Dutch Spies Reportedly Hacked Kushner’s iPhone and Tracked $750 Million Transfer

Dutch intelligence reportedly compromised Jared Kushner’s iPhone X in late 2017 after turning a Russian GRU-linked hacker, according to Matthew Cole’s book excerpt published in Vanity Fair. The operatives obtained screenshots from Kushner’s phone and later monitored his screen activity without audio in early 2018.

The surveillance reportedly coincided with Kushner’s use of a personal cell phone and private email for official government business while lacking a permanent security clearance. Dutch officers said they identified him logging into a Dubai-based bank account that had received around $750 million.

“Dutch intelligence officers were able to monitor activity on his phone screen in early 2018.”

Cole’s account identifies the Alpha account as belonging to the Watani Al Emarat Foundation, a UAE-based and government-funded organization, held at First Abu Dhabi Bank. That bank is chaired by the brother of UAE leader Mohamed bin Zayed.

JAMnews reported that the transfers allegedly passed through an unnamed Azerbaijani bank and that no evidence has emerged showing the money belonged to the Azerbaijani state or that Azerbaijani authorities arranged the transactions. The investigation also mentions roughly $1 billion allegedly transferred to Israel through Azerbaijan.

The author links these financial flows to unofficial diplomatic negotiations involving the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Israel. Kushner served as a top envoy and senior adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term.

No official response from Kushner, the UAE or Azerbaijani authorities is included in the published excerpts.