A Series Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting

[babylonsister]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/trump-tower-meeting-suspicious-transactions-agalarov

A Series Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting
Investigators are focused on two bursts of banking activity — one shortly after the June 2016 meeting, the other immediately after the presidential election.
Anthony Cormier
Jason Leopold
BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on September 12, 2018, at 9:51 a.m. ET


The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has become one of the most famous gatherings in American political history: a flashpoint for allegations of collusion, the subject of shifting explanations by the president and his son, countless hair-on-fire tweets, and boundless speculation by the press.

But secret documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News reveal a previously undisclosed aspect of the meeting: a complex web of financial transactions among some of the planners and participants who moved money from Russia and Switzerland to the British Virgin Islands, Bangkok, and a small office park in New Jersey.

The documents show Aras Agalarov, a billionaire real estate developer close to both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, at the center of this vast network and how he used accounts overseas to filter money to himself, his son, and at least two people who attended the Trump Tower meeting. The records also offer new insight into the murky financial world inhabited by many of Trump’s associates, who use shell companies and secret bank accounts to quickly and quietly move money across the globe.

Now, four federal law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed News, investigators are focused on two bursts of transactions that bank examiners deemed suspicious: one a short time after the meeting and another immediately after the November 2016 presidential election.

The first set came just 11 days after the June 9 meeting, when an offshore company controlled by Agalarov wired more than $19.5 million to his account at a bank in New York.

The second flurry began shortly after Trump was elected. The Agalarov family started sending what would amount to $1.2 million from their bank in Russia to an account in New Jersey controlled by the billionaire’s son, pop singer Emin Agalarov, and two of his friends. The account had been virtually dormant since the summer of 2015, according to records reviewed by BuzzFeed News, and bankers found it strange that activity in Emin Agalarov’s checking account surged after Trump’s victory.

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anthonycormier/trump-tower-meeting-suspicious-transactions-agalarov

[Demovictory9]

1. kick

[BootinUp]

2. Follow the money. Nt

[Ohio Barbarian]

3. Most interesting. Thank you.

[Sedona]

4. That first payment happened on June 20th 2016

That was the same day that Corey Lewandowski was fired and Paul Manafort became chairman of the campaign

[KelleyKramer]

7. Wow! That says a lot

Thanks for pointing that out, good catch!

[lindysalsagal]

5. "But secret documents reviewed by BuzzFeed News reveal" no qualifier on the source

Later, "four federal law enforcement officials told BuzzFeed News, investigators are focused on two bursts of transactions"

Again, no qualifier on how legitimate these sources are.

I certainly believe this all fits with what we know about these gangsters, and I certainly hope these documents are real and verifible.

But I will reserve the champagne for when I have reason to believe these sources will hold up.

[babylonsister]

6. I understand your

skepticism, but their involvement in getting the Steele dossier released gives me more faith now.