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Bayrock Group LLC

Real-estate developer; Trump Organization partner on Trump-branded properties
Tracked because Documented business partner of the Trump Organization on Trump-branded condominium projects; offshore structures named in ICIJ leaks raise documented questions about the chain of capital behind Trump-branded developments.
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

New York–based real-estate development firm founded by Tevfik Arif. Partnered with the Trump Organization on multiple Trump-branded condominium projects (Trump SoHo, Trump International Hotel & Tower Fort Lauderdale, others) from approximately 2002 onward. Several Bayrock vehicles and principals appear in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database with offshore corporate structures.

Facts on record4
Connections mapped7
Sources cited7
✦ Thin coverage gap +17 connected to 7 entities · only 4 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 4S
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No documented contradictions on file.
Connection Map
Facts (4)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 234d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (4)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Investigative reporting indicates that Hamels Consultants of London organized a network of British Virgin Islands shell companies for the Arif family, including entities that channeled Kazakhstan chromium trading profits to Bayrock Group LLC's U.S. real estate projects.
Date: 2017-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database — Search
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Bayrock Investments Limited (BVI Reg. No. 1070256), incorporated July 11, 2001, is listed in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database with Mossack Fonseca as its registered agent and linked to France via the Panama Papers investigation.
Date: 2001-06-15 Added: 03 May 2026 ↗ SOURCE: ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database — Search
✓ verified Partially Corroborated New York–based real-estate development firm founded by Tevfik Arif circa 2001. Partnered with the Trump Organization on multiple Trump-branded condominium projects, including Trump SoHo (Manhattan, opened 2010) and Trump International Hotel & Tower Fort Lauderdale.
Date: 2001-01-01 Added: 22 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Bayrock Group — Wikipedia
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Several Bayrock-related corporate vehicles and principals appear in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database with offshore corporate structures associated with Mossack Fonseca and other intermediaries.
All Connections (7)
→ Tevfik Arif person
founder, founder_principal secondary since 2001-01-01
Tevfik Arif founded Bayrock Group LLC circa 2001 and remained its principal during the firm's Trump-branded development era.
→ Felix Sater person
corporate_officer secondary
Felix Sater served as managing director / chief operating officer of Bayrock Group LLC during the firm's Trump-branded development era.
→ Sapir Organization company
business_partner secondary since 2006-01-01
Bayrock Group LLC and the Sapir Organization co-developed Trump SoHo (Manhattan, opened April 2010) with the Trump Organization.
→ Trump Organization company
business_partner secondary since 2002-01-01
Bayrock Group LLC partnered with the Trump Organization on multiple Trump-branded condominium developments, including Trump SoHo (Manhattan, opened 2010) and Trump International Hotel & Tower Fort Lauderdale.
→ Donald Trump person
business partner inferential since 2010
Through the Trump Organization, Donald Trump's company partnered with Bayrock Group LLC on multiple Trump-branded condominium projects.
→ Tamir Sapir person
related principal secondary since 2001
Tamir Sapir (of Sapir Organization) is known to have been involved with Bayrock Group LLC and its projects, with the Sapir family linked to Bayrock's offshore structures.
← Mossack Fonseca company
intermediary_for inferential
Bayrock-related corporate vehicles appear in the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database with offshore corporate structures administered through Mossack Fonseca-network intermediaries — analytical assertion pending direct ICIJ-document confirmation per ingest charter.
ICIJ Offshore Leaks methodology: Connections marked registered agent of, registered officer of, beneficial owner of, or intermediary for are sourced from the ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database (Panama Papers, 2016). Being named in the leak as a registered officer, registered agent, beneficial owner, or intermediary is not itself an allegation of wrongdoing — many uses of offshore vehicles are legal. Goblin House surfaces these structural relationships because they document the offshore corporate plumbing behind entities the platform already tracks.
Sources (7)
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Bayrock Group LLC not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
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