https://twitter.com/GeorgePapa19/status/1101216720377675776

Michael Gaeta

https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-a-little-known-fbi-unit-helped-to-disseminate-the-steele-dossier_2638330.html

Little-Known FBI Unit Played Major Role in Disseminating Steele Dossier

https://news.johncabot.edu/2016/11/transnational-organized-crime/

The Challenges of Transnational Organized Crime Today

Gaeta said, any organized criminal group, regardless of affiliation, can be subjected to RICO law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), a federal law that broadens the definition of organized crime towards any group of individuals and/or businesses associated for the common purpose of engaging in criminal activity over time. Gaeta continued by explaining how 9/11 changed the law enforcement experience, as many resources were switched from fighting organized crime to counterterrorism. A reduction in resources, in turn, translated into foreign criminal organizations being able to infiltrate the US more easily. Presented with this new challenge, the FBI then had to understand how to define, identify and counter these new criminal actors. Once again, Gaeta said, the key to fighting transnational groups is in international cooperation. “You have to have solid relationships on an institutional level between agencies as well as on a personal level between individuals. There has to be a legal structure that makes it possible to share information and intelligence, investigate jointly and potentially extradite,” Gaeta said.

https://www.eventa.it/eventi/rome/the-challenges-of-transnational-organized-crime-today

Mr. Gaeta began his FBI career in 1996 in the New York Field Office where he investigated and supervised La Cosa Nostra organized crime cases for thirteen years. In 2009, Mr. Gaeta became the supervisory special agent for the Eurasian Organized Crime squad. Under his direction, the Eurasian Organized Crime squad aggressively addressed the Eurasian Organized Crime threat and engaged with domestic and international law enforcement partners to advance cases and develop and share intelligence. The squad had scores of successful indictments in high profile cases that indicted fraud amounts over $400 million (USD) and indicted laundered amounts over $200 million (USD) during his tenure. Mr. Gaeta joined the FBI’s Legal Attaché Office in Rome as the Assistant Legal Attaché in May 2014. Prior to working for the FBI, Mr. Gaeta practiced law in New York City.

John Cabot University 233 Via della Lungara ROME ITALY

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyork/press-releases/2010/nyfo111610a.htm

FBI's New York Office and Italian Officials Exchange Ideas on Asset Forfeiture and Continuing Coordination

Supervisory Special Agent Michael Gaeta met with President Polverini and other Italian officials

https://www.providencejournal.com/sports/20160224/ri-native-helped-launch-fbis-investigation-of-world-soccer-governing-body-fifa

Randall and a veteran mob investigator, Michael Gaeta, several years ago began piecing together rumors they had been hearing while probing scams in the United States that were run by criminal enterprises from the former Soviet Union. They came to the conclusion that Russia might be bribing its way to hosting the 2018 World Cup.

As they looked into the operations of the six regional confederations that govern the 207 member nations of FIFA, they came to suspect that Russian bribes were just the tip of the iceberg.

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The Eurasian Organized Crime unit, which was headed by Michael Gaeta at the time, specializes in investigating criminal groups from Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine.

Gaeta, an FBI agent and assistant legal attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, has known the former spy, Christopher Steele—who authored the controversial dossier on then-candidate Donald Trump—since at least 2010, when Steele provided assistance in the FBI’s investigation into the FIFA corruption scandal, over concern that Russia might have been engaging in bribery to host the 2018 World Cup.

Loretta Lynch, who served as U.S. attorney general from 2015 to 2017 under then-President Barack Obama, was at the time “on her second tour as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District” and was seen as an advocate for Gaeta’s team.

Gaeta also oversaw the investigation of Russian mafia boss Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov. Beginning in 2011, and continuing for two years, Gaeta was in charge of a major federal investigation into a money-laundering operation allegedly run by Tokhtakhounov, whose Russian ring was suspected of moving more than $50 million in illegal money into the United States.

According to Harding, Simpson and Steele “knew some of the same FBI people and shared expertise on Russia.” Harding wrote that Simpson, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, “specialized in post-Soviet murk” and similar to Gaeta’s FBI unit, focused on the “intersection between organized crime and the Russian state.”

