Considering that Michael Cohen's lawayer, Guy Pretillo defended Ezra Merkin you'd think REAL journalists might have mentioned it. /s
https://www.reuters.com/article/madoff-merkin-award/update-1-madoff-investors-win-12-74-mln-in-merkin-case-idUSN0313233720100903
Oh right real journalism is all but dead because the CABAL owns it.
Q 355 https://qmap.pub/ Remember, they consider you to be the fly (specifically, the ‘feeder’)
I think we can consider investment fraud one of the best examples sucking the 'flies' dry.
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Investors in Gabriel Capital LP, a so-called feeder fund that funneled money to imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, were awarded $12.74 million by a panel of three arbitrators, court records show.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3527163/Fire-740-Park-Avenue.html
The apartment building is known as one of the city's 'Towers of Power'
https://patch.com/new-york/brooklyn/740-park-avenue-famous-luxury-apartment-complex-fire-0
I didn't realize Ezra Merkin was a 'philanthropist'
https://www.aicpastore.com/Content/media/PRODUCER_CONTENT/Newsletters/Articles_2009/Wealth/CharityMindedClients.jsp
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-13/madoff-investor-ezra-merkin-agrees-to-pay-victims-280-million
"Mr. Merkin is pleased that the receiver has settled the trustee’s lawsuit on terms that will result in a significant recovery for Ascot’s investors," Merkin’s lawyer, Andrew Levander, said in a statement.
RELATED: Guy Pretillo was Uri Landesman defense lawyer
Platinum Partners executives charged with $1 billion in securities fraud
http://archive.is/XDtj7
DEC 19, 2016
...It all started to unravel in June when Huberfeld was arrested in a separate case for allegedly bribing the head of New York City’s corrections officers’ union to put its retirees’ savings into Platinum. The charges in that case depicted Platinum desperately trying to get money from new investors to pay off old ones. Brooklyn prosecutors raided Platinum’s offices two weeks later, looking more broadly at whether the fund was a fraud.
All seven men were arrested and are scheduled to appear in federal court later on Monday. Andrew Levander, a lawyer for Nordlicht, Michael Sommer, a lawyer for Levy, Guy Petrillo, a lawyer for Landesman, Seth Levine, a lawyer for Small and F. Andino Reynal, a lawyer for Shulse, didn’t immediately return voicemail messages seeking comment about the arrests. Laywers for SanFilippo and Mann couldn’t immediately be determined.
Abel Danger has written a lot about pension funds and the Cabal, namely related to the UK if I remember correctly.
I think the spider web is starting to become increasingly visible.
http://archive.is/pPNbE JAN 2010
Key Prosecutor in Galleon Case to Depart
Joshua I. Klein, a key prosecutor in the widening insider trading case involving the Galleon Group and Raj Rajaratnam, is planning to resign as an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York and set up his own criminal defense firm, people close to the case told DealBook.
People briefed on the matter said Mr. Klein was setting up a new firm with Guy Petrillo, a former head of the criminal division for the Southern District of New York, who recently worked at the law firm Dechert. Mr. Petrillo could not be immediately reached for comment.
Mr. Klein, who worked as a senior counsel for the Securities and Exchange Commission before joining the Southern District, declined to comment on Thursday.
About Rajat Gupta
http://www.businessinsider.com/rajarantam-gets-hit-with-highest-bail-in-us-history-2009-10
Raj Rajaratnam (Tamil: ராஜ் ராஜரத்தினம்; born Rajakumaran Rajaratnam; June 15, 1957) is a Sri Lankan-American former hedge fund manager and billionaire founder of the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund management firm.[4][5] On October 16, 2009, he was arrested by the FBI for insider trading, which also caused the Galleon Group to fold.[6] He stood trial in U.S. v Rajaratnam (09 Cr. 01184) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and on May 11, 2011 was found guilty on all 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud.[7][8] On October 13, 2011, Rajaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in prison[9] and fined a criminal and civil penalty of over $150 million combined.[10]
Rajaratnam was also a contributor to various causes that promoted development in the Indian subcontinent and programs that benefited low income South Asian youth in the New York area.
