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(Bloomberg) - Tucked hauv qab cov xov xwm ntawm Vienna zoo tus menyuam yug tshiab orangutan, Austria cov ntawv xov xwm muag muag tau tshaj tawm rau lub Rau Hli xyoo no uas yuav yooj yim nco.

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Daim ntawv tshaj tawm ntawm nplooj 17 ntawm Kronen Zeitung, txawm li cas los xij, tsis yog rau txhua tus. Nws yog tsom rau ib tug txiv neej xwb: lub qe huab tais ntawm Ukraine, Oleg Bakhmatyuk.

"Gramercy Funds Management LLC thiab lwm cov nyiaj thiab cov nyiaj tau los hais tias Oleg Bakhmatyuk thiab lwm tus tau ua txhaum kev dag ntxias uas cuam tshuam rau Gramercy ua tus tuav nyiaj loj tshaj plaws hauv UkrLandFarming thiab Avangardco," nws nyeem.

Cov ntawv nyeem yooj yooj yim hauv German thiab Ukrainian nyob rau hauv ib lub thawv hauv qab daim duab ntawm tus me nyuam ape yog qhov kev sib tw tshiab tshaj plaws hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua uas tau kov lub Mediterranean kob ntawm Cyprus thiab cov pob kws teb ntawm Ukraine thiab tej zaum yuav mus rau lub tsev hais plaub hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas. lub xeev tsawg kawg nkaus.

Gramercy, cov lag luam tawm tshiab tau tsom mus rau kev lag luam ua lag luam los ntawm Mohamed El-Erian, liam tias Bakhmatyuk thiab nws cov neeg koom tes siv cov tswv yim nyuaj rau siphon tawm yuav luag $ 1 nphom hauv cov cuab tam los ntawm UkrLandFarming Plc mus rau Cyprus thiab Wyoming, ua kom lawv tawm ntawm kev ncav cuag cov tswv cuab.

Bakhmatyuk, 48-xyoo-laus tus tswv ntawm UkrLandFarming - ib tug ntawm cov loj tshaj plaws qe tsim nyob rau hauv cov teb chaws Europe - thov tsab ntawv tsa suab kom tshem tawm qhov teeb meem, nws thawj pej xeem lees paub txog cov txheej txheem.

Qhov tsab ntawv tsa suab tau raug tsis lees paub lub hli no, thiab Gramercy kuj tau ua tiav rau lub Cuaj Hlis 19 hauv kev tau txais lub tsev hais plaub Cypriot kom tso cai thoob ntiaj teb kev txiav txim rau cov khoom muaj nqis. Qhov ntawd muaj peev xwm teeb tsa lub tsev hais plaub sib ntaus sib tua hauv Cheyenne, Wyoming, ntawm ib qho ntawm Ukraine cov kev tsis sib haum xeeb tshaj plaws oligarchs thiab Greenwich, Connecticut-based tus thawj tswj nyiaj.

Cov ntaub ntawv los tawm tsam cov keeb kwm yav dhau los ntawm kev ua tsov rog ntshav, nrog Ukraine - lub pob tawb ntawm cov teb chaws Europe thiab ib qho tseem ceeb cog hauv ntiaj teb cov khoom noj - tawm tsam los tiv thaiv kev cuam tshuam hauv nws cov khoom ua liaj ua teb tom qab Russia qhov ntxeem tau. Ob peb tus thawj tswj hwm UkrLandFarming tau raug tua hauv Sumy nyob rau sab qaum teb Ukraine thiab hauv Kyiv, ib lub tuam txhab tus cev lus tau hais rau lub Peb Hlis.

Sab Bakhmatyuk hauv email teb rau cov lus nug tau hais tias Gramercy tab tom nrhiav kev siv cov cuab yeej cuab tam-nyiaj txiag los ntawm kev mus tom qab lub tuam txhab uas tau ua phem los ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog, ceeb toom tias cov nyiaj tau sim dhia ua ntej ntawm lwm tus neeg qiv nyiaj ruaj ntseg thiab tsis muaj kev nyab xeeb. Bakhmatyuk lub lim tiam dhau los tau foob tsab ntawv foob rau US Tsev Hais Plaub Txiav Txim Siab rau Lub Kaum Ib Hlis, sib cav tias rooj plaub tsis tsim nyog thiab sim ua kom xaus rau qhov kev foob.

'Kawm nrog Sytnyk!'

