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Michael Cohen.
- Michael Avenatti, the Stormy Daniels attorney who published a damaging report this week showing Michael Cohen ran a shell company that took in millions of dollars from corporate entities after President Donald Trump's election, dropped a cryptic hint about where some of that money may have gone.
- Avenatti, responding to attacks from Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, on Friday, tweeted that Cohen's shell company, Essential Consultants, LLC, paid "large sums of money" to a California-based entity called "Demeter Direct, Inc." State public records show it's linked to someone named Mark S. Ko.
- The public records list Demeter Direct, Inc. as a Korean food retailer, but an archive of the company's website describes it as a business strategy consulting and investment firm.
- An address listed for the company is located inside a high-rise apartment building near downtown Los Angeles.
- Another company name, PK2 Entertainment, is also linked to the Los Angeles address, and to Mark S. Ko.
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A search of state public records shows that Demeter Direct, Inc. is a California-based entity linked to a person named Mark S. Ko. Documents for the company $4. but $4 shows it as a business strategy, consulting, and investment firm. The website was no longer live as of this writing.
An address listed for Demeter Direct, Inc. is located inside a high-rise apartment building near downtown Los Angeles. Another company name, $4, is also linked to the Los Angeles address, and to Mark S. Ko.
The apartment is a two-bedroom, two-bath unit $4 for $420,000. Its current property value is $472,909, $4.
A company called Alkatek maintained Demeter Direct, Inc.'s and PK2 Entertainment's websites. $4 in July 2017: "A financial svc biz in #SoCal just signed up for our #DigitalMarketing services. Now that's how you handle #TROPICALSTORMDON! #MAGA."
It was not immediately clear who Mark S. Ko is, what his connection to Cohen, if any, might be, or what Demeter Direct Inc.'s or PK2 Entertainment's business actually entails - or what services Cohen may have paid for. The company's website archive shows Verizon, Sony, FedEx, and Union Bank of California as some of its clients.