Accused terror financiers, arms traffickers and drug runners among hundreds of rogue diplomats

Criminals and others accused of exploiting the position have infiltrated the ranks of honorary consuls

#ShadowDiplomats investigation by @ICIJorg @propublica

icij.org/investigations…
14 Honorary Consuls Embroiled in Controversy

@ICIJorg and @propublica identified at least 500 current or former honorary consuls publicly accused of wrongdoing or embroiled in controversy.

Here are snapshots of some of those cases #ShadowDiplomats

icij.org/investigations…
Main page for various articles and resources on #ShadowDiplomats

The untold story of how hundreds of rogue honorary consuls, including alleged terror financiers and criminals, have undermined a little-known system of global diplomacy.

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Nov 4
A judge gave @NewYorkStateAG green light to have independent watchdog oversee Trump Organization’s finances and enjoined Trump Org from moving 2021 assets without notice pending outcome of $250 million civil suit over fraudulent practices, by @jruss_jruss

courthousenews.com/new-york-ag-wi…
My overview of the @NewYorkStateAG suit against Trump, his oldest three kids, Trump Org and others has a detailed section showing all of the 2021 assets with links to the scheme detail associated with many of the assets within the prior 10 year period

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At hearing Judge Engoron noted an appraiser valued one Trump building w/rent-controlled units at $750,000 but Trump's statement of financial condition reported $50 million value

Case boiled down to: “when does a reasonable disagreement become a fraud?”

courthousenews.com/new-york-ag-wi…
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Oct 28
Steve Bannon associate Timothy Shea convicted in We Build the Wall fraud case - a previous jury deadlocked with a lone holdout in July, leading to a mistrial

Bannon is awaiting trial next year on similar case with Manhattan DA, by @KlasfeldReports

lawandcrime.com/high-profile/s…
Steve Bannon, Timothy Shea, Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato were charged with conspiring to defraud donors in the crowdfunding We Build the Wall scheme and of laundering the money

Trump pardoned Bannon, while Kolfage and Badolato pleaded guilty

lawandcrime.com/high-profile/s…
My chart on Steve Bannon has a section on Andy Badolato, part of the We Build the Wall scheme, and his ties to Jonathan Curshen who in the late 1990s tried to help list Russian mafia boss Mogilevich's company YBM Magnex in the US (the effort failed)

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Oct 28
Trump's ex advisor & inaugural chair Tom Barrack is on trial for acting as unregistered agent of the UAE & was charged w/UAE citizen Rashid Al Malik

@JelenaRadojici7 notes Rashid Al Malik was advisor at crypto firm Celsius which went bankrupt and is facing federal investigations
Vermont Regulators Didn't Use the Word, but I Will: Celsius Was a Ponzi - Alex Mashinsky always had plenty to say about Celsius’ finances. Most of it, a new filing claims, wasn’t true.

By @davidzmorris via @CoinDesk

coindesk.com/layer2/2022/09…
The Celsius bankruptcy filing noted 40 state regulators were investigating the firm

cases.stretto.com/public/x191/11…

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Oct 26
More right-wing adtech/AI/campaign whack-a-mole

Ex Trump digital media head Brad Parscale sold his business to Cloud Commerce now AiAdvertising/AIAD

AIAD is working with GloriFi co-founded by Candace Owens (CEO Toby Neugebauer resigned after WSJ expose)

businesswire.com/news/home/2022…
Cloud Commerce, the penny stock company Brad Parscale had sold his business to and invested in, rebranded in 2021 as AiAdvertising (AIAD)

Parscale's AiAdvertising announced agreement with GloriFi co-founded by Candace Owens

GloriFi CEO Toby Neugebauer recently resigned after WSJ expose - How a New Anti-Woke Bank Stumbled

Neugebauer partnered w/Nick Ayers, raised $ from Thiel and others

wsj.com/articles/glori…
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Oct 25
Russian oligarch wealth obscured by secretive offshore network thru Isle of Man firm Bridgewaters

Silicon Valley firm Quanergy Systems went public in Feb, raised $175 mil from Rising Tide V fund backed by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, by @rob_barry

wsj.com/articles/russi…
The Isle of Man Bridgewaters network has been used by relatives of Andrei Skoch, a member of Russia’s parliament, Sergei Chemezov, a former KGB associate of Putin whose companies sell arms to the Russian military, Dmitry Peskov and Kremlin-backed VTB Bank

wsj.com/articles/russi…
Note - Bridgewaters, founded in 1996 in the Isle of Man is not related to Bridgewater Associates, the U.S. hedge-fund firm.

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Oct 22
Criminal trial against Trump Org for alleged fraud & tax crimes to start Monday

Manhattan DA charged Trump Org, subsidiary Trump Payroll Corp & CFO Allen Weisselberg who pleaded guilty in Aug to 15 counts

Parts of criminal investigation are ongoing

washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/10…
If convicted Trump Org and subsidiary Trump Payroll Corp could face combined $1.6 million in fines. Trump was not charged and no individual can be sent to prison from these two corp charges.

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CFO Allan Weisselberg separately pleaded guilty in Aug to 15 counts tied to alleged fraud scheme within the organization - he was promised a sentence of five months in jail if he testifies against the company. He had been facing up to 15 years in prison.

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