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Fraud Guarantee pays Giuliani $500,000 while its founders assist his Ukraine work

Date
2019-10-15
Entry type
consulting-payment
Current status
Payment reported; Giuliani called the consulting work legitimate

The payment connected Giuliani financially to a company founded by Parnas and Fruman during the same period they assisted his political work for Trump.

Entities and roles

Relationships in this file

  2. Rudy Giulianiconsulting-firm principalGiuliani Partners
  3. Fraud Guaranteeconsulting client and fee payerGiuliani Partners

Money trail

  1. paymentFraud Guarantee consulting payment$500,000
    Reported source
    Fraud Guarantee
    Reported recipient
    Giuliani Partners
    Financially affected
    Fraud Guarantee
    reported · 2019-10-15 · observedPopulation Payment by Fraud Guarantee to Giuliani Partners reported by ReutersPeriod 2018-08-01 to 2019-10-15Basis Use Reuters' reported total payment; do not allocate it to any individual project or infer an unlawful purpose.Limits Reuters did not disclose underlying invoices or divide the payment by service date.Open cited evidence

Claims and evidence

  1. factreported

    Reuters reported that Giuliani Partners received $500,000 from Fraud Guarantee, a company founded by Lev Parnas and David Correia, for consulting begun in 2018. Parnas and Igor Fruman were also helping Giuliani seek Ukraine investigations beneficial to Trump. Giuliani said he performed legitimate work, did not know of wrongdoing, and relied on representation that the money came from domestic sources.