According to the Federal Election Commission, Rajaratnam has made over $118,000 in political contributions in the past five years.[25] He has contributed to the Democratic National Committee and various campaigns on behalf of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, and Robert Menendez.[25]
Where's that sneaky spider? (no pun intended SPDR)
December 11, 2017
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/12/11/hsbc-spared-us-money-laundering-sanctions-battles-clean-act/
...It is also separately being investigated by UK regulators for its alleged links to money laundering by South Africa’s billionaire Gupta family, whose links to president Jacob Zuma are at the heart of a political storm in the country.
Labour peer and former anti-apartheid campaigner Lord Peter Hain passed evidence allegedly connecting the banks to laundering for Gupta-linked companies through Dubai and Hong Kong in recent weeks.
Investec’s Gordon said the South Africa investigation was a "known unknown" and "hard to quantify".
Continuing on...
http://freebeacon.com/politics/clintons-wall-street-pal-to-serve-out-prison-term/
Vinod Gupta was forced to pay $9 million back to the company and later paid the SEC $7.4 million to settle the case. Despite the fines, he contributed between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Records indicate that he has given as recently as 2014.
Clinton’s ties to Rajat Gupta extend beyond business into philanthropy. Gupta started the American India Foundation (AIF) in 2001 at the "urging of Bill Clinton," and the charity is now a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. The former president serves as honorary chair of AIF and its signature fellowship bears his name.
"AIF’s William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India provides a select group of young Americans and Indians the opportunity to work with non-governmental organizations and social enterprises for 10 months, in order to accelerate impact for marginalized and underprivileged communities in India," the website says.
AIF is now a major partner of the Clinton Foundation, pledging in 2005 to raise $4 million annually to help "eradicate poverty in India." Lata Krishnan, a co-founder of AIF, has also given the Clinton Foundation between $100,001 and $250,000.
Gupta’s co-conspirator, the hedge fund honcho Raj Rajaratnam, was also a major player in AIF’s work with the Clinton Foundation. Rajaratnam, a former AIF board member, pledged $15 million over three years to support AIF’s anti-AIDs campaign under the Clinton Global Initiative umbrella.
Rajaratnam was a loyal Clinton ally before his arrest, having contributed to Hillary’s Senate campaigns, as well as those of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.). He maxed out his donations to Hillary Clinton’s 2008 run and did not raise funds for President Obama until she had dropped out of the race.
"He was big with Hillary," a Democratic fundraiser told ABC News in 2009 following Rajaratnam’s indictment.
I have more to add but have to stop now. Thanks for recent posted links @Arrvee really great info already and I haven't had time to really get digging the way I want to. Key connections: Bronfmans, Chelsea Clinton and Steinhardt (mentioned deep in the weeds of this post about BCCI https://voat.co/v/GreatAwakening/2688862 ) @darkknight111 @Vindicator
The key limited partners in Steinhardt Jr.’s first hedge fund, Steinhardt Partners, were the Genovese Mafia family, Ivan Boesky, Marc Rich, and Marty Peretz.
No doubt this will come up at some point...so I'm putting it out there now.
However, the real relationship between the Clintons and Dow Chemical would be prompted in 2009 by a case involving two journalists detained by North Korea. As noted in the memo, in August of 2009 Teneo co-founder and former Clinton fundraiser Declan Kelly invited Dow CEO Andrew Liveris to play golf with former President Clinton and Band. In the footnote attached to this statement, Band references the fact Dow Chemical aided Clinton with a mission to North Korea that same month by providing free use of Dow’s corporate jet for part of the trip. Given the context of the memo and Band’s statement about the cost savings, it is implied Kelly had played some role in securing Dow’s involvement with the North Korea trip. http://archive.is/FjKh5#selection-231.0-230.1
What? The Pizzagate related journalists? NO!!!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_imprisonment_of_American_journalists_by_North_Korea
Vindicator ago
That's quite a web of slime that needs cleaning out.
Are_we_sure ago
You do realize this guy was a Bernie Madoff victim, right?
This is completely incoherent. First off, journalists did mention this fire.
https://nypost.com/2016/06/05/fire-floods-theft-plagues-of-740-park-the-worlds-richest-building/
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/nyregion/fire-at-apartments-that-attract-wealthy-new-yorkers-park-avenue.html
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/04/06/740-park-avenue-fire/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/06/740-park-avenue-lawsuit
https://pagesix.com/2016/04/19/david-koch-forced-to-live-in-hotel-after-fire-damages-park-ave-pad/
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/740-Park-Avenue-High-Rise-Fire-Manhattan-374803061.html
Secondly, When did this happen? "Guy Pretillo defended Ezra Merkin." Nothing you posted shows this happening. So what happened?