Gramercy tsab ntawv ceeb toom tau muab tso rau hauv Austrian ntawv xov xwm vim Bakhmatyuk tsiv mus rau Vienna los ntawm Ukraine tom qab raug liam tias embezzling 1.2 billion hryvnia ($ 32.8 lab) nyob rau hauv stabilization qiv muab rau VAB Bank, ib tug qiv nws muaj.

Nws tau hais tias cov nqi no yog kev txhawb siab rau nom tswv, nrog rau kev tshaj tawm xov xwm los ntawm nws lub tuam txhab thaum lub Plaub Hlis xyoo tas los sau tseg tias lawv tau raug txhawb los ntawm kev xav rau "kev ua pauj tus kheej" los ntawm Artem Sytnyk, tom qab ntawd tus thawj coj ntawm Ukraine lub chaw tiv thaiv kev noj nyiaj txiag. UkrLandFarming liam Sytnyk ntawm kev ua phem rau nws txoj kev lag luam los ntawm kev yuam kaw. Rau Easter xyoo tas los, UkrLandFarming tau hais tias nws yuav xa ib lab qe rau cov khw muag khoom loj nrog cov lus hais tias "Down with Sytnyk!"

Bakhmatyuk cov teeb meem nrog Gramercy, lub sijhawm no, yog cov hauv paus hauv Russia lub 2014 annexation ntawm Crimea. Qhov teeb meem nyuaj ua haujlwm rau Ukrainian cov tuam txhab ua liaj ua teb uas muaj Crimean units. UkrLandFarming lub koom haum, Avangardco, raug ntaus los ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua hauv Crimea, qhov chaw nws muaj liaj teb.

Ua ntej Russia lub annexation ntawm Crimea, UkrLandFarming yog Ukraine lub tuam txhab ua liaj ua teb loj tshaj plaws, tswj ib cheeb tsam loj ntawm Delaware, thiab nyob rau hauv lub cusp ntawm thawj pej xeem muab. Lub annexation ntawm Crimea thiab tom qab devaluation ntawm Ukrainian txiaj ua rau Bakhmatyuk cov tuam txhab lag luam poob ib nrab ntawm lawv cov nqi, raws li cov neeg raug foob cov lus. Russia qhov ntxeem tau xyoo no ua rau poob ntau lab tus qaib ntawm ib qho ntawm Avangardco cov nqaij qaib ua liaj ua teb, qhov loj tshaj plaws nyob hauv Europe, Wall Street Journal tau tshaj tawm.

Gramercy, uas muaj txog $ 5.4 nphom hauv cov nyiaj hauv kev tswj hwm, pib yuav cov ntawv cog lus hauv Bakhmatyuk cov tuam txhab hauv xyoo 2011, thiab rau xyoo tom qab tuav ntau dua 41% ntawm Avangardco sau ntawv thiab 28% ntawm UkrLandFarming's. Lub ntsej muag tus nqi ntawm cov ntawv sau tseg thiab cov paj laum tsis tau them, tshaj tawm nrog hnub kawg ntawm xyoo 2018, yog ntau dua $ 360 lab, tus thawj tswj nyiaj tau hais hauv nws qhov kev foob.

Tsis muaj nuj nqis Bonds

Gramercy qhov kev tsis txaus siab yog tias nyob rau xyoo tom qab 2014, cov cuab yeej cuab tam raug xa los ntawm UkrLandFarming mus rau cov tuam txhab plhaub hauv Wyoming thiab Cyprus. Nyob rau hauv tus thawj saib xyuas khoom vaj khoom tsev qhia, nyob ib ncig ntawm 66% ntawm lub tuam txhab cov cuab tam tau tsiv tawm ntawm cov koom haum uas muab cov ntawv cog lus thiab mus rau Wyoming trusts. Thaum Gramercy tau mus thov nws cov khoom pov thawj tom qab tsis tau them rov qab los ntawm lub tuam txhab, nws pom tias muaj tsawg, cov nyiaj tau hais.

Qhov txawv txav rau kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm cov neeg tuav cov nuj nqis thiab cov neeg tawm tswv yim, Gramercy tau foob Bakhmatyuk hauv Wyoming raws li Racketeer Influenced thiab Corrupt Organizations, lossis RICO, Txoj Cai.

