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==Owasco and Hudson West==

==Owasco and Hudson West==

'''14 August 2017 to 3 August 2018.''' Hunter Biden moved large sums of money from his firm, Owasco, to James Biden’s consulting firm, the Lion Hall Group.  Owasco sent 20 wires totaling $1,398,999 to the Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm that lists James Biden and his wife, Sara Biden, on the bank account.  This transaction was identified for potential criminal financial activity. These transfers began less than one week after CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $5 million to Hudson West III and Hudson West III sent its first payment of $400,000 to Owasco.  Most of the payments from Owasco to the Lion Hall Group had vague notes in the memo lines, 15 of which simply indicated that they were for further credit to James Biden; however, the memo line for one of the payments read “HW3,” which indicates some of the transferred money could be from Hudson West III.  When the bank contacted Sara Biden regarding the overall wire activity, she stated that the Lion Hall Group and Owasco provide international and business consulting and that the Lion Hall Group was assisting Owasco with an international client through a contract that had since terminated.  Sara Biden told the bank that she would not provide any supporting documentation, and she also refused to provide additional information to more clearly explain the activity.  Consequently, the bank submitted the account for closure.

'''14 August 2017 to 3 August 2018.''' Hunter Biden moved large sums of money from his firm, Owasco, to James Biden’s consulting firm, the Lion Hall Group.  Owasco sent 20 wires totaling $1,398,999 to the Lion Hall Group, a consulting firm that lists James Biden and his wife, Sara Biden, on the bank account.  This transaction was identified for potential criminal financial activity. These transfers began less than one week after CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $5 million to Hudson West III and Hudson West III sent its first payment of $400,000 to Owasco.  Most of the payments from Owasco to the Lion Hall Group had vague notes in the memo lines, 15 of which simply indicated that they were for further credit to James Biden; however, the memo line for one of the payments read “HW3,” which indicates some of the transferred money could be from Hudson West III.  When the bank contacted Sara Biden regarding the overall wire activity, she stated that the Lion Hall Group and Owasco provide international and business consulting and that the Lion Hall Group was assisting Owasco with an international client through a contract that had since terminated.  Sara Biden told the bank that she would not provide any supporting documentation, and she also refused to provide additional information to more clearly explain the activity.  Consequently, the bank submitted the account for closure.

*'''17 August.''' Just days after the first transfer from Hunter Biden's Owasco PC to Jim Biden's The Lion Hall Group, it was publicly announced that Ye Jian Ming’s CEFC Energy was in talks to purchase a stake in the Russian state-owned energy company [[Rosneft]].<ref>Kane Wu, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rosneft-m-a-china/exclusive-chinas-cefc-in-early-talks-to-buy-rosneft-stake-sourcesidUSKCN1AX1CP Exclusive: China’s CEFC in early talks to buy Rosneft stake- sources], ''[[Reuters]]'' (Aug. 17, 2017).</ref>  [[Christopher Wray]] represented Rosneft interests in the United States.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/kfile-fbi-nominee-law-firm-bio/index.html</ref>  Biden family interests in partnership with CEFC's acquisition of a stake in Rosneft would be a violation of the [[Magnitsky Act]].

*'''17 August.''' Just days after the first transfer from Hunter Biden's Owasco PC to Jim Biden's The Lion Hall Group, it was publicly announced that Ye Jian Ming’s CEFC Energy was in talks to purchase a stake in the Russian state-owned energy company [[Rosneft]].<ref>Kane Wu, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-rosneft-m-a-china/exclusive-chinas-cefc-in-early-talks-to-buy-rosneft-stake-sourcesidUSKCN1AX1CP Exclusive: China’s CEFC in early talks to buy Rosneft stake- sources], ''[[Reuters]]'' (Aug. 17, 2017).</ref>  [[Christopher Wray]] represented Rosneft interests in the United States.<ref>https://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/20/politics/kfile-fbi-nominee-law-firm-bio/index.html</ref>  Biden family interests in partnership with CEFC's acquisition of a stake in Rosneft would be a violation of the [[Magnitsky Act]].