Schornick said single-source or ‘limited tendering’ contracting processes “are a major departure from fundamental principles of transparency and competition.”

“When combined with a pre-existing relationship between the contractors and subcontractors, it raises potential red flags for corruption like bribes or kickbacks and favoritism,” she said.

- OCCRP

“We have no idea of the people behind those companies,” said Eryn Schornick … . The Panama deal, she said, bore signs of “classic money laundering.”

- ProPublica | Trump, Inc.

“[Trump] may be acting in his own accord and not on the interests of American people,” [Eryn Schornick] said.

- ABC News

“Transactions labeled generally for things like consulting or legal services and office equipment are an easy way to make illegitimate transfers of value between companies look genuine,” said … Schornick.

“Airs of legitimacy can quickly dissipate and a trend toward the involvement in illicit business as a pattern of doing business with nefarious companies and individuals emerges, especially in an operating environment that we would later learn was rife with money laundering.”

- OCCRP

Corporate Ownership Transparency

- Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) Podcast

“The warning signs were there for a responsible businessperson, but it seems Trump didn’t want to know,” said Schornick, … in a statement.

- Slate

"Lo importante aquí es que los negocios de Trump ahora ya no son sólo sus negocios, es el presidente de Estados Unidos y, por tanto, son asuntos de la nación; y los votantes y los ciudadanos tienen el derecho a conocer" si pudo beneficiarse de operaciones de blanqueo de dinero, declaró Eryn Schornick, una de las autoras.

- EFE

Original Trump Cap Cana Buyer: ‘We were betrayed’

- ABC News

“The COVID-19 pandemic and worsening inequality are expected to push 263 million people into extreme poverty in 2022, reversing two decades of progress in that area, according to the event's host, Eryn Schornick, a strategic adviser at the Financial Transparency Coalition.

"We're making the case that rights require resources, but at the same time, we all understand the need to counter those who are stifling meaningful progress," Schornick told Law360 following the event.”

- Law360 Tax Authority

“This complex web of opaque corporate structures, associated companies, and personal and professional relationships reaching into offshore tax havens far removed from Azerbaijan, raise serious questions of corruption,” said Schornick.

“What’s more is that the apparent lack of information on the real life people who own or control these companies may be a way in which shell companies were used to disguise kickback schemes or hide and launder proceeds of corruption.”

- OCCRP

"It appears to be no coincidence that such a small circle of people could be so interconnected,” said anti-money laundering expert Eryn Schornick, adding that the shared companies could signal “a mix of legitimate and illicit business interests.”

The shared names and owners of the Hong Kong and BVI firms strongly suggest they are part of the same corporate network, said Schornick, the anti-money laundering expert.

“It’s likely not a coincidence in circumstances like this that one person is involved in two companies with the same name in two different jurisdictions,” she said.

- OCCRP

Gambling junkets are notorious for cleaning illicit funds, and for working with organized crime, said anti-money laundering expert Eryn Schornick. Money launderers also tend to use a “diversified business portfolio,” including companies in sectors like real estate, finance and jewelry, she added.

Schornick said Yu’s alleged association with Jin, his business relationship with the Pangs, and the scores of firms he set up in different jurisdictions, raise questions about whether some of his companies may be used for money laundering.

“Who is behind Yu?” she said. “For what purposes is he creating this web of corporate structures?”

- OCCRP