>Javad Marandi, who has an OBE for business and philanthropy, can be
named after losing a 19-month legal battle with the BBC to remain
anonymous
Convoluted case. Judge ruled the transactions as fictional for money laundering purposes do _not_ include those to Marandis’ admin(?) company.
_Seems_ kinda like he had a business providing very discreet services to companies which were involved in money laundering, but he wasn’t laundering. If he knew about it, that’s a crime…if he didn’t, it’s not. Discretion isn’t suspicious, privacy focused companies/services are plentiful (vpns, whatsapp).
No way of knowing what he knew, reckon people will assume (& insist) that he definitely did/didn’t depending on their political biases.
And everyone in the country uttered a cry of shock upon finding out it was the Conservatives, once again, being linked to sleaze and corruption…
/s if it wasn’t obvious enough already
It’ll be the usual, complete whitewash – he’ll get off on some technicality, and then this will all be quietly forgotten about.
The usual names again including the royal family and their charities, boris Johnson, the Tory party…
Just amazed the bbc didn’t kill the story by orders of Sharpe or Davie…
Wealthy businessman is a conduit for foreign interests to interfere in UK politics? More news at 10pm.
It is quite appalling that the only checks on donations to political parties is that they have to be a UK citizen on the electoral roll and/or a company registered in the UK.
First the SNP now the tories? Oh the shock! The horror! Who knew politicians were so corrupt!
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>Javad Marandi, who has an OBE for business and philanthropy, can be
named after losing a 19-month legal battle with the BBC to remain
anonymous
Convoluted case. Judge ruled the transactions as fictional for money laundering purposes do _not_ include those to Marandis’ admin(?) company.
_Seems_ kinda like he had a business providing very discreet services to companies which were involved in money laundering, but he wasn’t laundering. If he knew about it, that’s a crime…if he didn’t, it’s not. Discretion isn’t suspicious, privacy focused companies/services are plentiful (vpns, whatsapp).
No way of knowing what he knew, reckon people will assume (& insist) that he definitely did/didn’t depending on their political biases.
And everyone in the country uttered a cry of shock upon finding out it was the Conservatives, once again, being linked to sleaze and corruption…
/s if it wasn’t obvious enough already
It’ll be the usual, complete whitewash – he’ll get off on some technicality, and then this will all be quietly forgotten about.
The usual names again including the royal family and their charities, boris Johnson, the Tory party…
Just amazed the bbc didn’t kill the story by orders of Sharpe or Davie…
Wealthy businessman is a conduit for foreign interests to interfere in UK politics? More news at 10pm.
It is quite appalling that the only checks on donations to political parties is that they have to be a UK citizen on the electoral roll and/or a company registered in the UK.
First the SNP now the tories? Oh the shock! The horror! Who knew politicians were so corrupt!