A former associate of Rudy Giuliani who helped him collect damaging information in Ukraine about U.S. President Joe Biden before the 2020 election pleaded guilty on Friday to one criminal count in a campaign finance case.
Igor Fruman, 56, admitted to soliciting money from a foreign national at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul Oetken in Manhattan.examining Giuliani's dealings in Ukraine
The Belarus-born Fruman his former business partner, Ukraine-born businessman Lev Parnas, were charged in October 2019 with concealing an illegal $325,000 donation to support Trump's 2020 re-election campaign. "At that time, I had little experience in the rules surrounding political donations," Fruman said. "But I generally understood that foreign nationals and individuals who are not American citizens were not allowed to make political donations in the United States.A federal prosecutor said $1 million was wired as part of the scheme.
Prosecutors said Fruman and Parnas also aided an effort to oust then-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, who Trump fired in May 2019.Federal agents seized cellphones and computers in searches of his home and office in April.
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