Things Unravel

During the few days immediately following his being confronted, Troost sent emails and had calls where he wrote and said a series of things that Srivastava understands now were an effort to create an alternative narrative which would absolve Troost of any wrongdoing. It was a rapid cover-up and the origin of the disinformation campaign he and his associates have waged against Srivastava ever since. It is not insignificant that right at this moment, Troost received a letter from Switzerland’s Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the Swiss sanctions authority, asking about his business activities, only exacerbating the pressure he felt.

In early May 2023, Troost summarily revoked Srivastava’s 50% ownership of Paramount Energy & Commodities SA and Harvest Commmodities SA and removed Srivastava’s holding company from the share register in Switzerland. The same day, Troost fired Baker Hostetler. Srivastava immediately filed civil and criminal complaints in the US, Switzerland and the UAE and these actions are still ongoing.

Thus began an aggressive, scortched-earth disinformation campaign against Srivastava, offering an implausible cover up for these sanctionable actions.