In March there was a report that Deripaska’s Rusal had suspended investments in Unity Aluminum in Kentucky after investing $65 million of projected $200 million
Clearbrook created a fund headed by John T. Preston an ex director of Braidy
Preston had prior successes but also had past litigations including swindling a Swiss heiress and playing a part in 1990s start-up that had allegations of civil securities fraud dailyindependent.com/news/buyer-con…
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Florida Businessman and CFO of Russian Natural Gas Company Mark Anthony Gyetvay Arrested on Tax Charges Related to $93 Million Hidden in Offshore Accounts, HT @braisincapital
Mark Anthony Gyetvay is CFO of Novatek per @annalecta
US Treasury has sanctioned virtual currency exchange SUEX OTC, S.R.O. incorporated in the Czech Republic with owners based in Russia - analysis of SUEX transactions showed over 40% of SUEX’s known transaction history was associated with illicit actors
Dmitry Rybolovlev will appeal decision by Swiss prosecutors to close his case against Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier who he accused of conning him out of $1.1 billion by inflating prices of art sold to Rybolovlev
SEC charges 3 companies tied to Guo Wengui (Steve Bannon biz partner) with illegal offerings of stock & digital assets - GTV Media Group, Saraca Media Group, Voice of Guo Media to pay $539+ million in settlement for distribution to investors HT @ushadrons sec.gov/news/press-rel…
SEC order instituting cease and desist proceedings in matter of GTV Media Group Inc, Saraca Media Group Inc and Voice of Guo Media Inc
Three media companies tied to exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui agreed to pay $539 million ($480mil repaid to investors and $35mil in fines) to settle regulatory claims they violated investor-protection laws when they raised money from 5,000+ investors wsj.com/articles/compa…
The Pentagon has spent over $14 trillion since the start of the Afghanistan war, with 1/3 to 1/2 going to five military contractors: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman - per a new report by @WilliamHartung@CostsOfWar
"While the costs and consequences of America’s war policies of the twenty-first century have been well-documented, the question of who has profited from this approach has received less attention."
Russia's Renaissance Insurance - backed by Russian American billionaire Boris Jordan's Sputnik Group & Russian Israeli billionaire Roman Abramovich plans IPO
Jordan is CEO of US cannabis company Curaleaf, where Abramovich partner Andrey Bloch owns 20%+