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Giuliani Associate Sentenced To One Year In Prison In Foreign Donor Case

NEW YORK — A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 Friday in an unrelated campaign finance case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Hagan Scotten had urged a sentence of at least three years behind bars, saying the crime had caused “incalculable …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Giuliani associate convicted of campaign finance crimes

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A Florida businessman who helped Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine was convicted Friday of campaign finance crimes, including funneling a Russian entrepreneur’s money to U.S. politicians. “Campaign finance laws are designed to protect the integrity of our free and fair elections – unencumbered by foreign interests or influence – and …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Giuliani associate pleads guilty to funneling Ukrainian cash into illegal US campaign contributions

Daily Mail

An associate of Rudy Giuliani who helped him look for dirt on then-candidate Joe Biden in Ukraine pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from allegations he helped illegally fund Republican candidates with Ukrainian cash in the 2020 election. Igor Fruman, a Florida businessman, pleaded guilty to a single count of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national in …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Giuliani associate pleads guilty in campaign donation case

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A Florida businessman who gained notoriety for helping Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information on Joe Biden in Ukraine pleaded guilty Friday to a charge alleging he facilitated illegal foreign campaign contributions in an effort to build a marijuana business in the U.S. Igor Fruman, 56, entered the plea in federal court in Manhattan after reaching a deal …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Defendant pleads guilty in Rudy Giuliani associates’ case

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Prosecutors secured a guilty plea Thursday from a Florida businessman who hired one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers, Rudy Giuliani, to lend credibility to a supposedly fraud-busting company authorities say was a fraud itself. The charge directly related to Fraud Guarantee was added last month to a broader criminal case against two men, Lev Parnas and Igor …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Trump associate ‘pressured Ukraine to probe Biden on Giuliani’s orders’

The Independent

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mr Parnas and Mr Fruman, both Soviet-born businessmen from Florida, worked with Mr Giuliani …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Man accused in probe of Giuliani associates is freed on bail

Associated Press

NEW YORK — A Florida man accused of conspiring with associates of Rudy Giuliani to make illegal campaign contributions made an initial court appearance Wednesday after flying to Kennedy Airport in New York City to turn himself in. Correia is among four men charged with using straw donors to make illegal contributions to politicians who they thought could help their …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Arrest of Giuliani associates ensnares ‘Congressman 1'

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Businessmen with ties to Rudy Giuliani lobbied a U.S. congressman in 2018 for help ousting the American ambassador to Ukraine around the same time they committed to raising money for the lawmaker. !” Later that same day, Sessions sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seeking Yovanovitch’s dismissal because he had “notice of concrete evidence” …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Florida men tied to Giuliani, Ukraine probe arrested

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Two Florida businessmen tied to President Donald Trump’s lawyer and the Ukraine impeachment investigation were charged with federal campaign finance violations. The indictment also charges that Kukushkin conspired with the three other defendants to make political contributions, funded by a foreign national, to politicians seeking state and federal office “to gain influence with candidates as to policies that …

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5 years, 3 months ago

2 Giuliani Associates Arrested On Campaign Finance Violations

NPR

2 Giuliani Associates Arrested On Campaign Finance Violations Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP Updated at 7:15 p.m. ET Two Florida-based businessmen who helped President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani in his efforts to dig up dirt on former Vice President Joe Biden in Ukraine have been arrested and charged with campaign finance violations in a separate …

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5 years, 3 months ago

For Ukraine help, Giuliani turned to unlikely Florida fixers

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump wanted Ukrainian authorities to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden, Rudy Giuliani turned to an unlikely pair of fixers: two Soviet-born business partners from Florida. Campaign finance watchdogs first raised concerns about the source of the $325,000 donation to America First Action, a political action committee supporting Trump’s re-election, shortly after it was first …

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2 Giuliani Associates Arrested On Campaign Finance Violations

For Ukraine help, Giuliani turned to unlikely Florida fixers