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Sep 12, 2018 · The very first episode that’s been documented, to my knowledge, was in 1984 when David Bogatin — who is a Russian mobster, convicted gasoline bootlegger, and close ally of Semion Mogilevich, a ...
- Sean Illing
- How Semion Mogilevich Became The “Brainy Don”
- Becoming The World’S Most Wanted Gangster
- His Ties to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
Born on June 30 or July 6, 1946, in Kiev in the Ukrainian Soviet Union, Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich was raised in the Podol neighborhood by Jewish parents. The ambitious young criminal launchedhis career in the 1980s by scamming fellow Russian Jews who simply sought to emigrate to Israel or America. Mogilevich promised Jewish families that he would...
In the early 1990s, Mogilevich moved to Israel where, according to Israeli intelligence, he “succeeded in building a bridgehead” and developed “significant and influential [political] ties.” He also collected a series of pseudonyms, including the identity of one Sergei Schneider, and held Russian, Ukrainian, Israeli, and Greek passports. He married...
In addition to fraud and the lucrative trafficking of guns and drugs, Mogilevich used his resources to enter the energy sector. He bought his way into natural gas pipelines in Russia and Eastern Europe, which was a lucrative move considering the fact that Russia is responsible for supplying around 30 percent of Europe’s gas. The Ukrainian prime min...
Aug 30, 2018 · But there is quite likely another reason which could trouble Trump even more: Ohr’s job in the Justice Department involved facing off against Russian crime boss Semion Mogilevich whose operatives have been using Trump branded properties to launder millions of dollars for more than three decades. If the FBI’s investigations turn toward Trump ...
Nov 16, 2019 · Donald Trump knows absolutely everybody but can’t remember their names or faces, especially when they’re in trouble, and even more so when their mother tongue is Russian. ... Semion Mogilevich ...
Nov 30, 2018 · Virginia Heffernan talks to Craig Unger, author of House of Trump, House of Putin, about Semion Mogilevich, the financial genius behind the Russian mafia, and his connections to Trump Tower. They ...
Aug 27, 2018 · The Russian, Semion Y. Mogilevich, had been indicted three years earlier by the Justice Department on charges of defrauding a company outside Philadelphia out of $150 million and could not travel ...
Apr 6, 2022 · The Department of State is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Semion Mogilevich, a longtime transnational criminal currently living in Russia. Mogilevich is wanted in the United States for his alleged participation between 1993 and 1998 in a multi-million dollar scheme to defraud thousands […]
