Billionaire and top Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel is suspected of becoming an FBI informant as early as 2021

2023-10-20 10:52:12

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ChainCatcher news, according to Business Insider, in the summer of 2021, billionaire and top Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel began providing information to Johnathan Buma, an FBI agent based in Los Angeles who specializes in investigating political corruption and foreign influence operations, under the guise of "Confidential Human Source" (CHS).

Thiel's long-time partner Charles Johnson stated in a statement that he introduced Thiel to Buma, helping to recruit the billionaire as an FBI informant. A source familiar with Thiel's relationship with the FBI confirmed Johnson's account. Insider corroborated through another source that the FBI has added Thiel to its official registered informant roster.

In addition to being a billionaire, top Silicon Valley investor, major donor to Trump, and co-founder of Paypal, Thiel is also a supporter of cryptocurrency. According to cryptocurrency data platform RootData, Peter Thiel was also involved in founding the venture capital fund Valar Ventures, which has invested in several cryptocurrency companies, including the cryptocurrency exchange Bitpanda and the crypto lending platform Vauld.

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