Lev Parnas, former Giuliani associate, faces additional charges for duping victims into investing in

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WASHINGTON Lev Parnas, a Soviet-bornformer associate of Rudy Giuliani who workedto dig up dirt on President Donald Trumps political rivals, is facing additional charges for allegedly defrauding potential investors in order to raise money for his company. Parnas and a business partner were charged with wire fraud in connection withan effort to raisemoney for a company called Fraud Guarantee, federal prosecutors in Manhattanannounced Thursday. He and three other men are already facing charges in a scheme to funnel foreign money to U. S. political campaigns. The criminal charges, first filed at the height of the impeachment inquiry against Trump, were brought by an office of the Department of Justice that has also been examining Giuliani and his business ties in Ukraine. Giuliani, Parnas and another Soviet-born associate, Igor Fruman, were instrumental in the effort to find damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden the scheme that led to the impeachment inquiry against Trump. The middleman: How Lev Parnas joined Team Trump and became Rudy Giulianis fixer in UkraineBefore they were indicted, the two showered Republican campaign committees with nearly $500,000 and dined with Trump at the White House. The new fraud charges involve Parnas and his business partner,David Correia, who are accused of swindlingvictims into investing in Fraud Guarantee, a company that was supposed to protect investors from fraud. Prosecutors said the two falsely claimed the funds will be usedfor legitimate business purposes, but, instead,used the money to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in rent and luxury car leases and to make political donations. More than $30,000 in investors contributions went to luxury car companies, and $50,000 funded a political contribution, according to the indictment. At least seven investors collectively put more than $2 million into Fraud Guarantee, including one who taped Correia saying, "Millions,