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|image = [[File:Lev_and_Igor.jpg|thumb|392px]] | |image = [[File:Lev_and_Igor.jpg|thumb|392px]] | ||
|fullname = Lev Parnas<br>Igor Fruman | |fullname = Lev Parnas<br>Igor Fruman | ||
|origin = Odessa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Parnas)<br>Kalinkavichy, Gomel Region, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Fruman) | |||
|origin = Odessa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Parnas)<br>Kalinkavichy, Gomel Region, | |||
|occupation = Businessmen<br>Associates of Rudy Giuliani | |occupation = Businessmen<br>Associates of Rudy Giuliani | ||
|skills = Business skills<br>Manipulation<br>Knowledge of politics | |skills = Business skills<br>Manipulation<br>Knowledge of politics | ||
|goals = Sabotage Robert Mueller's special investigation (failed)<br>Dig up dirt on President Donald Trump's political opponents (failed)<br>Cooperate with authority in revealing others' wrongdoings (Parnas; ongoing) | |||
|goals = Sabotage Robert Mueller's special investigation (failed)<br>Dig up dirt on President Donald Trump's political opponents (failed) | |crimes = Meddling in politics<br>Obeying unstated criminal deeds | ||
|type of villains = Conspirators}}'''Lev Parnas''' (born February 6, 1972) and '''Igor Fruman''' (born 1966) are a duo who | |type of villains = Anti-Villainous Conspirators | ||
}}'''Lev Parnas''' (born February 6, 1972) and '''Igor Fruman''' (born 1966) are a duo who work in real estate, politics, and business who were connected to Rudy Giuliani. The two were illegally sent to Ukraine to search for damaging information of various political rivals, prominently Joe Biden, and are involved in a United States political scandal involving Ukraine. | |||
They were both arrested at Dulles International Airport on charges of transporting funds to politicians to influence affairs between the United States and Ukraine. Lev Parnas is currently agreeing to cooperate with investigators. | They were both arrested at Dulles International Airport on charges of transporting funds to politicians to influence affairs between the United States and Ukraine. Lev Parnas is currently agreeing to cooperate with investigators. Fruman has remained silent since arrest. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
In 2018, Parnas and Fruman hired Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, to serve as a consultant as the two, according to Giulani, were "ramping up" a security business with the felicitous name "Fraud Guarantee". (Parnas had chosen the name "Fraud Guarantee" in 2013 to clean up his Google search results after accusations of fraud in previous ventures.) Florida authorities had apparently dissolved Fraud Guarantee in September 2014 for failing to file an annual report, which would have limited the company to activities related to closing itself down. | In 2018, Parnas and Fruman hired Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, to serve as a consultant as the two, according to Giulani, were "ramping up" a security business with the felicitous name "Fraud Guarantee". (Parnas had chosen the name "Fraud Guarantee" in 2013 to clean up his Google search results after accusations of fraud in previous ventures.) Florida authorities had apparently dissolved Fraud Guarantee in September 2014 for failing to file an annual report, which would have limited the company to activities related to closing itself down. | ||
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The Republican donor, Trump supporter and Long Island attorney Charles Gucciardo paid Giuliani on behalf of Fraud Guarantee in two $250,000 payments, in September and October 2018. | The Republican donor, Trump supporter and Long Island attorney Charles Gucciardo paid Giuliani on behalf of Fraud Guarantee in two $250,000 payments, in September and October 2018. | ||
Late in 2018, Giuliani allegedly sent the two to Ukraine to search for damaging information on Trump's U.S. political rivals. According to The New York Times, "Their mission was to find people and information that could be used to undermine the Special Counsel's investigation, and also to damage former Vice President Joseph R. Biden." Both were allegedly also at the center of the pro-Trump forces' push to remove Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, because her loyalty to President Trump was deemed deficient as Trump pursued his agenda there. | Late in 2018, Giuliani allegedly sent the two to Ukraine to search for damaging information on Trump's U.S. political rivals. According to The New York Times, "Their mission was to find people and information that could be used to undermine the Special Counsel's investigation, and also to damage former Vice President Joseph R. Biden." Both were allegedly also at the center of the pro-Trump forces' push to remove Marie Yovanovitch, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, because her loyalty to President Trump was deemed deficient as Trump pursued his agenda there. It is also alleged that the two pressed for support for allegations that former Ukrainian officials schemed to manipulate the 2016 election to support Hillary Clinton, by revealing adverse information about [[Paul Manafort]], chairman of Trump's campaign, which became a central element in Mueller's special counsel investigation. | ||
Also, over the course of a year beginning in 2018, the two men allegedly introduced Giuliani to Ukrainians who were amenable to promoting "a largely unsubstantiated narrative about the Bidens." These included Yuriy Lutsenko, a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, who was critical to Giuliani's efforts to produce damaging information. Viktor Shokin, also a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, was part of this group. Parnas and Robert F. Hyde reportedly exchanged messages indicating that then-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance and that they were working to have her removed. | Also, over the course of a year beginning in 2018, the two men allegedly introduced Giuliani to Ukrainians who were amenable to promoting "a largely unsubstantiated narrative about the Bidens." These included Yuriy Lutsenko, a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, who was critical to Giuliani's efforts to produce damaging information. Viktor Shokin, also a former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, was part of this group. Parnas and Robert F. Hyde reportedly exchanged messages indicating that then-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was under surveillance and that they were working to have her removed. | ||
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