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Destin FL aviation co that bought Russian parts/aircraft flew migrants to Martha's Vinyard
An aviation company awarded a $615,000 contract by the Florida Department of Transportation for the relocation of migrants purchased aircraft parts in 2018 from a Russian government entity recently sanctioned by the U.S. for its material support to the Russian military.
Forensic News reviewed corporate and shipping records to confirm the transactions.
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On September 8th, the Florida Department of Transportation awarded a contract for the migrant relocation program to Vertol Systems Company Inc (VSC), an aviation company based in Destin, Florida. One week later, on Wednesday, private flights took approximately 48 Venezuelan asylum-seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
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Little is known about Montgomerie, who could not immediately be reached for comment. As first reported by Judd Legum, Montgomerie and/or VSC have donated thousands to Matt Gaetz and the Republican Party of Florida.
Archived versions of VSC’s website, which was deleted sometime after the last capture on August 2nd, show that the company claimed that it was “the only civil company currently operating Russian helicopters in the United States.”
Forensic News reviewed corporate and shipping records to confirm the transactions.
. . .
On September 8th, the Florida Department of Transportation awarded a contract for the migrant relocation program to Vertol Systems Company Inc (VSC), an aviation company based in Destin, Florida. One week later, on Wednesday, private flights took approximately 48 Venezuelan asylum-seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
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Little is known about Montgomerie, who could not immediately be reached for comment. As first reported by Judd Legum, Montgomerie and/or VSC have donated thousands to Matt Gaetz and the Republican Party of Florida.
Archived versions of VSC’s website, which was deleted sometime after the last capture on August 2nd, show that the company claimed that it was “the only civil company currently operating Russian helicopters in the United States.”
https://forensicnews.net/aviation-company-awarded-florida-migrant-contract-purchased-helicopters-from-russian-government/
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