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🎯Trump employees moved boxes day before DOJ went to Mar-a-Lago. Investigators view the timing – just before FBI agents and a prosecutor visited the Florida resort to recover the documents – as a potential sign of obstruction. [more]
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🔸$2B Powerball winner Edwin Castro served papers at $25M California mansion. The suit against Castro, which was first filed earlier this year, claims he is not the rightful winner, as the ticket was bought by plaintiff Jose Rivera and soon stolen from him. [more]
🔸Hunter Biden wooed China execs with high-level CCP ties while fundraising for movie venture while dad was VP. A business executive on the itinerary for "Afternoon tea" was Jeffery Li, the son of one of the most powerful CCP leaders in China. [more]
🔸New York City Officials Freeze Accounts After Banks Fail To Submit Anti-Discrimination Plans. The latest actions are the result of new requirements introduced in February that assess banks’ commitment to non-discrimination practices in lending, employment, and other services. [more]
🔸Treasury Sanctions the Head of the Wagner Group in Mali. U.S. accuses the Russian private army of trying to obscure its efforts to acquire military equipment for use in Ukraine, and of working through Mali and other countries. [more]
🔸Iran has a direct route to send Russia weapons – and Western powers can do little to stop the shipments. The Caspian Sea route – which provides a direct path between Iran and Russia – is increasingly busy with cargo traffic. [more]
🔸How a Pandemic-Era Program Became a Magnet for Fraud. The Employee Retention Credit has become a magnet for fraud, creating a cottage industry of firms that falsely market themselves as tax credit specialists who can help clients – and reap huge refunds from the I.R.S. [more]
🔸Chinese Firms That Threaten U.S. Security Get Investment from Federal Employees. Among the companies are a leading developer of engines for fighter planes and turbines for naval ships and solar panel firms targeted for allegedly using forced labor by Uyghurs. [more]
🔸Lloyd’s Register Punishes Indian Shipping Company For Carrying Russian Oil. Lloyd’s has removed the certification of 21 vessels operated by Indian shipping company Gatik Ship Management, which is one of the biggest shippers of Russian oil abroad. [more]
🔸EU Blocks More Than €200 Billion in Russian Central Bank Assets. Separately, the EU has been looking at powers to seize the private assets of sanctioned Russians in the event of criminal offense by extending the list of crimes, such as money-laundering and corruption, to include the evasion of EU sanctions. [more]
🔸Coinmint Sues California Chipmaker for $23M, Alleging ‘Elaborate Deception’. The mining firm, which has been embroiled in several legal battles, describes an elaborate fraud scheme for a $150 million contract. [more]