Anthony Russo person
also: Rousseau, Russo
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Claims (5)
Anthony Russo member_of
Global International Airways documented
“on Azizma's company, Global International Airway. He had also borrowed more than $55,000 from Indian Springs to buy the stock in Global. In 1982, LeMaster borrowed $50,000 from Azizma personally and never repaid it. Anthony Russo, too, was …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 14 @ 20:11
Anthony Russo recruited
William LeMaster documented
“The bank owners hired LeMaster from his banking job in Lexington to try to make something of Indian Springs State Bank. LeMaster decided after he took over the bank that he could be a rainmaker, someone that would bring in big deposits and …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 14 @ 12:42
Anthony Russo recruited
Joseph Aiuppa documented
“Apuca, A-I-U-P-A, a Chicago mob boss who had been brought in by Anthony Russo. Mario Renda and his brokered deposits were also brought in by Russo. Renda brokered more than $6 million into the little bank in exchange for loans to his straw …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 14 @ 14:38
Anthony Russo recruited
Mario Renda documented
“Apuca, A-I-U-P-A, a Chicago mob boss who had been brought in by Anthony Russo. Mario Renda and his brokered deposits were also brought in by Russo. Renda brokered more than $6 million into the little bank in exchange for loans to his straw …”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 14 @ 14:38
Anthony Russo paid
Farhad Azima documented
“During Anthony Russo's trial for tax income fraud in 1986, Russo testified that in 1982, he received $25,000 from Global for accompanying the dictator of Liberia, Samuel Doe, on a trip. Well, you all met Farhad Azima. He was the chairman of…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 14 @ 35:41
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▶ 12:42
The bank owners hired LeMaster from his banking job in Lexington to try to make something of Indian Springs State Bank. LeMaster decided after he took over the bank that he could be a rainmaker, someone that would bring in big deposits and …
▶ 14:08
guaranteed a $200,000 loan from Indian Springs to his Dunes Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. A Schinker associate from Las Vegas, J. Finn, F-I-H-N, was also a borrower at Indian Springs. On the deposit side, at least 12 people with ties to or…
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Brokered deposits are where someone makes a deposit and then dictates who gets to borrow that money. It's a form of money laundering. These loans were not repaid and more than anything contributed to the failure of Indian Springs Bank in Ja…
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But LeMaster had to know about one thing in Russo's past. In 1974, Russo had been convicted of conspiracy to promote bribery and interstate prostitution. He spent 16 months in prison for the conviction. He had to surrender his law license. …
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in Washington, approved Russo's employment by the bank, despite his felony conviction, mob connections, and a recommendation by the FDIC's regional office not to do it. The second biggest borrower at Indian Springs, next to Renda's linked f…
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on Azizma's company, Global International Airway. He had also borrowed more than $55,000 from Indian Springs to buy the stock in Global. In 1982, LeMaster borrowed $50,000 from Azizma personally and never repaid it. Anthony Russo, too, was …
▶ 20:41
One of his recommendations was that Global buy gasoline from Morris Shanker's associate, Jay Finn. Russo testified in one of his tax fraud trials that he had received a commission for every gallon of gas sold to Global. I mean, it's an airl…
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Russo also borrowed more than $55,000 from Indian Springs to buy his global stock. He said he bought the stock in the name of his children and later sold it back to Azizma. Anthony Russo's brother-in-law worked at Global as well. He was an …
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and his financial cohorts for defrauding Indian Springs. The FDIC got an injunction against the lawsuit and then sued Azizma Russo and the directors for fraud and negligence in the failure of the bank. This lawsuit was settled out of court …
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Azizma's scheduled testimony in Anthony Russo's tax fraud case. In the first weeks of July of that same year, a Boeing 707 owned by Azizma and his wife Linda was used to ship 23 tons of arms to Iran as part of the secret Iran Contra shipmen…
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During Anthony Russo's trial for tax income fraud in 1986, Russo testified that in 1982, he received $25,000 from Global for accompanying the dictator of Liberia, Samuel Doe, on a trip. Well, you all met Farhad Azima. He was the chairman of…
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after the Doe coup. As reported earlier, CIA agent Robert Sensei testified that he worked with Clint Murchison Jr. on a CIA project to try to replace the Liberian stations. That guy just keeps coming up. When I asked Anthony Russo if the Do…
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Asked if he knew about an FBI investigation being stopped because of his connections to the CIA, he said, I think you're mixing two different companies. I'm totally unfamiliar with this. Rousseau's first trial on tax fraud charges resulted …