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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDavid Corn follows the money...and yes, he went to Jared's.
How a Russian Billionaire With a Criminal Past Became a Major Investor in Lyft.
A Russian billionaire with a criminal record and alleged links to organized crime has been making large investments in US companies, including the ride-hail service Lyft, a biotech firm that does work for the Defense Department, and a prominent software company.
Gavril Yushvaev, who according to Forbes is worth $1.6 billion, invested a reported $100 million in Lyft. On a 2018 list of its investors that the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last yearwhich named LeBron James, General Motors, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and scores of other individuals and investment fundsYushvaev stood out with his checkered past, which includes being cited in a Spanish government report as an associate of a Russian banker linked to organized crime and money laundering.
Gavril Yushvaev, who according to Forbes is worth $1.6 billion, invested a reported $100 million in Lyft. On a 2018 list of its investors that the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last yearwhich named LeBron James, General Motors, the Kuwait Investment Authority, and scores of other individuals and investment fundsYushvaev stood out with his checkered past, which includes being cited in a Spanish government report as an associate of a Russian banker linked to organized crime and money laundering.
read more at https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/how-a-russian-billionaire-with-a-criminal-past-became-a-major-investor-in-lyft/
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David Corn follows the money...and yes, he went to Jared's. (Original Post)
pecosbob
Mar 2020
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Kid Berwyn
(14,971 posts)1. Is good to have fiends in high places.
Anyone for money laundering?
pecosbob
(7,544 posts)2. Sometimes I wonder if anybody even cares anymore
My understanding is that Bear Stearns laundered dirty Russian money for decades and EVERYONE on Wall Street was aware of it. It's like business schools in America forgot to teach students the difference between business and crime.
Kid Berwyn
(14,971 posts)3. Bill Barr and Dim Donny are doing their best.
Those who should be doing their best to uphold the law instead do all they can to go around it to make one person into a king and their co-conspirators wealthy beyond reach of the law. They are traitors.