investigations opened in other countries.

But a deafening silence in the U.K.

Why?

What is to be done? See recommendations.