Fraudster of the Week - Charlie Kushner
Posted 02/10/17
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team
Until recently, the name Charlie Kushner likely evoked images of minimum-security prisons. Today, thanks to his son Jared’s fortuitous marriage to Ivanka Trump, the convicted felon and real estate developer enjoys newfound access to the country’s most powerful decision-makers—and its deepest pockets.
The son of holocaust survivors, Kushner grew up in New Jersey where he...
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