Trump Sons' Company Took $100 Million From Fund Run by UK Money-Laundering Suspect
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Updated · Raw Story · Aug 9
Trump Sons' Company Took $100 Million From Fund Run by UK Money-Laundering Suspect
2 articles · Updated · Raw Story · Aug 9
Summary
$100 million in World Liberty Financial tokens was bought in June 2025 by UAE-based Aqua 1 Foundation, a crypto fund run by Guren “Bobby” Zhou, according to a New York Times investigation.
The Times said Zhou is under active money-laundering investigation in England and found publicly available red flags including a collapsed flooring business with a $5 million unpaid debt, a failed crypto venture and retracted partnership claims.
World Liberty Financial is run by Trump’s sons alongside the family of special envoy Steve Witkoff; an earlier report said $75 million of Zhou’s investment went to a Trump-controlled company.
The report says Zhou’s case shows how cryptocurrency anonymity can channel large sums from opaque foreign buyers to the president’s family, in a deal that would likely have triggered intense scrutiny under past norms.