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Sep 26, 2020 • 13 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
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Before diverting $250+ mil from CDC for COVID-19 pr blitz, HHS spokesman & ex Kremlin advisor Michael Caputo used FDA funds for $15 mil contract for Atlas Research that recommended subcontractor DD&T, run by Caputo business partner Den Tolmor, by @ddiamond
politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
The newly reported $15 million contract was awarded to Atlas Research Aug 26

Caputo pitched DD&T Group as subcontractor

The HHS official who took over project when Caputo went on leave didn't realize Den Tolmor and Caputo were business partners

politico.com/news/2020/09/2…
2018 press release said Bond.pm to Launch Crowdinvesting Campaign & release alpha version of Internet film and video platform - founder Den Tolmor, chief marketing officer Caputo

Tolmor was also client of Caputo & paid him $5K for pr work
businesswire.com/news/home/2018…
Bond founded by Den Tolmor w/Michael Caputo as chief marketing officer lists Marc Vayn as advisor HT @StacyJannis

Marc Vayn's company ATN makes night vision devices, his parents pleaded guilty in 2018 to exporting military equipment to Russia used by FSB
cryptototem.com/bond-bfp-ico/
Article by @zachsdorfman on Naum & Irina Morgovsky who pled guilty in 2018 to breaking US laws on exporting military equipment to Russia

Son Marc Morgovsky changed name to Marc Vayn was listed as advisor to company HHS spokesman Caputo worked for in 2018

Den Tolmor - making videos as part of $15 million HHS contract pushed by Michael Caputo - had Marc Vayn as an advisor in 2018, the year Vayn's parents pled guilty to exporting military equip to Russia

Tolmor is director of company Happy Elf with Lana Vayn
opencorporates.com/companies/us_f…
Another person listed in 2018 as advisor to Bond - co-founded by Den Tolmor, listed Michael Caputo chief marketing officer - was Arkady Sandler

Per 2019 SEC filing, Arkady Sandler is senior exec of Russia's largest mobile network Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)

sec.gov/Archives/edgar…
More on DD&T Group LLC, company Michael Caputo pushed as a subcontractor for $15 million contract

DD&T Group is vice president for DSS Trading Group
opencorporates.com/companies/us_f…

DSS officer Sergey Petrushin is President of Michael Caputo Public Relations

opencorporates.com/companies/us_f…
Another officer of DSS Trading, which links to Michael Caputo & Den Tolmor is Makemore Assets & Trading Inc. - a company incorporated in FL that lists Stanislav Vasilchikov as president
opencorporates.com/companies/us_f…

Vasilchikov links to Stasco Holdings in ICIJ
offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/232694
Den Tolmor set up a new company in FL on August 26, 2020 - President Next Door LLC with Joel Giambra (a former Erie County NY politician and now COO of Liberty Cab)

opencorporates.com/companies/us_f…
This article describes Sept 2019 meeting attended by Joel Gambria, Michael Caputo, John Zagame with Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed the president of Somalia

Mohamed previously worked for Gambria and had worked with Caputo on Erie County NY Republican Committee

Good catch by @MsMariaT - Aug 26, 2020 the day $15 million contract was awarded to Atlas (and Caputo pitched they subcontract to DD&T led by his box partner Den Tolmor) was same day Tolmor set up President Next Door with Caputo associate Joel Giambra

whoops, typo 'biz' partner not box partner🤦‍♀️

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May 14
US exposes attempted sanctions evasion scheme involving Oleg Deripaska's frozen shares in Austrian co Strabag worth $1.5 bil

Treasury sanctions Russian national Dmitrii Beloglazov, his 2 companies Iliadis & Titul and Deripaska company Rasperia Trading Ltd
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
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May 1
Trial began Tues for Bruce Garelick - charged with enabling his boss Michael Shvartsman at Rocket One and others to make millions illegally on inside info that acquisition firm DWAC was taking Trump Media public

Shvartsman and his brother pleaded guilty
cnbc.com/2024/05/01/tru…
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Trial started for Bruce Garelick, former director of DWAC, accused of sharing non-public info on plans for DWAC to merge w/Trump Media

Garelick made about $50,000 from DWAC trades, Michael Schvartsman made $18 million, Gerald Shvartsman made $5 million

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Apr 29
Who invested in Trump Media?

An April SEC filing for Trump Media reveals new details on early investors in Trump’s company - including ex FL AG Pam Bondi who owns 100,000+ shares worth several million dollars and her brother advised on the deal. My latest
newstracs.com/april-sec-fili…
A new name in the Trump Media Apr S-1 Registration Statement is lawyer Michael Milkersen with 300,000+ shares (and several hundred thousand founder and ARC shares) making him one of the largest investors. It's not clear how he became involved in the deal.
newstracs.com/april-sec-fili…
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newstracs.com/april-sec-fili…
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Apr 25
As @MountainsStars notes two of the people indicted as AZ fake electors are closely tied to Charlie Kirk and Turning Point

Tyler Bowyer is Chief Operating Officer at Turning Point

Jake Hoffman had worked at TPUSA and runs 2 companies paid over $2.5 mil by TPUSA since 2020
Jake Hoffman AZ senator/fake elector founded Rally Forge & 1Ten LLC

TPUSA paid Rally Forge $531,198 (2020)
TP Action paid RF $102,704 (2020), $1,816,755 (2021)
TP Action paid 1Ten $128,000 (2022)

My piece on Charklie Kirk w/research by @MountainsStars
newstracs.com/charlie-kirks-…
AG Mayes announced indictments in ongoing investigation into AZ fake elector scheme

Kelli Ward, Tyler Bowyer, Nancy Cottle, Jacob Hoffman, Anthony Kern, James Lamon, Robert Montgomery, Samuel Moorhead, Lorraine Pellegrino, Gregory Safsten, Michael Ward

azag.gov/sites/default/…

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Apr 24
An April 9 filing listed Steve Bannon as a “Co-Conspirator” in a $1 billion fraud case

Prosecutors identified Bannon as part of a criminal conspiracy allegedly run by Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui

Bannon has not been charged in this case

by @dfriedman33

motherjones.com/politics/2024/…
Here's Apr 9 filing USA v Guo Wengui and Yanping Wang

"Distributions from the ACA Bank Account also demonstrate $10 million in transfers to William Je and his wife, and a $1 million transfer to a company associated with Steve Bannon, a co-conspirator."

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2460…

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Here's my piece from 2023 when Guo Wengui was arrested for $1 billion fraud – highlights of his partnership with Stephen Bannon since 2017

newstracs.com/guo-wengui-arr…
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Apr 18
Charlie Kirk's Turning Point nonprofits are growing quickly

At the age of 30 Kirk has spent 12 years expanding U.S. youth-led right-wing activism

Turning Point USA had $40 million in revenue in 2020 which doubled to $80 mil in 2022

🧵with highlights

newstracs.com/charlie-kirks-…
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point website says it has 350 part and full-time staff, 800+ chapters on 3,500 US campuses where they run events, recruit activists and register voters

Kirk meanwhile hosts shows espousing conspiracy theories and far-right views

newstracs.com/charlie-kirks-…
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA total assets grew from $7.3mil in 2020 to $26.8mil in 2022

There are 3 related nonprofits - Turning Point Endowment, Turning Point Action, Americas Turning Point Inc. and for profit TPUSA Merch LLC

newstracs.com/charlie-kirks-…
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