PinnedConnecting Elliott Broidy Related Dots — Offshore and On — Some Russian — Some NotPhoto by Christine Roy on UnsplashJul 12, 20181Jul 12, 20181
Rudy Giuliani — How An Expanded SDNY FARA Investigation Could Be a NightmareMartin SheilJun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021
Explosive Implications of Jeff McConney’s Reported Grand Jury Testimony Regarding the Trump…This could be the death knell for Allen Weisselberg, long time CFO of the Trump Organization and reputed eyes and ears of Individual-1. As…Jun 17, 2021Jun 17, 2021
Allen Weisselberg-Protractor Man & Manhattan DA Trump Investigation Observations & PredictionsThe Manhattan DA’s Trump Organization investigation has reportedly picked up recently so rising to the challenge, some…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Is Bill Barr Slow Walking a Caterpillar Tax Fraud Case In Favor of Another Client?Reuters reports that DOJ directed the lead FDIC agent investigating an alleged $2 billion fraud by the farm machinery manufacturing giant…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Photo by Adii Wahid on UnsplashDoes Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan Hold Financial Leverage Over Donald Trump?Oct 30, 2020Oct 30, 2020
Lev Parnas’ Curious Loan, a Swiss Lawyer and KryshaPhoto by Pascal Debrunner on UnsplashJan 25, 2020Jan 25, 2020
Oleksandr Onyshchenko — Money Laundering & Sheep CarcassesThere weren’t any Blockchain or cryptocurrency real estate transactions back in the 11th century when Yaroslav the Wise codified the legal…Jan 7, 20201Jan 7, 20201
Cannabis — Knowing Your CustomerThe NY Times recently ran an article about Russian money pouring into the burgeoning American cannabis industry and it raises some…Dec 5, 20191Dec 5, 20191
Turkmenbashi to Trumpmenbashi: Seeds of Ukraine CorruptionWhen the Soviet Union imploded in 1991, the rule of law collapsed with it across the former Communist empire. Dissolution in Central Asian…Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
A Couple of Tuesdays Ago…President Trump went off-script recently to publicly complain about his legal fees and one doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry.Sep 7, 2019Sep 7, 2019
Suggested Congressional Intelligence Committee Questions for Felix Sater1. When you were working on Trump Tower Moscow for DJT in late 2015, you are quoted as saying that you drew on connections you had made in…Jul 9, 2019Jul 9, 2019
The Deutsche Bank DilemmaWhen Deutsche Bank executives quashed Suspicious Activity Reports(SARs) prepared by their Anti-Money Laundering(AML) employees and did not…Jun 1, 2019Jun 1, 2019
Is Russian Organized Crime the link between the Danske Bank money laundering scandal and the…In little-noticed testimony before the US Senate last month, US Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Marshall Billingslea…Sep 20, 20181Sep 20, 20181
Following the Money — Emin Agalarov — Azerbaijan Laundromat — Danske BankBuzzfeed just printed a story about how Aras Agalarov, the Moscow based oligarch who paid Donald Trump $20M for the rights to the Miss…Sep 14, 2018Sep 14, 2018
78 Days to November 6I am struck by the banner running on MSNBC this evening that there are now 78 days to November 6th — Mid term election day. The day the…Aug 21, 2018Aug 21, 2018
Manafort OptionsBefore voir dire starts with regard to picking the actual jury that will sit and review all the evidence that will be presented in the…Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018