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   From: democrat-criminals@mail.house.gov   
      
   https://nypost.com/2023/11/03/metro/11-employees-of-construction-company-   
   tied-to-adams-fbi-fundraiser-probe-all-donated-nearly-same-amount-on-same-   
   day-records/   
      
   Eleven employees of the Brooklyn construction company embroiled in an FBI   
   probe involving one of Mayor Eric Adams’ top fundraisers all made   
   donations to Hizzoner’s campaign on the same day in 2021 — and for nearly   
   identical amounts, records show.   
      
   One of the investigation’s focuses is whether Adams’ campaign conspired   
   with the KSK Construction Group and Turkish government to use “straw   
   donors” to illegally funnel foreign cash into Hizzoner’s campaign coffers   
   in exchange for favors, law-enforcement sources have said. A straw donor   
   is a person or company which illegally makes a donation with someone   
   else’s money but using their own name to hide its source.   
      
   Sertac Varol, a Queens resident who is listed in campaign filings as a   
   “partner” at KSK — and as giving $1,250 to the Adams campaign — told The   
   City that he doesn’t recall making the donation.   
      
   Varol, whose address is listed in a gated condominium complex in Bayside,   
   Queens, said he doesn’t think he’s ever made a political contribution.   
      
   Yet he was one of at least nine KSK employees who are listed in campaign   
   finance filings as having each donated $1,250 — all the same day, May 7,   
   2021 — to Adams’ campaign, according to records reviewed by The Post.   
      
   Adams said in a statement Friday, “I am outraged and angry if anyone   
   attempted to use the campaign to manipulate our democracy and defraud our   
   campaign.   
      
   “I want to be clear, I have no knowledge, direct or otherwise, of any   
   improper fundraising activity—and certainly not of any foreign money. We   
   will of course work with officials to respond to inquiries, as appropriate   
   — as we always have.”   
      
   Details of the nearly $14,000 in total donations from 11 KSK employees   
   came to light a day after it emerged the feds were investigating if any   
   funds were illegally funneled to Adams’ 2021 mayoral campaign as part of   
   an alleged kickback scheme involving the Williamsburg-based company and   
   Turkish government.   
      
   The company’s Turkish owner, Erden Arkan, coughed up slightly more to the   
   Adams campaign when donating May 7, 2021, with his contribution coming in   
   at $1,500, the filings show.   
      
   The job titles of other KSK workers listed in the campaign filings range   
   from “project managers” and “construction” to the “finance director.”   
      
   The donations were made at a fundraiser organized by the company’s owner,   
   The City reported, citing internal campaign documents.   
      
   In total, the event raised $69,720 from a total of 82 donors.   
      
   Abigal Nitka — a woman listed as an “engineer/lawyer” for KSK — refused to   
   talk when The Post buzzed her penthouse apartment in Williamsburg.   
      
   “I’m not making any comments right now,” she said.   
      
   Pressed about the allegations, Nitka responded, “Sorry babe, no comment.”   
      
   When contacted by The City, she said, “We’re innocent.”   
      
   The Post also has reached out to the employees listed in the filings but   
   has yet to receive comment.   
      
   A doorman at Arkan’s luxe SoHo apartment building Friday refused to buzz   
   the business owner.   
      
   A man who works next door told The Post he spotted about eight to 10   
   “security” types, clad with guns, leaving the apartment building with a   
   suited-up man early Thursday.   
      
   The man was whisked away in one of several blacked out SUVs, but the local   
   worker couldn’t confirm if it was the construction company’s boss.   
      
   KSK also didn’t respond to requests for comment Friday.   
      
   The firm specializes in luxe condo projects, according to its website. The   
   company has at least one project under construction in Brooklyn’s Fort   
   Green neighborhood, records show.   
      
   The developments come after the feds raided the Brooklyn home of Brianna   
   Suggs — one of the mayor’s top fundraisers — Thursday as part of a broader   
   public-corruption probe.   
      
   Adams’ 2021 campaign counsel Vito Pitta said in a statement, “Immediately   
   upon learning about the federal inquiry, the campaign started an extensive   
   review of all documents and actions by campaign workers connected to the   
   contributors in question.”   
      
   Investigators have sought documents about records of travel to Turkey by   
   any of the campaign’s employees or associates and documents that could   
   shed light on the campaign’s interactions with the Turkish government, the   
   New York Times reported, citing a copy of the search warrant.   
      
   During the raid on Suggs’ home, the feds seized three iPhones, two laptops   
   and a slew of papers and other evidence — including a manila folder   
   labeled “Eric Adams.”   
      
   The warrant also stated agents were looking for evidence of the theft of   
   federal funds, wire fraud, conspiracy to steal federal funds and wire   
   fraud conspiracy.   
      
   “This is a campaign of embarrassment. The [feds] are trying to shake that   
   tree, get people to talk who may be on a wire. Because that’s what people   
   do,” a law-enforcement source told The Post.   
      
   Neither Suggs or the mayor have been arrested or charged with a crime.   
      
   Adams, on his part, said he hasn’t been contacted by any law enforcement   
   agency — but he abruptly bailed on a slate of White House immigration   
   meetings in Washington DC to fly back to the Big Apple.   
      
   Additional reporting by Joe Marino and Valentina Jaramillo   
      
      
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