More than 300 reports of suspicious transactions at Satabank - worth over €130 million - were ultimately flagged by experts. The bank was eventually slapped with a massive €3.7 million fine by the FIAU over its money laundering regulation breaches.
This fine was reduced to €851,000 by an Appeals Court in December 2020. It was also fined €327,500 on 5 October 2018 for failing to reply to requests made by the FIAU within the stipulated timeframes and for also providing the same authority with incorrect information.
Meet the man who checks off all the boxes regarding our whistleblower - J Frank Mermoud - long-time board member of Cub Energy, extensive ties to the State Dep't, the Bush family, and the USUBC (US Ukraine Business Council)
MTG notes regarding FD-1023 dated June 30, 2020
1.) Informant is a long-time paid CHS, over a decade, well into 6-figures worth of payments.
(Jules Frank Mermoud Jr has been involved with the USGov't for decades with ties to the private intelligence sector.)
2.) 2015/2016: Burisma was looking to buy a US-based oil and gas company - through "advisement" by "Hunter Biden and his partners"
(Mermoud was intimately aware of the plans between Burisma and Hunter in 2015/2016, as Mermoud had been in talks with RSP since 2014.)