Wendy Siegelman

@wendysiegelman
7.5K Followers
424 Following
1,042 Posts
Independent journalist, creator of NewsTRACS.com, bylines Daily Beast Guardian Buzzfeed BylineTimes Senate Intel Russia report, tips: wendy@newstracs.com 
#OSINT #Charts #Journalism #Research #CitizenJournalism #USPolitics #Surveillance #Extremism #DarkMoney #FinancialNetworks #Kleptocracy #fedi22
Websitehttps://newstracs.com/
Verified byhttps://fedified.com/
Verified byhttps://presscheck.org/journalists/wendy-siegelman
Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/WendySiegelman

In 2023 Luminar CEO Austin Russell tried to buy Forbes - the deal failed but Russian-born Magomed Musaev claimed he was buyer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/20/forbes-sale-musaev-russia/

Russian tycoon claims he is behind Forbes purchase, audiotapes show

A Kremlin-connected tycoon claims he is the buyer of Forbes, according to audio and video tapes. The U.S. tech founder organizing the deal says there is no Russian involvement.

The Washington Post

AlphaTon Capital announced they submitted offer to acquire majority stake in Forbes Media Holdings (not clear who offer was submitted to, terms of offer, etc)

https://www.marketscreener.com/news/alphaton-capital-submits-strategic-offer-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-forbes-media-holdings-ce7d5edcdf8ef224

Ex Cambridge Analytica exec Brittany Kaiser is CEO of AlphaTon, which I reported has links to people who worked in Russia

https://newstracs.com/former-cambridge-analytica-exec-brittany-kaisers-latest-gig-is-ceo-of-crypto-firm-with-links-to-russia/2025/09/12/

#AlphaTon #alphaTONCapital #BritanyKaiser #Forbes

Alt5 Sigma, a key partner in Trump's crypto venture World Liberty Financial, told SEC it suspended CEO Peter Tassiopoulos mid-October, an email says he was placed on “temporary leave” over a month earlier, potentially violating disclosure rules, by @zacheverson.com

#Trump #Alt5 #alt5Sigma #worldlibertyFinancial #WLFI #trumpcrypto

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/11/21/alt5-sigma-trump-crypto-ceo-suspension-world-liberty-sec-wlfi/

Trump Crypto Partner May Have Violated SEC Rules With Filing On CEO

One of Trump's key business partners told the SEC it suspended its CEO in mid-October. Internal records suggest he was on “temporary leave” more than a month earlier.

Forbes

The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’

As Trump champions crypto, funds from scammers and other criminal groups flow onto major crypto exchanges - such as Binance, OKX and others - last month Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/crypto-exchanges-dirty-money.html

Recent 60 Minutes report on Trump’s pardon of Changpeng Zhao, his firm Binance and the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial

https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1989498585642058112?s=20

The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’

As President Trump has championed crypto and the industry has gone mainstream, funds from scammers and other criminal groups have flowed onto major crypto exchanges.

The New York Times

With Epstein in the news, 2 pieces I wrote

From 2018: Epstein's 1980's boss Steven Hoffenberg spent 18 yrs in jail for $475M ponzi scheme - later claimed Epstein was co-conspirator who owed investors $1 Bil, Hoffenberg launched a pro-Trump PAC that claimed to have $50M in-kind donations

https://newstracs.com/plaintiffs-file-new-complaint-against-registered-sex-offender-jeffrey-epstein-for-losses-in-decades-old-475m-ponzi-scheme/2018/08/27/

From 2021: about unsolved murder of an accountant who worked for Les Wexner (founder of Victoria's Secret) w/info on Epstein's early business deals with Wexner

https://www.thedailybeast.com/who-murdered-arthur-shapiro-the-lawyer-of-victorias-secret-billionaire-les-wexner/

Complaint against Jeffrey Epstein for $475M ponzi scheme losses

In 1995 Steven Hoffenberg pleaded guilty to a ponzi scheme. In 2016 he attempted to reclaim money for victims from Jeffrey Epstein.

NewsTRACS

From 2023: Brad Parscale is working for Trump 2024 campaign and is linked to Texas billionaire Tim Dunn, Hexagon and Angel Protection a company piloting technology to detect school shooters

Story mentions Campaign Nucleus, Dyspatchit, BCVM Services work for Trump PACs

https://newstracs.com/brad-parscale-is-working-for-trump-2024-and-is-linked-to-texas-billionaire-tim-dunn/2023/10/10/

Brad Parscale is working for Trump 2024 and links to Tim Dunn

Brad Parscale is working for the Trump 2024 campaign and has links to Texas billionaire Tim Dunn and a school shooter detection technology company.

NewsTRACS

A few notes on 1730 pg Jack Smith subpoenas released by Chuck Grassley

Jan 6th mentioned almost 100 times
Various Trump PACs (200+ times)
Bradley Parscale (286)
Andrew Surabian (262)
Gary Coby (236)
Along w/Parscale, Surabian, Coby companies

Others noted often:

American Voting Rights Foundation
Conservative Partnership
Cyber Ninjas
Stratech
Mark Meadows
Cleta Mitchell
Stephen Miller
Patrick Corrigan
Edward Corrigan
Michael Roman
Christina Bobb
Doublas Logan

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/arctic_frost_197_subpoena_records_obtained_by_chairman_grassley.pdf

Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:

#DonaldTrumpJr #AlexSpiro #Doge #Dogecoin #ThumzupMedia #CleancoreSolutions #DonJr #Trump

https://newstracs.com/alex-spiro-is-an-investor-in-a-dogecoin-venture-with-donald-trump-jr/2025/11/10/

Elon Musk lawyer Alex Spiro invested in Doge venture with Don Jr.

Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Don Jr.

NewsTRACS

Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is the new chairman of Cleancore Solutions which is pursuing a Doge coin treasury strategy and an investor with Donald Trump Jr. in Thumzup Media which is also pursuing a Dogecoin treasury strategy, new from me:

#DonaldTrumpJr #AlexSpiro #Doge #Dogecoin #ThumzupMedia #CleancoreSolutions #DonJr #Trump

https://newstracs.com/alex-spiro-is-an-investor-in-a-dogecoin-venture-with-donald-trump-jr/2025/11/10/

Elon Musk lawyer Alex Spiro invested in Doge venture with Don Jr.

Celebrity and Elon-Musk-lawyer Alex Spiro is chairman of a Dogecoin treasury company and an investor in a Dogecoin venture with Don Jr.

NewsTRACS

Don Jr is a partner at 1789 Capital founded by Omeed Malik, Chris Buskirk, Rebekah Mercer - all part of the Rockbridge Network

An item not getting enough coverage: 1789 initially raised $150M+ from Rebekah Mercer per an SEC filing communication from Malik

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1995413/000121390025001330/ea022698901-425_colombier2.htm

More on 1789, Rockbridge, Mercer

https://newstracs.com/chart-and-overview-of-key-links-for-jd-vance-with-thiel-mercer-rockbridge/2024/07/29/

#DonaldTrumpJr #1789Capital #RebekahMercer #Rockbridge Network