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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIndicted Giuliani-associate LEV PARNAS worked for oligarch DMITRI FIRTASH.
So now they've made the connection with Russian organized crime. They've hit pay dirt.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-firtash-idUSKBN1WQ2H5
Firtash, one of Ukraines wealthiest businessmen, is battling extradition by U.S. authorities on bribery charges from Vienna, where he has lived for five years.
Federal prosecutors in Illinois said in court papers in 2017 that Firtash was an upper-echelon associate of Russian organized crime. He was indicted in 2013 and charged with bribing Indian officials for access to titanium mines. Firtash has denied any wrongdoing.
Firtash was financing the activities of Parnas and Fruman, the source familiar with their business dealings said. The source did not detail their specific work for the oligarch or how much money he had paid them and over what period.
U.S. lawmakers have sought to question the pair about their involvement in Giulianis investigation as part of the impeachment inquiry. Giuliani told Reuters in an interview that Parnas and Fruman - U.S. citizens who were born in Ukraine and Belarus, respectively - had helped find people for me in Ukraine.
ritapria
(1,812 posts)The same guy who helped Guiliani dig up dirt on Hunter Biden
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)she's pretty good at connecting the links in these devious chains.
Nice to see it get some more exposure.
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)Putin?