- Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:57 pm
#120034
I'm thinking that someone should confiscate Ghouliani's passports and burner phones before he flees to Russia...
Two men who reportedly have assisted Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's family have been arrested and were charged Thursday in connection with an alleged scheme to circumvent federal laws against foreign campaign donations.
The two men were arrested Wednesday night at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, just outside Washington, as they attempted to leave the country "one-way tickets," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The two men made an initial appearance in federal court in Virginia Shortly afterward where prosecutors expressed concern they were a "flight risk." A judge set bond at $1 million each and ordered them held in custody until all conditions were met, including surrendering their passports.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Soviet-born businessmen based in Florida, have been charged with four counts, including conspiracy to commit campaign finance fraud, false statements to the Federal Election Commission, and falsification of records. Both Parnas and Fruman have been tied to the work done by the president's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in Ukraine where Giuliani has had significant business interests.
Two associates of Parnas and Fruman, David Correira and Andrey Kukushkin, were indicted along with Parnas and Fruman on Thursday. William Sweeney, FBI assistant director in charge of the New York Field office, said at the news conference that Kukushkin was taken into custody in San Francisco, while Correia had yet to be arrested.
Berman said the investigation is ongoing.
Two men who reportedly have assisted Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's family have been arrested and were charged Thursday in connection with an alleged scheme to circumvent federal laws against foreign campaign donations.
The two men were arrested Wednesday night at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, just outside Washington, as they attempted to leave the country "one-way tickets," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman said at a news conference Thursday afternoon. The two men made an initial appearance in federal court in Virginia Shortly afterward where prosecutors expressed concern they were a "flight risk." A judge set bond at $1 million each and ordered them held in custody until all conditions were met, including surrendering their passports.
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Soviet-born businessmen based in Florida, have been charged with four counts, including conspiracy to commit campaign finance fraud, false statements to the Federal Election Commission, and falsification of records. Both Parnas and Fruman have been tied to the work done by the president's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, in Ukraine where Giuliani has had significant business interests.
Two associates of Parnas and Fruman, David Correira and Andrey Kukushkin, were indicted along with Parnas and Fruman on Thursday. William Sweeney, FBI assistant director in charge of the New York Field office, said at the news conference that Kukushkin was taken into custody in San Francisco, while Correia had yet to be arrested.
Berman said the investigation is ongoing.
- By johnforbes