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26 Mar, 6 tweets, 2 min read
This is an interesting case.
Hamid Akhavan and Ruben Weigand found guilty of bank fraud for using US banks to process marijuana sales proceeds.
Jury Convicts Architects Of Scheme To Fraudulently Process Over $150 Million Through U.S. Financial Institutions justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/j…
It connects to Wirecard, which was a major clusterfuck of corruption.
Article from July 2020:

wsj.com/articles/wirec…
This is a good thread.
And this article is by @jameshurley, from July 2020

thetimes.co.uk/article/wireca…
Surprise!
I mean, doesn’t everyone who launders big bucks for major organized crime organizations want to flee to Belarus on a private jet?
Marsalek and Akhavan were reportedly close friends.
Article from January 2021:
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Anyways.
“Mr Marsalek is now a person of interest to three western intelligence agencies...
In particular, they are intrigued by Mr Marsalek’s association with individuals or networks linked to Russia’s military intelligence directorate, the GRU”
July 2020
ft.com/content/511ecf…

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