Thirdly, this happened well before Cohen retained Petrillo. So what exactly is your claim?
kestrel9 ago
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-15/bernie-madoff-s-ponzi-scheme-didn-t-ruin-ezra-merkin
He was not a victim.
NEIL A. STEINER, ESQ. * DECHERT LLP * * 1095 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 (212) 698-3822 * Attorneys for Defendants-Appellees J. Ezra Merkin and Gabriel Capital Corporation
http://www.madofftrustee.com/document/dockets/003870-merkininjunctionappendix13-1785docket92.pdf
My claim is in regards to the Michael Cohen case, in the manner in which it's being used to go after Trump and the media as well as yourself, promote the narrative (as you've explained that Guy Pretillo's motive is to dig up dirt on Trump.) Optics....are you going to mention Lanny Davis backpedaling now that the MSM blitz attack damage from his 'error' has been done? https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/Board/103782/Contents/Lanny-Davis-now-backpedaling-on-Cohen-claims-about-Russia-121083159/
The fact that Pretillo defended Merkin demonstrates that he has no problem defending major corruption. Therefore his presence is just one more example of the means and motive behind the Witch Hunt. Do you happen to know who is paying Pretillo in the Michael Cohen case? If Trump were as rotten as has been insinuated, I imagine Pretillo would be tripping over himself to end up working on behalf of Trump, not vice versa.
And the fire was ironic, given it was April 6...the Trump fire was April 9. and of course the media covered AT THE TIME... What the media has not mentioned since Pretillo was hired by GoFundMe Michael Cohen was that Pretillo defended Ezra Merkin (a fraud) and at least one of his company that had to give back money into a trust for Madoff victims.
Feel free to read the links. I didn't have time to hand hold people unwilling to read them.
Are_we__sure ago
Good post on Merkin. Less so on Petrillo.
Merkin
I think Joe Nocera's a great financial journalist. (his book on the causes of the crises is excellent. He says that Merkin did not have any personal wealth with Madoff. That holds weight with me. His Wiki entry says he had $100 million with Madoff.
So we have two claims, he had no money with Madoff, or he had a $100 million with Madoff. So if Nocera's right on that he had no skin in the game, that would change my opinion of him.
As for the lawsuits you cite, Merkin was ultimately not found to be part of the fraud. He was cited for neglience to his investors, but he was not part of the Ponzi scheme itself, but he should have done due diligence and should have upfront with his investors.
In the Book the Wizard of Lies which Nocera cites positively, Merkin is mentioned as someone who was fooled by Madoff, like many, many others. He trusted him. She believe's Madoff's Ponzi scheme was well in progress when he convinced Merkin to put his funds' money with him. Merkin's father thought highly of Madoff and some people think that his father's opinion overrode some of the Madoff skeptics around Merkin. Remember there is nothing inherently illegal about being a feeder fund. (Merkin definitely misled his investors, though.)
Madoff made him money, so he never looked too closely. Remember Madoff fooled an awful lot of people including regulators. The author of Wizard of Lies said she was stunned the Madoff fraud. Remember that Madoff's lieutenant who was inside on the Ponzi schemes, pleaded guilty and named names. Merkin was not on the inside. The more benign view of Merkin is that he he got in early and consistently was making money through Madoff and got to act like big shot in the art world and philanthropy world and stopping doing his job of protecting people's money. Someone who sat on board with Merkin said basically it went to his head and he believed his own bullshit. But he was not on the inside faking trades and forging documents.
Petrillo
I have no idea what you are talking about. I never said Petrillo's motive was to dig up dirt on Trump.
Given the differing views on Merkin, I think this is way overstated.
I don't. Cohen has his own money. He also just raised a bunch of money for his defense.
This really makes no sense. Defense Lawyers work for who hires them. It's bizarre to think they pick any client they want.
This is ridiculous. Do you think the media should be tailoring their coverage to your narrow and idiosyncratic interests? Remember the media hasn't talked very much about Petrillo at all.
kestrel9 ago
Merkin was not a victim. It doesn't take that much more digging to reach the same conclusion. Looks like your gal Hillary is back in the news, so you'll be busy on the China front. Good luck with that.
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