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1 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
NY grand jury said to return criminal indictments against Trump’s company and CFO, the first from prosecutors probing the Trump’s business dealings

The indictments against the Trump Org and CFO Allen Weisselberg will remain sealed until Thursday afternoon
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
"Trump himself is not expected to be charged this week" ... "and no others in his orbit are expected to face imminent charges"

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While the details of indictment are not yet know, investigators were probing allegations of unpaid taxes on fringe benefits - and also whether Trump broke the law by misleading lenders or tax authorities, or evaded taxes on forgiven debts

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29 Jun
NY prosecutors to indict Trump Org insider - but not Trump sources say

People familiar with case said prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against Trump Org chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg & considering criminal charges against the company
reuters.com/world/us/ny-pr…
Initial charges by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr will focus mainly on whether Weisselberg and other company officials received corporate perks and benefits, such as rent-free apartments and leased cars, that were not reported properly on their tax returns

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Prosecutors have been pressing Weisselberg, 73, to cooperate with their probe and provide testimony, so far without success. An indictment would increase that pressure. Weisselberg worked for the company since 1973 when it was run by Trump’s father, Fred

reuters.com/world/us/ny-pr…
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27 Jun
Behind Naftali Bennett’s Payoneer payday - Leaked US Treasury docs reveal that the soon-to-go-public company Payoneer, where the new prime minister was an early investor and may make $5 million, did business with internet bottom feeders by @SimonaWeinglass
timesofisrael.com/behind-bennett…
Payoneer founded in 2005 is one of the largest online money transfer platforms in the world with customers such as Amazon, Airbnb

Israeli PM Bennett reportedly introduced Payoneer's CEO & founder

24 of 2500 #FinCENFiles docs list Payoneer from 2011-2016

timesofisrael.com/behind-bennett…
A SAR (suspicious activity reports) was filed in 2016 on Alcuda Ltd a customer of Payoneer

Alcuda, which at the time was owned by Max Polyakov, was rumored to run scam dating websites

Payoneer said it terminated contracts with flagged companies years ago
timesofisrael.com/behind-bennett…
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22 Jun
Turkish businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz arrested in Austria for allegedly laundering $133million+ in fraud proceeds related to scheme by Jacob & Isaiah Kingston and Levon Termendzhyan

Korkmaz was an ally of Ekim Alptekin who hired Michael Flynn in 2016

justice.gov/opa/pr/turkish…
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11 Jun
US entertainer/businessman Prakazrel “Pras” Michel (ex-Fugees member) and Malaysian national Low Taek Jho charged with back-channel lobbying campaign (w/Elliott Broidy, Nickie Lum Davis) to drop 1MDB investigation and remove Chinese dissident (Bannon partner Guo Wengui) from US
Per superseding indictment Jho Low & Pras Michel allegedly conspired w/Broidy, Davis & others at direction of Low and Vice Minister of Public Security for People’s Republic of China to get Trump admin and DOJ to drop 1MDB case and extradite Guo Wengui
justice.gov/opa/pr/us-ente…
In May 2019 Michel & Low were charged for allegedly orchestrating & concealing a foreign & conduit contribution scheme in which they funneled millions of dollars of Low’s money into US presidential election as legitimate campaign contributions while concealing true source of $
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10 Jun
I recently learned Steve Bannon has a nephew who has worked with him - In 2018 Bannon's nonprofit Citizens of the American Republic made $15,000 in grants and $250,000 in loans & payments to Bannon’s film company and $40,000 in payments to his nephew Sean
propublica.org/article/federa…
In addition to paying his nephew Sean $40,000, Bannon's sister Mary E. Meredith, was listed as vice president of Citizens of the American Republic on their 2018 990 filing and earned $20,000 for her 40 hours per week of work
propublica.org/article/federa…
This @Graphika_NYC report notes that trademark filings from September 2020 for G-Fashion have Bannon’s nephew, Sean C. Bannon, listed as the signatory with his position given as COO. G-Fashion is Guo Wengui's fashion brand.

public-assets.graphika.com/reports/graphi…
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10 Jun
A newly unsealed (& wild) complaint by Yuri Vanetik against Pavel Fuks includes claims of RICO violations, fraud, defamation etc

Fuks paid Vanetik (GOP bundler & Rohrabacher assoc) $200K for inauguration tickets and in 2019 sued Vanetik

HT @StacyJannis

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Pavel Fuks, who around 2008 was involved in one of many discussions to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, hired Rudy Giuliani and worked closely with Andrei Telizhenko (now sanctioned by the US)

Yuri Vanetik was involved in another bitter lawsuit with Elliott Broidy over a failed Russian oil deal

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