# Quote — Craig Unger, American Kompromat

> [V]ast sums from the 's various s had to be laundered. So in 1984, David Bogatin, a Russian mobster who had scored millions in the Red Daisy gas scam with Balagula, went shopping... at... ... closing, with Donald Trump... in attendance... five condominiums ...$6 million... cash, the equivalent of... $15 million in 2020. According to the New York State attorney general’s office... the Russian Mafia had just laundered money...

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- Book: [American Kompromat](https://www.leafyquotes.com/craig-unger/american-kompromat.md)
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