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In reply to the discussion: Is this thing on? Why are there no stories in the media about this? How Russians funded Trump.. [View all]Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)16. Dirty money: Trump and the Kazakh connection FT probe finds evidence a Trump venture has links to...
Dirty money: Trump and the Kazakh connection
FT probe finds evidence a Trump venture has links to alleged laundering network
OCTOBER 19, 2016 by: Tom Burgis
Ever since a series of bankruptcies left banks unwilling to lend to him, Donald Trump has been on the lookout for partners willing to fund the buildings that bear his name.
Over the years the US presidential candidate has assembled an eclectic collection of backers and collaborators. Some had chequered pasts, with links to organised crime or fraud schemes. But perhaps the biggest risk for Mr Trumps complex, often opaque, business empire was that it might be used for a purpose US officials fear is rife in the countrys real estate sector: laundering dirty money.
A Financial Times investigation has found evidence that one Trump venture has multiple ties to an alleged international money laundering network. Title deeds, bank records and correspondence show that a Kazakh family accused of laundering hundreds of millions of stolen dollars bought luxury apartments in a Manhattan tower part-owned by Mr Trump and embarked on major business ventures with one of the tycoons partners.
As Mr Trump runs for the White House, the revelations raise questions about what steps his business takes to ensure that the funds that pour through it are clean.
Jennifer Shasky Calvery, then director of the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, warned in January that corrupt foreign officials, or transnational criminals, may be using premium US real estate to secretly invest millions in dirty money.
https://www.ft.com/content/33285dfa-9231-11e6-8df8-d3778b55a923
FT probe finds evidence a Trump venture has links to alleged laundering network
OCTOBER 19, 2016 by: Tom Burgis
Ever since a series of bankruptcies left banks unwilling to lend to him, Donald Trump has been on the lookout for partners willing to fund the buildings that bear his name.
Over the years the US presidential candidate has assembled an eclectic collection of backers and collaborators. Some had chequered pasts, with links to organised crime or fraud schemes. But perhaps the biggest risk for Mr Trumps complex, often opaque, business empire was that it might be used for a purpose US officials fear is rife in the countrys real estate sector: laundering dirty money.
A Financial Times investigation has found evidence that one Trump venture has multiple ties to an alleged international money laundering network. Title deeds, bank records and correspondence show that a Kazakh family accused of laundering hundreds of millions of stolen dollars bought luxury apartments in a Manhattan tower part-owned by Mr Trump and embarked on major business ventures with one of the tycoons partners.
As Mr Trump runs for the White House, the revelations raise questions about what steps his business takes to ensure that the funds that pour through it are clean.
Jennifer Shasky Calvery, then director of the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, warned in January that corrupt foreign officials, or transnational criminals, may be using premium US real estate to secretly invest millions in dirty money.
https://www.ft.com/content/33285dfa-9231-11e6-8df8-d3778b55a923
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Is this thing on? Why are there no stories in the media about this? How Russians funded Trump.. [View all]
HipChick
Jan 2017
OP
Yes, I see pieces of the Trump Russia puzzle all over the place but not connected yet. Time
riversedge
Jan 2017
#29
I remember asking during the campaign if all his talk about the system being rigged
malaise
Jan 2017
#49
How dirty overseas money flowed into Trump and eventually into his presidential campaign
Madam45for2923
Jan 2017
#14
Dirty money: Trump and the Kazakh connection FT probe finds evidence a Trump venture has links to...
Madam45for2923
Jan 2017
#16
Just read Khan's twitter feed. He does a great job. But it sure looks like there's enough
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#18
The problem is that any Justice Dept move on Trump will now look like a coup
Respectful Debate
Jan 2017
#28
good point-- I often wonder if there was a deep conspiracy on the part of many in the govt
Fast Walker 52
Jan 2017
#40
What about Ivanka traveling to Croatia, leaving a newborn behind, to "vacation" with Putin's
secondwind
Jan 2017
#20
Has the media been taken over by the Russian's too? Is this part of the "One World Government"?
jalan48
Jan 2017
#22
Yeah, right. All these Russian connections being revealed and you post that? Enjoy your stay.
brush
Jan 2017
#66
Still, all these connections to Russian interference in our election and you attribute the trump ...
brush
Jan 2017
#71
Citizens United made foreign contributions legal. It's in the dissenting opinion.
McCamy Taylor
Jan 2017
#31
Actually if you read, The Financial Times is a newspaper which has published some articles
HipChick
Jan 2017
#52
Too many Russian tentacles coming from everywhere for this to just be a coincidence.
brush
Jan 2017
#68
Who can read THAT. Does no one know how to write and present information in a linear, logical
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jan 2017
#53
It's Twitter. And it actually gives someone an incentive to start googling and investigating
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#58
hahah- thats funny! More like an incentive to ignore. Theres a reason vast
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jan 2017
#73