Hunter Biden’s Ex-Firm Accused of Trying to Bribe Ukrainian Officials

Burisma Holdings, the eastern European natural gas conglomerate that once had Hunter Biden on its board of directors, is being accused of attempting to bribe Ukrainian officials with more than $5 million in order to end a corruption probe into the company.

Ukrainian law enforcement officials announced on Saturday at a press conference in Kyiv that they had seized more than $5 million in what is alleged to be a bribery scheme perpetrated to benefit Mykola Zlochevsky, Burisma’s founder.

According to Ukrainian officials, three suspects, who all have ties to Zlochvesky, attempted to bribe anti-corruption officials investigating the Burisma and its founder for embezzlement. Burisma, thus far, has denied any part in the scheme.

Nazar Kholodnytsky, the head of Ukraine’s national anti-corruption bureau, claimed the alleged scheme had no connection with either Hunter Biden or his father, the presumptive Democrat nominee.

“Let’s put an end to this once and for all. Biden Jr. and Biden Sr. do not appear in this particular proceeding,” Kholodnytsky told reporters at the press conference.

Despite the fact that the Bidens were not involved in the alleged scheme, the issue does not bode well for them, especially as Congress is investigating Burisma’s ties to the Obama administration.

Last month, the Senate Homeland Security Committee voted to subpoena Blue Star Strategies, a Washington, D.C. based public relations firm once employed by Burisma to help fight allegations of public corruption. In May 2019, the New York Times reported that Hunter Biden was linked to Burisma’s hiring the firm.

The younger Biden joined Burisma’s board of directors in May 2014, around the same time his father was tapped to be the Obama administration’s point man on Ukraine. Despite having no background in either eastern Europe or the energy industry, Hunter Biden was paid as much $83,000-per-month for his services.

Adding to concerns was that he joined the company at a time when it was actively courting western leaders to prevent scrutiny of its business practices. The same month of the appointment, Zlochevsky had his assets frozen in the United Kingdom on suspicion of money laundering.

A Ukrainian official with ties to Zlochevsky admitted in October 2019 the only reason Hunter Biden was tapped to join Burisma was to “protect” the company from foreign scrutiny.

It is in the context of Burisma and Zlochevsky’s legal troubles that Joe Biden’s influence has raised red flags. The former vice president has particularly drawn questions over his conduct in demanding the Ukrainian government fire its top prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in 2016. The demand for Shokin’s ouster was tied to more than $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees.

The former vice president, who has publicly bragged about the firing, has claimed the demand came from then-President Barack Obama, who had allegedly lost faith in the prosecutor’s ability to tackle corruption. Unofficially, though, it was known that Shokin was investigating both Burisma and Zlochevsky for public corruption.

https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/06/15/hunter-bidens-ex-firm-accused-of-trying-to-bribe-ukrainian-officials/

Indonesia: Man Told He Is Pregnant After Rapid Coronavirus Test

A man in Indonesia who requested a test kit for the Chinese coronavirus ended up receiving a positive pregnancy test result on Saturday, according to local media.

Coconuts reported that the 27-year-old man, identified only by his initials AB, recently returned from a trip to a highly infected area and underwent a rapid coronavirus test while being quarantined at a facility in Rote Ndao.

On Saturday, the man received his results, which were for a pregnancy test instead of the coronavirus. To his surprise, he received a “reactive” result, presumably meaning he is pregnant.

“Today [June 13] we admit our error and will correct it by publishing the correct lab results,” said Widyanto Adhy, the spokesman of the coronavirus task force in NTT’s Rote Ndao Regency. “I don’t think it is important to report how [the error occurred], but that we have taken steps to make sure that the same mistake won’t be repeated.”

The lab results were issued by Ba’a General Hospital, which claimed that the mistake had been a typo. In reality, his reactive result was that for the rapid coronavirus test, meaning he should undergo a swab test. However, Adhy ordered the man and his family to wait for a re-examination of his original sample so they can reconfirm the results.

“Isn’t it weird, they took the sample for COVID-19, but the result that came out is for pregnancy. And the patient whose samples were taken was a man,” said Ferdinan Boik, identified as AB’s brother.

Pregnancy tests typically require a woman to urinate on a stick that gives a positive or negative result, the positive result triggered by elevated hormone levels. The coronavirus test is a swab test, where samples of saliva are examined in a lab to determine whether the person has the relevant antibodies.

“We ask that the [hospital] staff be serious about this disease, because it has claimed the lives of many people,” added Naomi Toulasik, who is also identified as a family member.

Having initially attempted to play down the significance of the pandemic, Indonesia has now recorded nearly 40,000 cases of the coronavirus and 2,200 deaths. Yet given its vast population of around 270 million, such figures are relatively low compared to smaller countries such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and Peru, all of whom have recorded between 200,000 and 300,000 cases.

Indonesia has also attracted headlines for its bizarre approaches to handling the pandemic. The strangest of these was in April when officials in Central Java province punished violators of the country’s nationwide lockdown by forcing them to stay in a haunted house in isolation for up to two weeks.

https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/06/15/indonesia-man-told-he-is-pregnant-after-rapid-coronavirus-test/

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