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blondebanshee

(353 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:37 AM Jan 2019

Latest twist in FBI probe:NC man accused of murder-for-hire plot tied to a Russian indicted for elec

RALEIGH
A wealthy man in Raleigh accused of money laundering and plotting a murder-for-hire has ties to a Russian oligarch who has been indicted on charges of interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Russian news sources.

Novaya Gazeta, a Moscow-based news organization known for its critical coverage of Russian politics, has reported a business connection between Leonid Teyf of Raleigh and Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of 13 Russians indicted last February as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.

Mueller, in a 37-page indictment, accused Prigozhin and companies he controlled, including the Internet Research Agency, of funding and orchestrating a campaign to influence the presidential election through social media and other tactics.

[link:https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article223371200.html|

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Latest twist in FBI probe:NC man accused of murder-for-hire plot tied to a Russian indicted for elec (Original Post) blondebanshee Jan 2019 OP
Curiouser and curiouser Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #1
'Curiouser and curiouser', artful way to try and capture the mind-boggling nature[s] of empedocles Jan 2019 #4
We have definitely gone through the "rabbit-hole" Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #5
Nice markophillips Jan 2019 #2
I wonder who he was plotting to murder Sanity Claws Jan 2019 #3
Leonid Teyf believed that his wife had an affair with the man, who is the son of the the family's blondebanshee Jan 2019 #8
With Putin taking over this WH, Scarsdale Jan 2019 #13
republicans are a criminal operation Achilleaze Jan 2019 #6
More and more of what has gone wrong in this country... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #7
Yep. Maybe THAT'S the most pressing immigration problem on which we should be focused. calimary Jan 2019 #15
Okay, my head is spinning now PatSeg Jan 2019 #9
This is a Far-Reaching Web of International Connections dlk Jan 2019 #10
Shake a tree and Russians fall out. nt NCjack Jan 2019 #11
Wonder if Thom Tillis knows them. yardwork Jan 2019 #12
Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #14
Your post seems to imply that Seth Abramsom is dead tikka Jan 2019 #17
Very interesting... from the link at the OP UpInArms Jan 2019 #16

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. 'Curiouser and curiouser', artful way to try and capture the mind-boggling nature[s] of
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:53 AM
Jan 2019

the traitortrump messes.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,384 posts)
5. We have definitely gone through the "rabbit-hole"
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 11:04 AM
Jan 2019

with the Trump (mis-)Administration and seem to be living in the Mad Hatter's hat.

Sanity Claws

(21,834 posts)
3. I wonder who he was plotting to murder
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 10:50 AM
Jan 2019

and whether he was involved in other plots to murder.

Edited to add: The article said the plot was to murder his ex-wife's lover.

blondebanshee

(353 posts)
8. Leonid Teyf believed that his wife had an affair with the man, who is the son of the the family's
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 11:10 AM
Jan 2019

former housekeeper, court documents show.

Leonid and Tatyana Teyf have also been charged along with Timofeev’s wife, Olesya Yuryneva Timofeeva, 41, with “conspiring, and aiding and abetting one another” to encourage people to enter the United State illegally, according to a news release.


https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article223023270.html

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
13. With Putin taking over this WH,
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:52 PM
Jan 2019

they are importing as many Russians as possible. How do they get their visas?? I know rich Russian wives go to Florida to have their babies, so they have dual citizenship. It is a cottage industry. Asian wives go to California for the same reason.

Wounded Bear

(58,571 posts)
7. More and more of what has gone wrong in this country...
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 11:08 AM
Jan 2019

seems to point to Repubs in bed with Russians. In Ms Buttina's case, perhaps literally.

Yeah, it matters where the money comes from.

PatSeg

(47,168 posts)
9. Okay, my head is spinning now
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 11:43 AM
Jan 2019

I feel like I'm living inside the head of a really, really bad writer of political thrillers, a Tom Clancy wannabe. If it was a book, I'd have toss it aside after the first couple chapters because it is too far-fetched to be taken seriously.

Response to blondebanshee (Original post)

UpInArms

(51,278 posts)
16. Very interesting... from the link at the OP
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:21 PM
Jan 2019
Since December 2010, the Teyfs and others have opened dozens of accounts at U.S. banks, according to their federal indictments. Nearly 300 wires from foreign corporations and bank accounts commonly known to be used for money laundering deposited more than $39.4 million in those accounts, the indictments state.
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