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SCOOP on Erik Prince with @ktskts11

Per OpenCorporates Erik Prince was director (as of Nov 2020) of Eitanium Ltd inc in Cyprus 2019 - other directors have same names as associates of co-founder of NSO group & a Russian businessman who fled Russia in 2013

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One director of Eitanium Ltd with Erik Prince is Eric Banoun from Israel

This story described a leading Israeli cyber executive Eric Banoun who once worked as distributor of NSO Group products and in 2010 was involved in a failed deal with Elliott Broidy

Another director of Eitanium is Eran Karpen from Israel

There's an Eran Karpen who is an executive at Communitake, a company co-founded by Omri Lavie who also co-founded NSO Group which has received a lot of coverage for spying on activists and dissidents
One director of Eitanium Ltd with Erik Prince is Magomed Bilalov from the U.K.

There's a Russian businessman Magomed Bilalov whose brother Akhmed was former VP of Russian Olympic Committee - both were criminally charged and fled Russia in 2013

themoscowtimes.com/2013/03/21/bil…
A quick note that little information on Eitanium Ltd appears to be publicly available through open source queries (there’s a Thai cyber solutions company with a similar name, but no evidence that it’s connected)
Sharing thread above for others to research more

Erik Prince is reportedly an investor in Wickr and with his business associates Ko, Dorian Barak, Chinese company KuangChi Science has invested in Agent Vi - surveillance technology similar to NSO Group

Adding another item - Eitanium Ltd director Michael Yudelson is linked in OpenCorporates to six companies including one called Russian Armament LLC, previously called Thor Global Imports

Per @RYP__ Erik Prince was involved with Thor Global

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Here's some background in NYT on Erik Prince's work with Thor Global shared by @RYP__

Another Eitanium tie to Prince's network

Agent Video Intelligence lists officials including: Prince assoc Dorian Barak, Phalanx (Prince co), Colibri Technologies Ltd

Colibri is also a shareholder of Eitanium

checkid.co.il/company/%D7%90…
HT @ScottMStedman

Eitanium Ltd shareholder Calibri Technologies is also listed as official of Carbyne Ltd - Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Intrater (who paid Michael Cohen $500K) invested in Carbyne which was co-founded by Erik Prince assoc Lital Leshem
checkid.co.il/company/%D7%A7…

Clarification/correction on Thor Global tweets above

Russian Armament LLC previously Thor Global Imports is a different company and has no known affiliation to Thor Global Enterprises in the next tweet

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