NEW: I can report that NSO Group's "US branch" Westbridge Technologies received loans worth up to $265,000,000 from Credit Suisse's Cayman Islands branch. NSO has repeatedly sworn in court that they had no US operations. 
Westbridge Technologies and OSY Technologies (both in the NSO Group of companies) were co-borrowers on the loans.
What's more: SEC filings show that Westbridge Technologies had $30,000,000 under management with an alternative investment manager. This indicates that Westbridge did indeed draw down on the loan and had significant capital in the US.
Even more: Westbridge posted a PROFIT of $495k in 2018. Where did this money come from if they had no US operations?
A banking risk manager with 20 years of experience told me the following about the nature of NSO Group's shell companies and loans: “I can definitely say it's unusual and if I were looking at these statements I'd say there are multiple red flags..."
"possible there's an innocent explanation but my antennae would be up for tax evasion or possible money laundering. At best it's very aggressive tax sheltering.”
Big picture: NSO Group's tools have been used around the world to spy on journalists, dissidents, and other innocents. These documents prove, despite their claims, that NSO's US branch had millions flowing through it. The question now is why they have been obfuscating this.
WhatsApp/Facebook are suing NSO Group for allegedly using their platforms to hack users. Recently, Google, Microsoft, and other tech giants joined the suit against NSO. These docs prove that NSO Group absolutely had a US presence. theguardian.com/us-news/2020/d…
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