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Tory illegal campaign donation

(55 Posts)
varian Mon 16-May-22 13:01:24

Millionaire art dealer Ehud Sheleg has bankrolled the Conservative Party to the tune of more than £3.5 million since 2017 - and his cash helped Mr Johnson secure his landslide victory in the 2019 election.

He was given a knighthood and made party treasurer six months before the election.

But according to the New York Times, a donation of £450,000 in February 2018 has been flagged to the National Crime Agency (NCA) by Barclays bank, who say the cash originated in the Russian account of his father-in-law Sergei Kopytov.

Mr Kopytov, now a property mogul, was a senior politician in the previous, pro-Kremlin government of Ukraine.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/major-boris-johnson-donor-suspected-26946479

HousePlantQueen Mon 16-May-22 13:00:44

Yes GSM, but the problem is that nobody is surprised anymore, people are getting so used to reading about blatant corruption, or being distracted by whether or not Starmer had a curry. It is like the Michelle Mone raid by NCA, nobody is interested. The electorate are rolling over and allowing this kind of criminal behaviour to be normalised. I could write a whole list, as could you I imagine, but sadly, some know and care, some know and don't care. Our PM is not only a liar, but potentially a criminal and a traitor who has taken funds from an enemy state, but seems to be untouchable.

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 16-May-22 12:49:42

There was a thread about this last week. I know that Barclays made a report to the NCA but possibly the money was found to be clean or they are still investigating.

Whitewavemark2 Mon 16-May-22 10:45:40

This will not be the only one.

This sort of corruption is being suppressed by the media.

Esspee Mon 16-May-22 10:26:45

Barclays Bank alerted the National Crime Agency to huge transactions to the Tory Party.
They traced a “clear line” to a pro Kremlin politician and flagged suspected money laundering and an illegal campaign donation.
nytimes.com/2022/05/12

Why did it take an American newspaper to unearth this latest disgraceful episode of corruption and why is it not headline news in this country?