It’s not entirely clear if Steele met with the head of the Eurasian division, Gaeta, or another FBI agent. Either way, Steele met with Gaeta shortly thereafter in London.

The purpose of the London visit was clear. Steele was personally handing the first memo in his dossier to Gaeta for ultimate transmission back to the FBI and the State Department.

For this visit, the FBI sought permission from the office of Nuland, the assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs. On July 5, 2016, Gaeta traveled to London and met with Steele at the office’s of Steele’s firm, Orbis.

On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, the Department of Modern Languages and Literature welcomed Franco Roberti, Italy’s Chief Antimafia and Antiterrorism Prosecutor, and Michael Gaeta, an FBI agent and current Assistant Legal Attaché at the US Embassy, for “A Roundtable Discussion: The Challenges of Transnational Organized Crime Today.” Michael Gaeta, who spoke next, agreed with Roberti’s words before explaining his FBI perspective. In the US, Gaeta said, any organized criminal group, regardless of affiliation, can be subjected to RICO law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), a federal law that broadens the definition of organized crime towards any group of individuals and/or businesses associated for the common purpose of engaging in criminal activity over time. Gaeta continued by explaining how 9/11 changed the law enforcement experience, as many resources were switched from fighting organized crime to counterterrorism. Once again, Gaeta said, the key to fighting transnational groups is in international cooperation. “You have to have solid relationships on an institutional level between agencies as well as on a personal level between individuals. There has to be a legal structure that makes it possible to share information and intelligence, investigate jointly and potentially extradite,” Gaeta said.

https://www.eventa.it/eventi/rome/the-challenges-of-transnational-organized-crime-today

Kieran Ramsey and Michael Gaeta, (U.S. Embassy, Rome)

Mr. Gaeta began his FBI career in 1996 in the New York Field Office where he investigated and supervised La Cosa Nostra organized crime cases for thirteen years. In 2009, Mr. Gaeta became the supervisory special agent for the Eurasian Organized Crime squad. Under his direction, the Eurasian Organized Crime squad aggressively addressed the Eurasian Organized Crime threat and engaged with domestic and international law enforcement partners to advance cases and develop and share intelligence. Mr. Gaeta joined the FBI’s Legal Attaché Office in Rome as the Assistant Legal Attaché in May 2014. Prior to working for the FBI, Mr. Gaeta practiced law in New York City.

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Criminal Division Diego Rodriguez, Coordinating Supervisory Special Agent George Khouzami, and Supervisory Special Agent Michael Gaeta met with President Polverini and other Italian officials to share ideas and discuss the continued cooperation efforts in combating international crime.

Randall and a veteran mob investigator, Michael Gaeta, several years ago began piecing together rumors they had been hearing while probing scams in the United States that were run by criminal enterprises from the former Soviet Union. They came to the conclusion that Russia might be bribing its way to hosting the 2018 World Cup.

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The Eurasian Organized Crime unit, which was headed by Michael Gaeta at the time, specializes in investigating criminal groups from Georgia, Russia, and Ukraine.

Gaeta, an FBI agent and assistant legal attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, has known the former spy, Christopher Steele—who authored the controversial dossier on then-candidate Donald Trump—since at least 2010, when Steele provided assistance in the FBI’s investigation into the FIFA corruption scandal, over concern that Russia might have been engaging in bribery to host the 2018 World Cup.

Loretta Lynch, who served as U.S. attorney general from 2015 to 2017 under then-President Barack Obama, was at the time “on her second tour as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District” and was seen as an advocate for Gaeta’s team.

Gaeta also oversaw the investigation of Russian mafia boss Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov.

Beginning in 2011, and continuing for two years, Gaeta was in charge of a major federal investigation into a money-laundering operation allegedly run by Tokhtakhounov, whose Russian ring was suspected of moving more than $50 million in illegal money into the United States.

According to Harding, Simpson and Steele “knew some of the same FBI people and shared expertise on Russia.”

