There was no other explanation. The paper trail was definitive. The same criminal group had used the same bank, the same lawyers, the same tax office, the same courts, and the same technique to steal $107 million from the Russian Treasury a year earlier. They had even used some of the same documents, just changing dates and company names. Jason’s article came out a month later. It created a whole new set of problems for our adversaries. They were now at risk of being exposed not just for the $230 million, but for a separate $107 million fraud as well. Sixteen days after publication, the
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