Businessman #DanGertler just announced his new #YaBiso scheme to supposedly share #DRC’s mineral wealth with #Congo’s people.

See this THREAD revealing what a US court said about #Gertler and decide for yourself if his offer is credible. (1/9)

#StopCorruption

In August 2019, a US judge issued an order in a case dealing with #corruption in #DRC involving the subsidiary of the infamous American hedge fund Och-Ziff.

Though not charged, #DanGertler featured prominently in the court documents. (2/9)

The court document reveals that Gertler paid bribes to #DRC Supreme Court judges to take control of some of #Congo’s lucrative mining assets. In this case it was the Kalukundi copper and #cobalt mine owned by Canadian owned company Africo. (3/9)

#corruption #bribery #mining

The guilty party in this court case, Och-Ziff’s subsidiary OZ Africa, is clear in its court filings who it blames for the wrongdoing. (4/9)

#DanGertler #DRC #Africa #bribery

The result of the #corruption was devastating for local communities. The Kalukundi mine was not developed, jobs were not created, and community improvement plans for access to drinking water, health and education were shelved. (5/9)

#DRC #VictimsOfCorruption #Kisankala

Gertler says he will share royalties from the Metalkol mine, formerly known as KMT, through #YaBiso. This mine's history is tainted with allegations of #corruption. Gertler acquired it in 2009 and later sold it for a huge profit to Kazakh miner ENRC. (6/9)

#DanGertler denies wrongdoing. To date, he has not been charged. But #corruption investigations linked to #mining deals in Congo are ongoing in the US, UK and Switzerland. Gertler was sanctioned by the US for amassing a fortune through “opaque and corrupt" mining deals. (7/9)

US court papers, sanctions, ongoing #corruption investigations and reports by civil society groups all demonstrate #DanGertler’s business has never been for #Congo's benefit.

#DRC authorities should investigate Gertler and scrutinise the #YaBiso scheme. (8/9)

So does this leave you with confidence that #DanGertler’s #YaBiso scheme is credible?

To read the main US court document quoted in this thread, click here: https://bit.ly/3hTnlBe 

For more on Gertler’s activities in #Congo, see the factcheck video below in French. (9/9)