NEW- Treasury inspector general launches probe into possible leak of Michael Cohen’s banking records
cc: @MichaelAvenatti https://t.co/y3tUgNWTkY— Falco (@Nick_Falco) May 9, 2018
Not I. All i did was find TPM Reader TH's theory and post a link to it. I bet few readers here even clicked on the link! Here's the meat of it ...
Upon reading Avenatti's document, it's obvious that he has his hands on (multiple, I think) SARs that have been filed on Cohen. They are structured almost exactly as we write them. The KYC information at the beginning is a huge tipoff. This is something every bank is required to compile when a business account is opened, and it's what AML staff would refer back to it when examining transactions to see if the account is "behaving" differently than expected. This KYC information would never be included in a bank statement or a ledger. It would only come from a financial institution, and is what is included in SARs narratives to justify their filing. Furthermore, there's info in the document from multiple banks. Unless Avenatti has people at multiple different banks leaking him info on Cohen (he doesn't) it comes from a SARs.We know from the WSJ that at least one bank has filed a SARs on Cohen:
Trump Lawyer's Payment to Stormy Daniels Was Reported as Suspicious by Bank - WSJ