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hookaleft

(1,510 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:40 AM Yesterday

Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds

TIRANA, July 11 (Reuters) - A Miami-based businessman wanted in Albania for allegedly laundering drug money is suspected of faking the deeds to land where Jared Kushner wants to build a multi-billion-dollar resort, the country's organised crime-fighting agency said in case files reviewed by Reuters.

The businessman, Artur Shehu, denies all accusations against him, said his lawyer, Kujtim Cakrani, who confirmed ​that Albanian prosecutors had issued a warrant seeking Shehu's arrest for laundering money for drug gangs.

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In April, Shehu sold the strip of pristine Albanian coastline for the planned resort to Albania Land Development, a company which is owned by the Kushner-backed project's developers Sazan Real Estate ​Development and other investors.

"Reasonable suspicions are formed, based on evidence, that the above‑mentioned assets were acquired through the use of forged documents," prosecutors wrote in the case files.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/businessman-who-sold-land-kushner-resort-albania-suspected-faking-deeds-2026-07-11/

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Businessman who sold land for Kushner resort in Albania suspected of faking the deeds (Original Post) hookaleft Yesterday OP
A trump family member would naturally gravitate to somebody like that. Turbineguy Yesterday #1
all Jared has to do popsdenver 14 hrs ago #42
I'm sure Jared told Donald that this was a deal they couldn't pass up... LakeVermilion Yesterday #2
pssst , hey budy, i got a bridge for sale cheap. AllaN01Bear Yesterday #20
That means Jared and Ivanka don't legally no_hypocrisy Yesterday #3
And I hope they lost their money and can't recover it too ToxMarz Yesterday #5
From the article: HighFired49 Yesterday #28
PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE. THE ENTIRE TRUMP FAMILY NEEDS TO BE CHEATED. As for stealing it from someone... usaf-vet 23 hrs ago #31
Ivanka: "Daddeeee!!!! We need HELP!!!! Help us get our money back!!! PLEAZZZZEEEE!!!!" hatrack Yesterday #7
I will Ivanka, daddy will get it back. thomski64 Yesterday #9
Daddy will send in the marines to put down protests in Tirana as soon as he's done surrendering to Iran. OGBuzz Yesterday #12
Oh, they have an interest in it. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #27
The transfer of a fraudulent deed IS an issue of legality. no_hypocrisy 21 hrs ago #37
Scammers Often Get Scammed. MineralMan Yesterday #4
It's such a well-worn trope at this point when you watch a movie about con artists AZJonnie 23 hrs ago #34
If the deeds are found to be fake that would excellent on so many levels. it would expose Kushner et al as Martin68 Yesterday #6
Uhmm, cool! Fil1957 Yesterday #8
And that's why Patel was needed in DC this weekend, huh? Ponietz Yesterday #10
Can't make this stuff up! EndlessMaze Yesterday #11
damn poozwah Yesterday #13
So will this make Albania Progressive dog Yesterday #14
Nope. NATO member. paleotn Yesterday #16
Exactly! ShazzieB Yesterday #17
The island is public property owned by the Albanian state. How on earth would some sleazy Miami OGBuzz Yesterday #15
Ha ha! Jarad gets screwed!! paleotn Yesterday #18
Karma xuplate Yesterday #19
*gasp* tanyev Yesterday #21
I'm shocked - shocked - that someone who is accused of allegedly laundering drug money... haele Yesterday #22
Princess Sparklepony and Prince Spinocchio BattleRow Yesterday #25
Artur Shehu lives in Miami hookaleft Yesterday #30
No honor among thieves. 2MuchNoise Yesterday #23
You couldn't make this shit up Joinfortmill Yesterday #24
Gomer says... ZDU Yesterday #26
Dirty Deeds flvegan Yesterday #29
Oh I bet the champange glasses were clinking as the deed was handed over and the Bengus81 23 hrs ago #32
If true, this would be sweet justice and so forth, and that the theft of this property would be recognized and the SWBTATTReg 23 hrs ago #33
But Hunter Biden's paintings! yellowcanine 23 hrs ago #35
And this is why Albania will not be admitted to the EU for a long time muriel_volestrangler 22 hrs ago #36
Please, please, please be true. Buddyzbuddy 20 hrs ago #38
Lol Bristlecone 17 hrs ago #39
Does that mean they were conned? Figarosmom 15 hrs ago #40
So a member of a grifting family gets grifted LogDog75 15 hrs ago #41
Dirty Deeds Blue Owl 13 hrs ago #43
Hope they paid cash. That is all. Nt Trueblue Texan 7 hrs ago #44

popsdenver

(2,923 posts)
42. all Jared has to do
Sun Jul 12, 2026, 12:06 AM
14 hrs ago

is tell his father in law to send Seal Team Six in to resolve the matter.......

LakeVermilion

(1,694 posts)
2. I'm sure Jared told Donald that this was a deal they couldn't pass up...
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 11:57 AM
Yesterday

Imagine buying Albania's only island, with enough bunkers to withstand an attack from NATO, yet even a wildlife refuge. Islands like that don't become available every day. All for ten million or so...

Do your homework, Jared...

ToxMarz

(3,240 posts)
5. And I hope they lost their money and can't recover it too
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 12:18 PM
Yesterday

although you can bet it was money they stole from someone else.

Still, crooks hate losing any money, even stolen money.

