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Crypto venture linked to men sanctioned in scam-ring probe partnered with Trump firm
Last fall, the Trump administration announced criminal charges and sweeping sanctions against what it said was a transnational criminal syndicate that had stolen billions of dollars from Americans and others through online scams. Less than a month later, the Trump family’s crypto company, World Liberty Financial, announced that it had partnered with a virtual-currency venture called AB, one of whose projects—a planned “blockchain”-themed resort—had been led by two men sanctioned in the U.S. crackdown. The two men were the controlling shareholder and the general manager of the resort AB was developing in the ... (full story)