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I'll raise you Cyprus, and go

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:36:08 +0000

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I'll raise you Cyprus, and go for Turkey.

Money from the Turkish government to pay Flynn for his lobbying before and after the election was laundered through Dutch co. Inovo BV, really a front for the Erdogan gummint:

Flynn lobbied for Turkish-linked firm after election, documents show

By Theodoric Meyer

@ Politico.com, Updated 03/09/17 12:03 AM EST

LT. GEN. Michael T. Flynn: “Gun for Hire”

By David L. Phillips @ The World Post

[....] Inovo BV is thinly capitalized and operates in deficit on an ongoing basis. Did Flynn vet Inovo BV before signing his deal? Was he willfully ignorant about where the money was coming from?

Inovo BV is a front organization for Inovo Turkije, which profits from contracts with the Turkish government. Ekim Alptek, a close associate of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, founded both Inovo BV and Inovo Turkije [....]

P.S. Comes to mind we're

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 08:34:35 +0000

In reply to I'll raise you Cyprus, and go

P.S. Comes to mind we're getting a new high class money laundering related service facility in Harlem (that's New York City's, with one "a"):

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/will-new-york-get-its-own-freeport-for-art-arcis-plans-a-tax-haven-in-harlem-878165

They're springing up like weeds in the spring, a growth industry: jobs?!

CIA providing raw

artappraiser — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 01:42:13 +0000

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CIA providing raw intelligence as Trump-Russia probes heat up

Congress has entered a new phase in its investigation.

By Austin Wright and Martin Matishak @ Politico.com, Updated 03/07/17 07:17 PM EST

Lawmakers are trekking to CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., to review classified evidence on Russia’s involvement in the presidential election. The House has scheduled its first public hearing on the issue. And the Senate is preparing to interview witnesses.

The congressional investigations into ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russian officials are in full swing [.....]

The CIA is now providing raw intelligence documents to committee members, according to multiple senators. [.....]

Perhaps "washed out to see",

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 23:59:28 +0000

In reply to someone should worry about

Perhaps "washed out to see", or a fast descent down the Matterhorn. Swiss time is running out.

someone should worry about

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:43:32 +0000

In reply to All comes out in the wash...

someone should be watching the health of that Swiss art dealer that sold the stuff to him, tho. unless, of course, losing $150M was part of the plan....

just caught my eye on

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:39:25 +0000

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just caught my eye on Bloomberg; related ?

Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal Groups

by Michael Riley, March 6, 2017, 5:00 AM EST March 6, 2017, 11:07 AM EST

Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins

Center for American Progress said to be among victims

Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks, scouring the organizations’ emails for embarrassing details and attempting to extract hush money, according to two people familiar with probes being conducted by the FBI and private security firms.

At least a dozen groups have faced extortion attempts since the U.S. presidential election, said the people, who provided broad outlines of the campaign. The ransom demands are accompanied by samples of sensitive data in the hackers’ possession [....]

All comes out in the wash...

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:33:33 +0000

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All comes out in the wash... someone has a plan.

just so's you're aware, in

artappraiser — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 22:31:54 +0000

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just so's you're aware, in the case it is more than a case of "you win some, you lose some", we in the art market we've been following Mr. Ryobolovlev for quite some time.

He's been tallying up some major losses on some major money laundering in the last week, more today.

Remember back in the real old

Peter Schwartz — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 22:43:00 +0000

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Remember back in the real old days when it seemed that every terrorist attack involved a Cypriot bomb thrower? A great location for any spy novel or film. Lots of bad Russian money was in Cyprus before the government took hold of people's accounts. Crete seems to be an under-utilized location. What's happening on Crete?

Why don't hackers ever do anything useful, like hack into Trump tax returns, or hack into MOUs between Trump and Ivan. Remember Ivan?

If Trump releases his tax

rmrd0000 — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 19:06:01 +0000

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If Trump releases his tax returns, he takes a lot of the Suspicion about inappropriate contact with the Russians off the table if nothing is found.