APNewsBreak: Cohen loaned millions to Ukraine-born cab mogul

[pnwmom]

Source: TampaBay.com

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal attorney, whose business dealings are being investigated by the FBI, and his father-in-law have lent $26 million in recent years to a taxi mogul who is shifting into the legalized marijuana industry, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Semyon "Sam" Shtayner, a longtime business associate of Michael Cohen's father-in-law, created Nevada-based Cannaboss LLC the day before the 2016 election. A few months later, he took a majority position in a company that is provisionally licensed to cultivate medicinal marijuana and produce edibles, the records show.

"He personally manages over 500 taxi medallions, but he is looking to transition from the medallion business to the cannibas (sic)," according to the personal narrative Shtayner submitted last October to city officials in Henderson, Nevada, that was obtained by the AP under the state's public records law.

It's not clear whether Shtayner used any of the loans — $6 million of which have come directly from Cohen since 2014 — to finance his grow operation.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/apnewsbreak-cohen-loaned-millions-to-ukraine-born-cab-mogul-ap_nationalf25ba6551a8144f2bef149c0ff80b169

[Achilleaze]

1. republican traitors to America deserve justice

Lock them up.

The foul, freak-driven republicans are so deeply in bed with the freakin Evil Empire* its BiglyBad Betrayal of the USA and American democracy.

* per ronald freaking reagan, who was a republican president long before Dirty Donny**

** aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

[tanyev]

2. L'il Jeffy Sessions isn't gonna like that!

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Ah, Regulated Monopoly just like taxi cabs

See how they make their money and take yours

[True Blue American]

4. Where did Cohen get 26 Million?

He had to take a mortgage on his house to pay $130,000 to Stormey for Trump

Trump admitted that yesterday on Fox!

[WhoWoodaKnew]

6. Yeah. That's the real question?

[Kolesar]

7. You guys are sharp!

I am in information overload and missed that point.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Where did he get that kind of money?

That is a lot of money to lend someone.

[JunkYardDogg]

8. So, was a Horse's head involved in his "job placement"?

"A few months later, he took a majority position in a company that is provisionally licensed to cultivate medicinal marijuana and produce edibles, the records show."

Maybe he submitted a resume, maybe he cold called them, maybe he flashed a suitcase full of money,or maybe somebody was on the receiving end of some Ruskie muscle .........

[turbinetree]

9. Lawyers -Guns -Money