Exclusive from me and @Erinlank: Trump’s 2015 Deal In Moscow Is Tied Directly to His Ocean Club Hotel in Panama medium.com/@ScottMStedman…
1- This chart took me and @Erinlank weeks to put together. I will explain all of the connections in the following series of tweets. 
2- Starting at the top middle. Alcogal “advised the Trump Organization in connection with all matters associated with the acquisition of a casino and the operation of a hotel in Panama”. Their registered address in Cyprus is the law firm of Christodoulos Vassiliades.
3- Vassiliades is the Cyprus lawyer who owns at least 60% of Trump's Moscow developer, IC Expert. He has numerous money laundering allegations against him for helping high-profile criminals from Russia, Ukraine, Romania, Austria and elsewhere "wash" their money in Cyprus.
4- This process makes the illegally obtained money appear clean. The criminal can then send the money anywhere with little to no suspicion.
5- Not only is Alcogal's Cyprus branch registered to Vassiliades's law firm, but Vassiliades himself owns a company that manages (at least part of) Alcogal's assets. This company is called Apex.
6- Apex and it's global branches have tens of allegations leveled against them. We didn't put it in the article, but all around the world people have accused Apex of fraud. The UK government even put out a warning about the company: fca.org.uk/news/warnings/…
7- The other company that we have confirmed that owns 25% of Trump's Moscow developer is a BVI company called Capilana. The registered agents of Capilana are Jordans Trust Limited and.... Alcogal.
8- As if that wasn't enough, Jordans Trust Limited also has a major history of money laundering - one case involving soccer star Messi: globalwitness.org/en/archive/mes…
9 Jordans is a company service provider that Global Witness revealed had also set up UK companies used in an alleged Central Asian money laundering scheme
10- Back to Vassiliades. After the 2013 crash that nearly wiped out Bank of Cyprus, Vassiliades was personally nominated by the Bank of Moscow to assume an 8.37% proxy share of the bank.
11- A source familiar with Cyprus’ banking system said that Vassiliades primarily functions as an “introducer” between wealthy Russians and Ukrainians and the Bank.
12- During this same time, Wilbur Ross was the VP at the Bank of Cyprus. While there is no hard evidence yet, it seems likely that Ross and Vassiliades were at least acquainted with one another.
13- The Panama law firm that advised the Trump Organization on the building of the hotel and casino was co-founded by Jaime Aleman. He's part of a well-connected family and once served as the ambassador to the United States under former President Ricardo Martinelli.
14- Martinelli was integral to bringing Trump's name to Panama. By the end of the process, Trump was calling Martinelli his friend. 
15- In June of 2017, Martinelli was arrested in Miami on charges of multiple crimes, including corruption and spying on political opponents.
16- Every single entity that Trump was in business with in Moscow and Panama are alleged financial criminals. Alcogal, Apex, Martinelli, Vassiliades, Capilana, Jordans.
17- This doesn't include the obvious corruption at the Bank of Cyprus or the complete sham Letter Of Intent that Trump signed with IC Expert Chairman Andrey Rozov.
18- Nor does it include the fact that the Director of Sberbank in Cyprus (Vassiliades) received a loan for one of his companies to the tune of at least $184 million. From Sberbank.
19- I'd be remiss to fail to mention that Sberbank is a US-sanctioned entity. While not technically illegal, doing business that helps a sanctioned bank is a business ethics disaster.
20- I don't want to make this thread too much longer because it's so confusing, but a couple more points: 1. We need to see Cohen's testimony to Congress. 2. We need to see Manafort's Trump Tower notes that mention Cyprus.
21- Draw whatever conclusions you'd like (I'm not interested in doing so) but the facts prove that Trump's business dealings in Moscow and Panama City are extremely suspicious at best. Every partner he worked with has a level of criminality attached.
22- These revelations today prove that during the early months of the campaign, work on the Trump Tower Moscow deal was underway with a company owned by the same Cypriot lawyer who managed the trust for Trump’s Panamanian law firm.
23- There's more to be discussed about Panama - including some connections to Republican donors. I'll hash that out in the coming days.
24/END - Please follow @Erinlank for her tremendous work ethic and knowledgeable insights.
--- Not looking to make any money off of this work, I truly enjoy it, but the business records I've had to purchase have put me back a bit. If you have a couple extra bucks, I'd be super appreciative: paypal.me/ScottMStedman
