US EditionWall Street financier claims he was duped into funding AK-47s for an African coup
- Robert Granieri, co-founder of Jane Street Group, was allegedly misled into funding a coup plot in South Sudan involving weapons, according to court documents.
- Peter Ajak and Abraham Keech have been charged with conspiring to export arms to South Sudan, while both deny the allegations.
- Ajak's lawyers claim Granieri's funding was vital to their plan, alleging he was duped into believing Ajak was a human rights activist.
- Defense attorneys argue that the U.S. knew of the scheme, alleging selective targeting against Ajak and Keech, both black men, while sparing Granieri.
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Wall Street bigshot who hired SBF 'duped into funding South Sudan coup plot'
Robert Granieri -- the co-founder of trading firm Jane Street Group, which once gave jailed crypto titan Sam Bankman-Fried his big break in finance -- was allegedly deceived into funding a plot to purchase AK-47s, Stinger missiles, and grenades for a coup in South Sudan, according to court papers.
Jane Street Boss Says He Was Duped Into Funding AK-47s for Coup
The indictment reads like a cinematic plot: A Harvard Fellow and another activist allegedly wanted to buy AK-47s, Stinger missiles and grenades to topple South Sudan’s government. What they lacked was enough cash.
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(SeaPRwire) – Bloomberg reports that Garry Kasparov introduced a local activist to an American financier to obtain weapons to arm rebels Former world chess champion and Russian opposition figure Garry Kasparov has been linked to a coup plot in South Sudan, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. The chess master allegedly introduced a local activist to an American financier who unknowingly funded a plan to purchase weapons. The alleged plot stems from…
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