Trump in Scotland - "McMafia" investigation being pushed for

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Lawyers are trying to convince a judge to allow the Scottish government to investigate the Trump Organization under a 'McMafia' order, citing the New York criminal case





As prosecutors in Manhattan continue their investigation into the Trump Organization's finances, attorneys in Scotland are citing its progress to advocate for opening a parallel investigation into how the former US president's company financed golf courses in the country.

At a virtual court hearing in Scotland Thursday, the attorney Kay Springham asked a judge to allow the government to issue an "unexplained wealth order" (UWO), also known as a "McMafia order," The Scotsman reported. The order would force the Trump Organization to open up its books and explain how it financed the acquisition of its two Scottish resorts.

In trying to persuade the judge, Springham pointed to the criminal proceedings in New York, where the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has filed tax-fraud charges against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.

Weisselberg played roles in operating the company's two golf courses in Scotland. Insider first reported several days after the New York indictments were filed that Weisselberg was terminated from his role as director of Trump International Golf Club Scotland, the holding company that owns Trump's Aberdeenshire golf resort, the Trump International Golf Links.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/scottish-lawmakers-may-investigate-trump-organization-mcmafia-order-2021-8%3famp

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Cost a pretty penny.

Laundered from rubles.

[empedocles]

2. So likely

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3. Being Irish

I wish to extend a warm "thank you" to my Scottish cousins!

[pandr32]

4. I hope they get the order granted

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5. Wishing them success! Go get 'em!

[Pepsidog]

6. Boy to they hate him in Scotland. Love to see the course forfeited. I think Dumb and Dumber

told a reporter that most of their investment money comes from Russia. Bumble-F’s in the first degree.

[orangecrush]

7. Scottish RICO

That would be sweet