This Is The Laptop Evidence Feds Could Use In Hunter Biden Tax Fraud Case
Hunter Biden's financial transactions and foreign holdings on a notorious laptop discovered by the Post could be used against him by foreign prosecutors in a criminal tax case.
When federal authorities began investigating in 2018, investigators first looked at whether Hunter and his associates had violated various tax and money laundering laws in their operations in China and other countries.
Although the evidence presented to federal authorities is unclear, the exploitation of President Biden's 52-year-old son also falls under the Federal Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
It was revealed when emails and other documents related to various foreign deals were discovered on Hunter's father's abandoned laptop, which hinted at a plan to sell Hunter's father's influence to US rivals for millions of dollars.
Take a look at the laptop revelations that could hit Hunter Biden
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Hunter and his associates negotiated bargain deals with Chinese energy company CEFC China Energy Co, citing a possible cut by then-Vice President Joe Biden, according to the emails.
A May 13, 2017 email from one of his business partners, James Gilliar, to Hunter describes the "compensation" of six people involved in an unspecified business venture with a Chinese conglomerate.
The plan called for a 10% stake, which Hunter accepted for the "big guy" - Hunter's former business partner, US Army veteran Tony Bobulinks, referring to Joe Biden.
According to the email, Hunter, who will be referred to as "President/Vice President" under the CEFC contract, has his salary set at "850."
The email also detailed a "tentative agreement" in which 80% of the new company's stock would be split between the four. Four people's initials correspond to the sender of the email and three to the recipient - the "H" apparently refers to Hunter.
$10 million 'just for access'
Hunter also emailed on August 2, 2017 about an agreement he had with late CEFC chairman Ye Jianming to split the holding company's ownership 50/50, which is expected to exceed $10 . He will make a million dollars a year. For Biden's son.
It said Ye, who has not been seen since his arrest by Chinese authorities in 2018, agreed to a three-year consulting contract with CEFC and would pay Hunter a hefty annual fee "for interviews only."
"The President has amended this Arrangement to create a MUCH MORE PERMANENT AND COMPREHENSIVE ARRANGEMENT IN MIAMI to create a holding company in MIAMI that will be 50% [sic] owned by MIR and 50% owned by him," said Hunter in an emailed statement.
"Consulting fees are part of our income, but the reason this offer from the President is more attractive to me and my family is that we will also be partners in the shares and profits of the JV [joint venture] investments."
The messages were sent by Hunter to Gongwen Dong, chief financial officer of Hong Kong-based investment firm Kam Fei Group.
Million Dollar Offer
Also found on the laptop was a September 2017 "Attorney Deposit" promising Hunter a fortune of $1 million.
One of Yes's top associates, Chi Ping, a former Hong Kong government official, offered Patrick Ho Hunter the important job of "advising on matters related to US law and the hiring and legal review of US law firms or solicitors."
Ho was later indicted by a federal grand jury in Manhattan in 2018 over a scheme to pay $3 million in bribes to government officials in Chad and Uganda. He served three years in prison and was deported to Hong Kong from the US in 2020.
One million dollars a year sits on the board of directors in Ukraine
Burisma Holdings Ltd., a Ukrainian energy company, paid Hunter $83,333 a month to serve on its board of directors in May 2014, according to the laptop notes.
While receiving a hefty fee, Hunter introduced Burisman CEO Vadim Pozharsky to his father (then vice president) at a dinner in Washington in April 2015.
Less than a year later, Biden went to Ukraine, urging government officials to fire the prosecutor who was investigating Burisma at the time.
Biden has said in the past that prosecutors haven't done enough to fight corruption, and the crackdown has nothing to do with Hunter's position.
Then, two months after Biden resigned as vice president, Hunter's monthly payment to Burisma was cut in half.
"The only thing that has changed is the reimbursement rate," Pozharskyi informed Hunter of the cut in a March 19, 2017 email.
Hunter's Burisma bills were reduced to $41,500 in May 2017.
