Lev Parnas apparently convinced an investor (who is being investigated, so his name remains anonymous) to invest $250,000 in a fake Parnas business called "Fraud Guarantee" because "Parnas told him he could use his high-powered connections to pitch Trump on an idea the investor had to build a temple in Jerusalem on a platform high above the existing city...The investor, whose interactions with Parnas were first reported by the Wall Street Journal, said he believed the proposal could bring together Judaism, Christianity and Islam — and usher in peace to the Middle East...At a meeting in Florida, the investor showed Parnas a painting that he had commissioned of the temple, according to Artem Mirolevich, the painter, who was also present."
“Parnas said that Trump was the type of person who might be interesting in building something like this,” Mirolevich said, noting that the investor had envisioned an 800-story structure built over the ancient city. Mirolevich said that after the meeting, he unsuccessfully tried to persuade his friend not to invest with Parnas. "I told him: 'It's in the company's name. He's telling you there will be fraud. It's guaranteed,' " he said. But the investor decided to proceed because he wanted to show Trump his idea for the temple in Jerusalem, he and Mirolevich said.."
LOL. I wonder if the "Temple" and platform would have the name Trump plastered on it, along with a golf course at its base and gold toilets in the restrooms. This entire administration really is little more than a scam/con job and platform for massive graft by Trump and his buddies and minions. Kleptocracy indeed (as well as a lot of really dumb, gullible, and clueless investors.)
Link to Philadelphia Inquirer article:
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/trump-impeachment-trial-prosecutors-rudy-giuliani-ukraine-20200215.html