<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin: 0px; padding: 8px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><div class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-size: 16px;"><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Hi folks</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">I did a bit of research. Boy did I find a doozy of a situation here. </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Check it out. </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">YBM Magnex admitted in 1999 in a U.S. court that the company was created for the sole purpose of committing securities fraud. Canada was chosen for the scam because company officials believed securities regulations here are more lenient.</span><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Link 1: </span><a shape="rect" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ybm-magnex-used-by-mob-to-bilk-investors-1.169636" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ybm-magnex-used-by-mob-to-bilk-investors-1.169636</a> <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">YBM was the work of Russian mobster Simeon Mogilevich who bribed lawyers and accountants to set up a network of shell companies to disguise his ownership of YBM, to make the enterprise look legitimate.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Link 2: <a shape="rect" class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547" href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/how-to-spot-fraud-and-be-a-vigilant-investor/article556022/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/how-to-spot-fraud-and-be-a-vigilant-investor/article556022/</a><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">YBM's board included the former Liberal Ontario Premier David Peterson, The OSC did not sanction Peterson but said he should have shown more leadership. David Peterson served as Premier from June 26, 1985 to October 1, 1990.<br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">In 1999 the Ontario Securities Commission said YBM and its advisors failed to disclose that U.S. authorities were investigating the firm for money-laundering and ties to the Russian mob before it began raising money on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1997.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">When trading in its shares was halted, the company had raised about $890 million and Canadian individuals and institutional investors had ended up with 40 per cent of the company's shares. Unable to trade its shares, YBM went into receivership.</span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Link 3: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/securities-regulators-levy-1-2-million-in-fines-penalties-in-ybm-magnex-case-1.374819" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/securities-regulators-levy-1-2-million-in-fines-penalties-in-ybm-magnex-case-1.374819</a><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Mogilevich's widespread bribery of government officials makes it unlikely that he will ever spend a significant time in prison. Without an extradition treaty with Russia & the US, it is highly unlikely that he will ever have to answer for his YBM fraud. (Source: Link 2)</span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">The Chronology of the 8 year YBM saga can be viewed online. "I am delighted with the outcome," Mr. Peterson said. "But it's not been that much fun for 3 1⁄2 years."</span></div><div class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325yqt6285224223" id="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325yqtfd05030"><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">Link 4: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/landmark-ybm-case-ends-with-a-whimper/article1018369/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/landmark-ybm-case-ends-with-a-whimper/article1018369/</a></span></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);">“If you want to understand this whole Trump-Russia thing, look into a guy named Boris Birshtein.” Mr. Birshtein's son in law Alex Shnaider who helped fund the creation of Trump Tower in Toronto.</span><br clear="none"></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(20, 23, 26);"><span style="color: rgb(25, 25, 25);">Mr. Birshtein multiple and murky connections. The most damning is what appears to be a leaked 1996 FBI report, anonymously posted online, into Russian organized crime, and specifically a group known as the Semion Mogilevich Organization.</span></span></div><div>Link 5: <a shape="rect" href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/investigations/article-boris-birshtein-investigation/" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/investigations/article-boris-birshtein-investigation/</a> <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I googled Semion Mogilevich Organization and found the leaked FBI report online here; <a shape="rect" href="https://data.occrp.org/entities/2573023" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://data.occrp.org/entities/2573023</a> <br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><span class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-901oao ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-16my406 ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-1qd0xha ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-ad9z0x ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-bcqeeo ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; color: rgb(20, 23, 26); display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 0px;">Investigative reporter Mark MacKinnon tried to visit Boris only to receive a phone call from Gavin Tighe <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">calling him to back off, </span> as noted here.</span></div><div><span class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-901oao ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-16my406 ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-1qd0xha ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-ad9z0x ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-bcqeeo ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; color: rgb(20, 23, 26); display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 0px;">Line 6: <a shape="rect" href="https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/premier-doug-fords-ontario.28523/page-294" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration-line: underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://calgary.skyrisecities.com/forum/threads/premier-doug-fords-ontario.28523/page-294</a></span></div><div><span class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-901oao ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-16my406 ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-1qd0xha ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-ad9z0x ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-bcqeeo ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; color: rgb(20, 23, 26); display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 0px;"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><span class="ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-901oao ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827css-16my406 ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-1qd0xha ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-ad9z0x ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-bcqeeo ydpf3f6472yiv2744314778ydp1c80fd72yiv5327993325ydpa9a82a4byiv8279869547ydp82fe6827r-qvutc0" style="border: 0px solid black; color: rgb(20, 23, 26); display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-width: 0px;">Doug Ford's family's lawyer is Gavin Tighe. He now has a $667,000 job with Public Accountants Council.</span><br clear="none"></div><div>Line 7: <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/09/06/ontario-pcs-hire-ford-family-lawyer-gavin-tighe-fire-senior-liberal-appointees_a_23519274/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/09/06/ontario-pcs-hire-ford-family-lawyer-gavin-tighe-fire-senior-liberal-appointees_a_23519274/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I don't make the facts I just read old news here but the trail sure is interesting. </div><div><br></div><div>Lulu </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>