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Felix Sater

Managing director / COO, Bayrock Group; Trump-branded development executive
Tracked because Documented executive of Bayrock Group during its Trump-branded development era; central figure in the Trump-Bayrock business relationship that the Panama Papers cluster of corporate filings frames.
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records

Russian-born American real-estate executive and longtime managing director / chief operating officer of Bayrock Group LLC. Pleaded guilty in 1998 to a $40M stock-fraud scheme; subsequently became a long-running cooperator for the U.S. government. Carried a Trump Organization business card identifying him as a "Senior Advisor to Donald Trump" while pursuing a Trump Tower Moscow project as late as 2015–2016.

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Facts (3)
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Ageing Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 237d
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 (3)
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✓ verified Partially Corroborated Carried a Trump Organization business card identifying him as a "Senior Advisor to Donald Trump"; continued pursuing a Trump Tower Moscow project as late as 2015–2016 in coordination with Michael Cohen.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Served as managing director / chief operating officer of Bayrock Group LLC during the firm's Trump-branded development era (Trump SoHo, Trump International Hotel & Tower Fort Lauderdale, etc.).
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Pleaded guilty in 1998 to a $40 million pump-and-dump stock-fraud scheme run through Mafia-linked brokers; sentencing was deferred while he cooperated with U.S. prosecutors.
Date: 1998-12-10 Added: 23 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Felix Sater — Wikipedia
All Connections (4)
→ Tevfik Arif person
Business Association inferential since 2000
As managing director/COO of Bayrock Group LLC, worked under or alongside Tevfik Arif, the founder of Bayrock Group, during Trump-branded developments.
← Bayrock Group LLC company
corporate_officer secondary
Felix Sater served as managing director / chief operating officer of Bayrock Group LLC during the firm's Trump-branded development era.
← Donald Trump person
business_associate secondary
Felix Sater carried a Trump Organization business card identifying him as a "Senior Advisor to Donald Trump"; continued pursuing a Trump Tower Moscow project with Michael Cohen as late as 2015–2016.
← Tamir Sapir person
business associate inferential since 2006
Sater was a key figure at Bayrock Group who worked with Sapir on Trump SoHo.
Sources (6)
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Felix Sater not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Felix Sater — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
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2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Felix Sater — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
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2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Felix Sater — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt