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The Ukrainian oligarch who appointed Hunter Biden to the board of directors of Burisma Holdings is facing new allegations of public corruption and embezzlement in his native country. Ukrainian authorities announced on Wednesday they were widening their investigation into Burisma and its founder, Mykola Zlochevsky, after coming across evidence seeming to suggest public funds were embezzled. Zlochevsky, who previously served as Ukraine’s minister of natural resources, is suspected of having used his governmental office to approve oil and gas licenses to Burisma. The oligarch is also alleged to have violated Ukraine’s tax and money laundering laws while scheming to hide his business empire, according to The Daily Mail.Although the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office did not elaborate on the extent of Zlochevsky’s alleged crimes, three of the country’s lawmakers leaked documents at a press conference on Wednesday indicating the oligarch was … [Read more...] about Owner of Ukrainian Energy Firm that Employed Hunter Biden Investigated for Corruption

Ukraine’s new top prosecutor announced he will open a review into the criminal proceedings dismissed against Burisma Holdings, an oil and gas conglomerate with ties to Joe Biden’s youngest son, Hunter. Ruslan Ryaboshapka, Ukraine’s newly appointed prosecutor general, announced at a press conference on Friday that his office will review 15 prior cases that were closed under suspicious circumstances by his predecessor.“We are now reviewing all the cases which were closed, fragmented or investigated earlier in order to make a decision on cases where illegal procedural decisions were taken,” Ryaboshapka said. The news comes only days after Ukraine announced it was opening a public corruption investigation into Yuriy Lutsenko, the country’s most recent prosecutor general. Lutsenko, who served a prison sentence for embezzlement and corruption in the mid-2000s, was appointed to the post in 2016 after Joe Biden demanded the ouster of his predecessor. The … [Read more...] about Ukraine’s Top Prosecutor Reviewing Biden-Linked Burisma Case

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 Fox News Flash top headlines for Nov. 21 are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com The 16-year-old who shot five classmates last week at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., before turning the weapon on himself, used an unregistered, untraceable "ghost gun" assembled by hand from various parts, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. It was unclear who assembled the weapon and authorities did not rule out Nathaniel Berthow, the gunman, as the architect of the.45 caliber handgun. The Nov. 14 shooting claimed two lives and three were injured. FILE - This Nov. 14, 2019 file photo shows students being escorted out of Saugus High School after a shooting on the campus in Santa Clarita, Calif.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) The teen’s deceased father owned an arsenal of weapons, many unregistered, which were seized by law enforcement. Mark Berhow, his father … [Read more...] about California HS shooter used untraceable ‘ghost gun,’ sheriff says