Harding wrote that Simpson, a former Wall Street Journal reporter, “specialized in post-Soviet murk” and similar to Gaeta’s FBI unit, focused on the “intersection between organized crime and the Russian state.”

It’s not entirely clear if Steele met with the head of the Eurasian division, Gaeta, or another FBI agent.

Either way, Steele met with Gaeta shortly thereafter in London. Steele was personally handing the first memo in his dossier to Gaeta for ultimate transmission back to the FBI and the State Department.

On July 5, 2016, Gaeta traveled to London and met with Steele at the office’s of Steele’s firm, Orbis.

On Tuesday, October 25, 2016, the Department of Modern Languages and Literature welcomed Franco Roberti, Italy’s Chief Antimafia and Antiterrorism Prosecutor, and Michael Gaeta, an FBI agent and current Assistant Legal Attaché at the US Embassy, for “A Roundtable Discussion: The Challenges of Transnational Organized Crime Today.”

Michael Gaeta, who spoke next, agreed with Roberti’s words before explaining his FBI perspective.

In the US, Gaeta said, any organized criminal group, regardless of affiliation, can be subjected to RICO law (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), a federal law that broadens the definition of organized crime towards any group of individuals and/or businesses associated for the common purpose of engaging in criminal activity over time.

Gaeta continued by explaining how 9/11 changed the law enforcement experience, as many resources were switched from fighting organized crime to counterterrorism.

Once again, Gaeta said, the key to fighting transnational groups is in international cooperation.

“You have to have solid relationships on an institutional level between agencies as well as on a personal level between individuals. There has to be a legal structure that makes it possible to share information and intelligence, investigate jointly and potentially extradite,” Gaeta said.

Mr. Gaeta began his FBI career in 1996 in the New York Field Office where he investigated and supervised La Cosa Nostra organized crime cases for thirteen years.

In 2009, Mr. Gaeta became the supervisory special agent for the Eurasian Organized Crime squad.

Under his direction, the Eurasian Organized Crime squad aggressively addressed the Eurasian Organized Crime threat and engaged with domestic and international law enforcement partners to advance cases and develop and share intelligence.

Mr. Gaeta joined the FBI’s Legal Attaché Office in Rome as the Assistant Legal Attaché in May 2014.

Prior to working for the FBI, Mr. Gaeta practiced law in New York City.

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the Criminal Division Diego Rodriguez, Coordinating Supervisory Special Agent George Khouzami, and Supervisory Special Agent Michael Gaeta met with President Polverini and other Italian officials to share ideas and discuss the continued cooperation efforts in combating international crime.

Randall and a veteran mob investigator, Michael Gaeta, several years ago began piecing together rumors they had been hearing while probing scams in the United States that were run by criminal enterprises from the former Soviet Union.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-device-manufacturer-and-its-us-affiliate-arraigned-charges

Chinese Telecommunications Device Manufacturer and its U.S. Affiliate Arraigned on Charges of Theft of Trade Secrets, Wire Fraud, and Obstruction of Justice

Huawei Corporate Entities Enter ‘Not Guilty’ Pleas – Agreed Trial Date of March 2020

Seattle - Huawei Device Co., Ltd. and Huawei Device USA Inc. were arraigned today on charges of theft of trade secrets conspiracy, attempted theft of trade secrets, seven counts of wire fraud, and one count of obstruction of justice. The companies entered pleas of ‘not guilty.’ Chief U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez set trial for March 2, 2020.

The indictment, returned by a grand jury last month, details Huawei’s efforts to steal trade secrets from Bellevue, Washington based T-Mobile USA and then obstruct justice when T-Mobile threatened to sue Huawei in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The alleged conduct described in the indictment occurred from 2012 to 2014.

Under the maximum sentencing provisions applicable to corporate entities, Conspiracy and Attempt to Commit Trade Secret Theft are punishable by a fine of up to $5,000,000 or three times the value of the stolen trade secret, whichever is greater. Wire Fraud and Obstruction of Justice are punishable by a fine of up to $500,000.