HighFired49

(537 posts)
28. From the article:
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:18 PM
Yesterday

"Prosecutors have frozen the sale funds in a notary account, blocking Shehu from receiving them"

usaf-vet

(7,889 posts)
31. PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE. THE ENTIRE TRUMP FAMILY NEEDS TO BE CHEATED. As for stealing it from someone...
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:46 PM
23 hrs ago

..... It's all of our taxpayers' money that Daddy has stolen from the US taxpayers.

OGBuzz

(1,019 posts)
12. Daddy will send in the marines to put down protests in Tirana as soon as he's done surrendering to Iran.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:00 PM
Yesterday

mwmisses4289

(5,359 posts)
27. Oh, they have an interest in it.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:13 PM
Yesterday

Whether that interest is legal or not, that is a totally different story.

Geez, they make me think of the character Veruca Salt in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". So spoiled rotten, they think everything they want is theirs.

no_hypocrisy

(55,898 posts)
37. The transfer of a fraudulent deed IS an issue of legality.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 05:14 PM
21 hrs ago

Jared and Ivanka can't accept a deed, regardless of payment, if the property legally belongs to someone who wasn't the entity who sold it to them.

This is akin to fraudsters who go into title offices, get a copy of someone's deed for a property that's not actively lived in. They make a new deed with their name on it and either lease it or sell it. The true owner comes to the property to find strangers living in his/her/their house and the locks changed. When it goes to court, the "new" owners are usually evicted.

MineralMan

(152,170 posts)
4. Scammers Often Get Scammed.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 12:15 PM
Yesterday

Remember "The Sting?"
It's hilarious when they do, too. I'm hopeful.

AZJonnie

(4,287 posts)
34. It's such a well-worn trope at this point when you watch a movie about con artists
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 03:06 PM
23 hrs ago

You pretty much know they'll end up conned themselves at the end of things.

A number of Mamet movies are along those lines for example. The Grifters, Matchstick Men, Confidence, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels are a few others that come to mind.

It's going to be freaking HILARIOUS if the Kushner's got conned on this deal

Martin68

(28,425 posts)
6. If the deeds are found to be fake that would excellent on so many levels. it would expose Kushner et al as
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 12:18 PM
Yesterday

greedy amateurs falling for a scam. It would also mean the project won't go through, given the opposition that has already organized.

Progressive dog

(7,662 posts)
14. So will this make Albania
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:03 PM
Yesterday

a target of the US military? Trump's already TACO'd on Iran dozens of times and maybe he's ready to change the subject.

paleotn

(23,261 posts)
16. Nope. NATO member.
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:20 PM
Yesterday

Donnie only picks on brown people in out of the way places. Beyond that, he's a cowering little shit. That's why he's done nothing about Greenland other than bluster like a fool.

OGBuzz

(1,019 posts)
15. The island is public property owned by the Albanian state. How on earth would some sleazy Miami
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:10 PM
Yesterday

businessman end up with deeds to a state owned island in the first place? This is pure criminal fraud and the Kuschner's were in on it from the beginning. They just didn't imagine that the Albanian people don't give a f*ck who daddy is. Maybe this is a good lesson for Americans.

paleotn

(23,261 posts)
18. Ha ha! Jarad gets screwed!!
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:27 PM
Yesterday

And so do the "investors" stupid enough to get in bed with him. For Kushner, this deal just keeps getting worse and worse.

haele

(15,764 posts)
22. I'm shocked - shocked - that someone who is accused of allegedly laundering drug money...
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:05 PM
Yesterday

Sold a pristine protected ecological preserve belonging to a country rather than being private property to Princess Sparklepony and her wooden mobster doll who's waiting to become a real, live boy one day....
Well - no I'm not.
Mobsters be mobbing, as my grandkids say.

hookaleft

(1,510 posts)
30. Artur Shehu lives in Miami
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:23 PM
Yesterday

I bet they knew him from Florida. Probably socialize in the same circles. All Ivanka's bull about having discovered "this island". Bet it was a scheme from the very start.

flvegan

(66,768 posts)
29. Dirty Deeds
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:20 PM
Yesterday

The irony of Prince Pencilneck and Princess MyDadsaPedophile being victims of real estate fraud. Poor babies.

Bengus81

(10,724 posts)
32. Oh I bet the champange glasses were clinking as the deed was handed over and the
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:47 PM
23 hrs ago

$10M check was given to Shehu in their Miami mansion.

Bwhahahahahahaha!!!! This is delicious!

SWBTATTReg

(26,579 posts)
33. If true, this would be sweet justice and so forth, and that the theft of this property would be recognized and the
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 03:06 PM
23 hrs ago

'real' owner of the property be restored and the sale to Kushner sale be totally voided.

muriel_volestrangler

(107,064 posts)
36. And this is why Albania will not be admitted to the EU for a long time
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 03:41 PM
22 hrs ago

Shehu is wanted in Albania for laundering drug money, but "Albania's government has strongly backed the plans ... Prime Minister Edi Rama told Reuters last month that it was a "beautiful" project and would go ahead regardless.
"Asked about the allegations in the case files against Shehu, a government spokesperson said the government would not intervene in private transactions, but that the project was proceeding in compliance with Albanian and EU laws."
So they're happy for a wanted man to be profiting, because he's selling to the Trump family. The current Albanian government is as corrupt as that family. So obviously not fit to run a country.

Figarosmom

(15,210 posts)
40. Does that mean they were conned?
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 10:46 PM
15 hrs ago

They don't own the land and will have to sue the con to get their money back ?
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