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Cyprus is at the center of a circle of corruption surrounding Trump
The cast of characters linked to the Bank of Cyprus and President Donald Trump is troubling.
By Ruth May
The Dallas Morning News, Dec 15, 2017
The country of Cyprus has a long history as a laundromat for dirty money, particularly from Russia. Cyprus is referenced 530,937 times in the Panama Papers, and the Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest bank, is referenced 4,657 times. And the cast of characters linked to the bank and President Donald Trump is troubling.
-When Oleg Deripaska, the founder of Russian aluminum company Rusal, began paying
Paul Manafort $10 million a year in 2006 to act as a secret emissary for Russian President
Vladimir Putin with Western governments, he paid Manafort through the
Bank of Cyprus. Records handed over to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team show that Manafort and his partner, Rick Gates, had at least 15 accounts at the Bank of Cyprus and a bank that it took over in 2013, Cyprus Popular Bank, according to the National Herald. Mueller's 12-count indictment against Manafort and Gates charged the two men with money laundering and conspiracy against the United States.
-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross led a group of U.S. and European investors to purchase a $1.3 billion stake in Bank of Cyprus in July 2014 when the bank was on the verge of failing. This investment bought Ross the largest ownership share in the bank, 17 percent, and the vice chairmanship. Ross was co-chair of the bank from 2014 until early 2017 when he relinquished his position to join Trump's cabinet. Ross's first co-chair was Putin appointee
Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB agent and long-time associate of Putin. In 2015, Strzhalkovsky was replaced by
Maksim Goldman, is director of strategic projects at
Viktor Vekselberg's Renova Group and sits on the board of
Rusal.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/12/15/cyprus-is-at-the-center-of-a-circle-of-corruption-surrounding-trump/
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