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Even As Fraud Suit Was Imminent, Zayat Now Claims Global Firms Wanted to Invest Hundreds of Millions

Ahmed Zayat, the financially embattled Thoroughbred breeder and owner whose insolvent business dealings are currently being scrutinized in three intertwined legal cases, revealed in an otherwise routine bankruptcy court filing Tuesday that prior to being sued for alleged fraud and loan defaults last year, he had lined up at least two global investment partners purportedly willing to pump hundreds of millions of dollars into his failing racing and bloodstock operation. Most notably, Zayat claimed he had been tantalizingly close--just days away--from securing a $100 million "equity infusion" from an undisclosed...

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