LETTER TO CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING TRUMP FROM RUDY GIULIANI'S COUNSEL

The President's private lawyer has refused to cooperate with the permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the US Congress conducting the Impeachment investigation. Below is his letter.

US CHARGES TURKEY'S HALKBANK WITH FACILITATING $20bn IRAN OIL-FOR-GOLD SANCTIONS EVASION SCHEME

The Turkish state-owned TURKIYE HALK BANKASI A.S., trading as HALKBANK, has been charged, in a 6-count Indictment, alleging  the bank's involvement in a $20bn Iran oil sanctions evasion scheme. The operation, known as Oil-for-Gold, involved the bank's illegal facilitation of the transfer of billions of dollars in illicit profits, benefiting Iran.

Halkbank Deputy GM Mehmet Atilla and the Iranian oil trader, Reza Zarrab, have both been convicted for their roles in the scheme to evade US and UN sanctions on Iran. The allegations also accuse other Halkbank senior staff of participating in the lucrative sanctions evasion scheme.

The Counts:
(1) Money Laundering.
(2) Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering.
(3) Bank Fraud .
(4) Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud.
(5) Conspiracy to Defraud the United States.
(6) Conspiracy to violate the IEEPA.

Readers who wish to review the complete text of the 45-page Superseding Indictment may access it here.

FRONT COMPANY USED BY RUSSIAN-AMERICANS IN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION CASE

Readers who wanted to see the Florida corporate documents of FRAUD GUARANTEE LLC, the front company that allegedly was used by two Florida businessmen, now under arrest, to move illegal foreign campaign contributions into the hands of American politicians may view it below. The Incorporator, Florida attorney Donald Allison, was a former Assistant United States Attorney during the same period that Rudy Giuliani was an Assistant Attorney General, and the US Attorney in New York.

FINCEN, SEC AND CFTC JOINT STATEMENT ON DIGITAL ASSETS

UNDER EU PRESSURE, MALTA TO IMPOSE €10,000 CASH TRANSACTION LIMIT ON PURCHASES

If you live in one of the countries in the European Union, you most likely have limits on how much cash you can hand over when making large purchases. Malta, which has not had such restrictions, recently announced that it intends to impose a €10,000 limit on cash transactions. This means that luxury automobiles, yachts, art & antiques and previous metals can no longer be bought in all-cash deals.

Apparently, MONEYVAL concerns about money laundering through Malta was recognized by local government officials. Unfortunately, the restriction reportedly only applies to retail and consumer transactions, not the cash deposited in Malta's Individual Investor Program, the country's controversial and dodgy Citizenship by Investment program.

REPLACE OBSOLETE DATABASES OF HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR CUSTOMER IDENTIFICATION

Readers who wish to read my article can find it on LinkedIn at:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/replace-obsolete-databases-high-risk-individuals-facial-rijock/

TAN WEE BENG: SHIPPING GOODS TO NORTH KOREA FROM SINGAPORE. IEEPA & MONEY LAUNDERING VIOLATIONS