Txoj cai lij choj tau dhau los hauv xyoo 1970 los daws cov teeb meem txhaum cai, thiab tau siv los foob cov neeg Italian-Asmeskas cov neeg mob, cov tub lag luam nyiaj txiag Michael Milken thiab ntau tus neeg koom nrog FIFA, pawg tswj hwm ntawm ntiaj teb ncaws pob. Nyob rau hauv rooj plaub Gramercy, cov neeg raug foob tau hais tias nws yog kev sib cav ntau yam lag luam uas nyob hauv London Tsev Hais Plaub ntawm International Arbitration tsis yog Wyoming.

Yog li vim li cas Cowboy State?

Cov neeg tsis tshua muaj neeg nyob, Wyoming - nrog tsawg dua 600,000 tus neeg - yog nyob rau thaj tsam Roob Sab Hnub Poob ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas paub txog nws qhov chaw qhib dav, rugged struts thiab geysers. Daim ntawv tso cai hauv lub xeev muaj cov neeg caij tsheb tawm tsam nrog ib txhais tes kom nyob ntawm tus nees bucking thaum nws lub kaus mom cowboy tau tsa rau lwm qhov.

'Cowboy Cocktail'

Qhov tseeb tsawg dua, txawm li cas los xij, yog tias Wyoming muaj kev xav paub txog lub tuam txhab-cov qauv kev cai lij choj uas tso cai rau cov tuam txhab lag luam tsis pom lawv cov tswv cuab.

Lub "Cowboy Cocktail", raws li International Consortium of Investigative Journalists dubbed nws nyob rau hauv ib tsab xov xwm lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj dhau los, yog ib qho kev npaj ntawm tuam txhab thiab kev ntseeg siab cov qauv uas pab los npog qhov tseeb tswv cuab ntawm cov cuab tam. Ib lub kaum os cov neeg siv khoom uas tsim Wyoming kev ntseeg tau raug txheeb xyuas hauv Pandora Papers, raws li ICIJ.

Kuj muaj npe hauv Gramercy's suit yog Cody, Wyoming-based businessman hu ua Nicholas Piazza. Lub vev xaib rau nws lub tuam txhab, SP Capital Management, sau tseg tias nws tau "nrog rau hauv Kyiv Post cov npe ntawm Cov Neeg Muaj Peev Xwm Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Plaws hauv 2012 thiab tau raug hu ua ib qho ntawm 25 Cov Thawj Coj Ua Lag Luam Ua Lag Luam hauv Ukraine hauv 2016." Ib feem ntawm nws txoj kev lag luam tau mob siab rau siv Wyoming cov tuam txhab cov cai lij choj los pab Ukrainians tsiv mus rau lub xeev nrog ze-tag nrho cov tsis qhia npe.

"Wyoming txaus siab rau nws tus kheej ntawm nws cov tuam txhab kev tiv thaiv thiab cov qauv no tau siv los ntawm cov pej xeem Asmeskas tau ntau xyoo," Piazza hais hauv xov tooj. "Peb pom tias nws lom zem heev uas Gramercy, raws li Cayman Islands, yog qee yam coj kev ntxoov ntxoo rau peb rau kev ua haujlwm hauv Wyoming."

Thaum Gramercy lub tsev hauv paus yog nyob rau hauv Greenwich, ib tug xov tooj ntawm nws cov peev txheej muaj npe nyob rau hauv Wyoming suit yog nyob rau hauv lub Cayman Islands.

Hauv kev nplua los ntawm Gramercy, Piazza tau piav qhia tias yog ib qho tseem ceeb rau Bakhmatyuk lub tswv yim thiab cov neeg koom nrog ntev. Cov nyiaj tau liam tias ob tus txiv neej tau koom nrog txhawm rau rhuav tshem cov khoom muaj nqis ntawm UkrLandFarming thiab Avangardco, muab cov chaw pabcuam rau hauv pawg Cypriot hu ua Maltofex thiab Piazza's TNA Corporate Solutions LLC hauv Wyoming.

"Cov neeg raug foob tau tshem tawm cov khoom muaj nqis ntau lab daus las los ntawm UkrLandFarming rau lawv tus kheej cov txiaj ntsig thiab xav tias lawv tuaj yeem nkaum lawv tom qab daim ntaub thaiv kev zais cia hauv Wyoming," tus thawj tswj hwm cov khoom vaj khoom tsev hais. "Gramercy npaj siab siv tag nrho lub zog ntawm txoj cai los nthuav tawm qhov ua tsis ncaj ncees ntawm Bakhmatyuk thiab nws cov neeg koom nrog."

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