https://www.mmobomb.com/news/columbus-n ... n-dollars/The Daybreak Game Company/Columbus Nova saga just keeps getting messier.
Multiple news sites are reporting that a shell company owned by Donald Trump?s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received half a million dollars from Columbus Nova, which is linked to Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg and his investment firm, Renova Corporation. The allegations were made by Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels (real name: Stephanie Clifford) via Twitter, and the New York Times is saying that it has ?confirmed much of what was in Mr. Avenatti?s report.?
You can find the lengthy details all over the web, but we?ll focus here on what this could mean for Daybreak Game Company ? which, despite denials, was reported to have been purchased by Columbus Nova in 2015. At the very least, seeing such a direct tie between Vekselberg, Trump, Cohen, Renova, and Columbus Nova (whose lawyer is quoted by the Times as saying ?is a management company solely owned and controlled by Americans?) re-iterates the notion I had that things are such a mess that vague denials by the higher-ups at DBG, and the PR damage they?re causing, are seen as preferable to other consequences.
http://massivelyop.com/2018/05/09/daybr ... ael-cohen/MMOs and politics once again collide this week as last night CNN broke the news that Robert Mueller?s FBI team has zeroed in on Russian oligarch and Renova Group chairman Viktor Vekselberg as part of the Special Counsel investigation into Russian election interference, questioning Vekselberg about money Renova?s US ?affiliate? transferred to US President Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen. (Tangentially, those allegations were brought to light by Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti.)
And the name of that US affiliate under investigation? Yeah, it?s Columbus Nova, the firm that claimed it acquired MMORPG studio Daybreak back in 2015. Here we go again.
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