UP IN SMOKE: Ohio firefighters rushed to an arson fire at Warren Steel -- the second in as many years -- owned by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, who is the active target of a US money laundering probe. Company files in a building were dumped out and lit ablaze, said on-site worker.
The factory was shuttered by oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky and his partners in 2016, leaving 162 workers out of jobs and without medical coverage. wkbn.com/news/local-new…
The first fire that was deliberately set at Warren Steel was in August, 2021, but the perpetrators were never caught.
The millions of dollars that poured into the Ohio steel facility became key evidence in the first federal money laundering investigation of the U.S. steel industry, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette found. newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/ukraine-money-…
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BREACH: Congress is now asking questions about the 33-year-old Russian-speaking woman who posed as a banking heiress -- Anna de Rothschild -- to get into Mar-a-Lago: "Porous or even non-existent security," said Senate Intel Chairman Mark Warner. post-gazette.com/news/nation/20…
EXCLUSIVE: A 33-year-old Russian-speaking immigrant posing as Anna de Rothschild -- a member of the European banking dynasty -- infiltrated Mar-a-Lago and Trump's entourage. Said one guest: "How did they allow it?" @PittsburghPG and @OCCRPnewsinteractive.post-gazette.com/anna-de-rothsc…
A pivotal moment for the woman who was fluent in several languages took place last year when she was invited to Mar-a-Lago, where she mingled with former President Donald Trump’s supporters and showed up the next day for an outing with Mr. Trump and Sen. Lindsey Graham, et. al.
A year before the FBI’s spectacular raid of the former president’s seaside home, the Russian-speaking immigrant from Ukraine, made several trips into the estate posing as a member of the famous family while making inroads with some of the former president’s key supporters.
US prosecutors said "millions of dollars" were moved by Ihor Kolomoisky and others through companies in the United States as they acquired 13 steel mills and five skyscrapers along with two office parks and a cell phone factory. Unsealed documents now show it was $4.45 billion.
TRAGIC: A roof collapsed on workers removing asbestos at an Ohio steel factory owned by oligarch Igor Kolomoisky just months after a fire swept through the facility. The oligarch used the factory in a massive laundering scheme and then closed it in 2016, feds say.
The workers were able to escape yesterday (Feb. 2), but one man lost part of a finger, says @21WFMJ wfmj.com/story/45798752…
The sprawling complex in Warren, Ohio was abandoned by Kolomoisky and his associates in 2016 after running millions in stolen dollars from Ukraine through the facility in a vast laundering scheme, say US prosecutors
OLIGARCH'S SECRET TROPHY: How Ihor Kolomoisky and his partners secretly dominated the real estate of a major American city with hundreds of millions in stolen money -- and no trace of ownership. #moneylaundering post-gazette.com/news/crime-cou…
Kolomoisky’s venture into Cleveland, under a web of offshore companies, remains one of the most troubling examples of what’s gone wrong with financial transparency laws and how an oligarch dominated the real estate of a major American city without ever disclosing his ownership.
The pipeline of millions into Cleveland and other places has already prompted a grand jury investigation that led FBI agents last year to raid Optima’s landmark skyscraper, One Cleveland Center. That same day, the FBI also descended on Optima’s 55-story penthouse in Miami.
ARSON PROBE: Minutes before a suspicious fire at an Ohio steel factory owned by Ukraine oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky -- suspect in massive U.S. money laundering scheme -- an SUV was seen leaving scene. OH fire marshal's office, which suspects arson, is scoping videos. No arrests yet.
Prosecutors say Warren Steel was used by oligarch Kolomoisky in laundering scheme that stretched from Ukraine to Texas: nearly two dozen prime properties.
Fire on August 11th still under investigation by Ohio fire marshal.