Richard Engel, Ivanka & a fugitive/money launderer (+ Reuters article)

[MelissaB]

We met a fugitive who says he did extensive work with the President’s daughter Ivanka and helped make Trump Org millions. @NBCnews @Reuters @Global_Witness investigated for months. Full report tonight #OnAssignment 9 PM ET @MSNBC

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Ivanka and the fugitive from Panama
Source: Reuters

Exclusive: How an alleged fraudster in Panama, working with Donald Trump's daughter, helped make Trump's first international hotel venture a success. The broker was in business with a money-launderer and two criminals from the former Soviet Union. Then he fled.

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Three years after getting involved in the Trump Ocean Club, Nogueira was arrested by Panamanian authorities on charges of fraud and forgery, unrelated to the Trump project. Released on $1.4 million bail, he later fled the country.

He left behind a trail of people who claim he cheated them, including over apartments in the Trump project, resulting in at least four criminal cases that eight years later have still to be judged.

Nogueira, 43, denies the charges and told Reuters in an email: “I am no Angel but not Devil either.”

Ivanka Trump declined to comment on her dealings with Nogueira. A White House spokesman referred questions to the Trump Organization. Alan Garten, the organization’s chief legal officer, said: “No one at the Trump Organization, including the Trump family, has any recollection of ever meeting or speaking with this individual.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-panama/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

[MelissaB]

1. Imagine what Muller knows.

[Irish_Dem]

10. I know, wish I could be a fly on the wall during his interviews. nt

[Irish_Dem]

2. Doesn't look like they made any of their money honestly. They are crooks. nt

[HipChick]

3. Once you go Russian Mafia..

you are done

[Irish_Dem]

4. Yes, totally unbelievable. If this were a novel, I would never believe it. Too far fetched. nt

[MelissaB]

5. Oh, come on! It's just a coincidence that criminals flock to Trump properties.

[hatrack]

6. And pay 3x market value, again and again and again . . . .

Thanks again Melissa B - you've had sharper focus than many on this board on what matters most.

[MelissaB]

7. Thanks! I have trouble keeping up because there is so much to take in, but

I do try.

[Irish_Dem]

9. So many coincidences.... they are really piling up....

[Ilsa]

8. I hope mueller is also looking at Azerbaijan and

Ivanka's participation in laundering Iranian terrorist money.

[bdamomma]

11. isn't this what Rachel could have

talking about last night.