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Police raid headquarters of Newsweek

NYPD officers raid Newsweek headquarters https://nypost.com/2018/01/18/nypd-officers-raid-newsweek-headquarters/amp/?__twitter_impression=true, By Keith J. Kelly January 18, 2018 About two dozen NYPD offficers and investigators from the Manhattan district attorney’s office raided the offices of Newsweek and its parent company, IBT Media, on Thursday.

IBT Media was co-founded by Jonathan Davis and Etienne Uzac. The IRS placed a $1.2 million federal tax lien against Uzac in December 2017.

The agents were said to be photographing servers in the offices, but not downloading any files at the offices on 7 Hanover Square, according to sources.

They appeared to be photographing the serial numbers on the machines, said a source.

In the past, IBT has been linked to a Christian church founded by Korean American evangelist David Jang and Olivet University, a university in California that Jang’s followers founded.

NYPD and the IRS had not responded to a call by press time. The Manhattan DA declined to comment.

January 19, 2018 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general