The FBI cautioned four years ago that a foundation controlled by Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg might be a conduit for Russian espionage, NPR reports.
In 2014, FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Lucia Ziobro wrote in the Boston Business Journal that Vekselberg, one of the richest men in Russia and a member of President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, could have been a part of a spying campaign with interests in American technology.
“The foundation may be a means for the Russian government to access our nation’s sensitive or classified research, development facilities and dual-use technologies with military and commercial applications,” Ziobro wrote at the time. “This analysis is supported by reports coming out of Russia itself.”
Vekselberg’s name has resurfaced in the news due to a $500,000 payment a subsidiary company he owns made to Michael Cohen, President Trump’s personal lawyer.
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