Source: The Realist Review
by Lucy Komisar
“In 2012 an explosive story resulted in a U.S. law which blocked visas and froze the assets of dozens of Russians accused by William Browder, a U.S.-born investment fund manager in London, of having organized or abetted the murder of his lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, who he said had accused Russian government officials of complicity in the theft of $230 million from the Russian Treasury. But investigations show Magnitsky was not a lawyer but was instead Browder’s accountant who was linked to the scam. And he hadn’t been murdered — he died of a badly treated illness during a nearly year-long term in prison where he was detained thanks to an investigation into his managing a multi-million-dollar tax evasion scheme for Browder’s companies. … in its way, the Browder hoax set the stage for Russiagate, itself a complex web of disinformation.” (07/08/25)
https://therealistreview.substack.com/p/conman-the-story-of-william-browder