Category: Department of the Treasury
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Bacardi partners with billionaire Russian oligarch and member of Putin’s ‘inner circle’ for its bottling needs near Moscow
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Since 2022, the world has watched in horror as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and targeting of civilians have left hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians dead or wounded, forced 5.6 million Ukrainians to seek refuge abroad and displaced millions more inside the country. Through it all, Bacardi, the privately held spirits giant with substantial U.S. operations headquartered in Coral Gables, has continued to do business in Russia… -
Tiny Coral Gables law firm makes big bucks helping President Trump sue media giants for billions
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
President Trump’s strategy of squeezing media companies to obtain fat settlements to pay for a flashy presidential library/museum he wants to build in downtown Miami has also been lucrative for a tiny Coral Gables law firm. -
Bribery charges? What bribery charges? Billionaire banker, ex-FBI agent, former Puerto Rico governor get sweet deal from Bondi’s DOJ
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
One of the Justice Department’s biggest political bribery cases, set to go to trial in August, is being short-circuited by prosecutors who gave an exceedingly sweet deal to the three defendants they once declared had struck “a blow to the heart of our democracy.” -
Lawsuit: UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer built gun, silencer from 3D-printing files supplied by Florida ‘black-market operator’
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A Texas company defending itself in a fast-moving federal copyright lawsuit in Orlando has filed court papers declaring that the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson used a 3D-printed pistol and silencer built from digital printing files provided by a Florida-based “black-market operator.” -
Feds flout church-state separation with millions in pandemic aid
By Noreen Marcus
FloridaBulldog.org
The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is subsidizing religious institutions in South Florida and elsewhere–despite the rule about separating church and state in a democracy. -
Spotlight on Kalashnikov USA after spy arrest, reports Russia targeted NRA for U.S. influence
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
A U.S. senator has asked the Treasury Department whether it has investigated the apparent relationships between U.S.-sanctioned Russian arms makers and Russian-linked U.S. arms manufacturers, including Pompano Beach’s Kalashnikov USA.
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