2.8 carat diamond gift
According to a 2020 CNN report, the diamond given to Hunter by CEFC chairman Ye Jianming, who has since disappeared, was being examined by investigators as part of an ongoing tax investigation.
Emails on Hunter's laptop show the spark was a scandal during his divorce from his first wife, Kathleen Buhle.
In August 2017, his attorney testified that he "was at customs - only both parties can get it together" and "threatened to file an injunction against Hunter to prevent him from further deporting his property, including diamonds." .
Hunter told The New Yorker that he received the jewel from the then-CEFC president after a presentation dinner in Miami during Biden's divorce.
Buhle estimated the diamond's value at $80,000 in court documents, but Hunter estimated its value at closer to $10,000.
Do business with the Mexican billionaire
According to the notebooks, Hunter also had potential deals with Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim while his father was still in office.
He contacted Slim after attending a State Department dinner. The Mexican tycoon was also there in May 2010, according to his laptop diary.
After that meal, Hunter made annual trips to Mexico between 2012 and 2015. He also held face-to-face meetings and video conferences with Slim's sons, Carlos Jr. and Tony Slim, between 2011 and 2015. L Notebook does not explain what became of those encounters.
According to emails on the laptop, on May 7, 2015, Hunter's uncle sent Jim Slim about a potential deal with Mexico's state-owned oil and gas company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
"Getting a proper deal with Pemex (Carlos Slim) literally takes days to a week of funding," Jim wrote in an email. “Getting sellers (oil/slims) and big buyers through the pipeline (h/US) is no easy feat, but it's getting closer. As always, the devil is in the details! Long skirts for the party?
Hunter and his business partner Jeff Cooper were hoping to raise money for Smart Money, a digital wallet operated by online gaming companies Ocho Gaming and ePlata. Hunter held a 5.25% stake through the law firm Owasco PC.
$142,000 Fisker Sports Car Review
In addition to the evidence found on the laptop, investigators are also looking into Hunter's purchase of a 2014 Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid sports car for $142,000.
Startup Fisker Automotive received a large loan from the Obama administration, previously offered by Vice President Biden, to help convert an abandoned General Motors factory into a planned line of electric vehicles for families.
But Fisker filed for bankruptcy in 2013 after receiving $192 million in federal loan payments, the Wall Street Journal reported in March.
He has ties to the White House and China
Hunter's business connections showed his father's connections to "the state, to the Treasury Department", his relationship to the son-in-law of then Secretary of State John Kerry, and his connections to the "highest levels" of China. or work with it. It shows emails unrelated to the laptop about a possible deal with Libya in 2015.
The emails obtained by Insider date from 2015 and relate to Hunter's support of a multi-billion dollar deal to freeze assets in Libya that was frozen by the Obama administration.
In the first email, dated Jan. 28, 2015, Democratic donor Sam Cauhary repeatedly referred to Hunter as "Son #2" — a reference to Joe Biden's role as Vice President at the time — and said he was asking Hunter for $2. has a million owners.
Business contacts claimed several positive aspects of working with Hunter, including his business relationship with Kerry's son-in-law, Chris Heinz, and Hunter's high-level access to China.
“I met my second son on the phone. He wants $2+++ annual contingency fee. He wants to hire himself - perhaps for privacy reasons, a limited group of people. His father decides whether he comes or not,” says e-Post.
“His positive side is that he is the second most senior president of the UN World Food Program, Libya File, State Access, Treasury Department, business partner SofS [Secretary of State] J. [John] Forbes K [Kerry]] son and with his father he is traveling in Europe and all over Asia. The MoG [Muammar Gaddafi] and the LIA [Libyan Investment Authority] are where they freeze their money. He said he has access to the highest level in the PRC [China]. could help there.
Hunter and Heinz founded Rosemont Seneca Partners, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm, in 2009. When Hunter decided to join Burisman's board of directors in 2014, their business relationship deteriorated.
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