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As reports and rumors continue to swirl around Dodgers owner Mark Walter amid his shocking sale of the Lakers this month and an ongoing federal investigation into potential improprieties in his business empire, the billionaire\u2019s holding company released a defiant statement on Wednesday defending its business practices, denying any wrongdoing and reiterating that the Dodgers are not for sale.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOver the past several weeks, multipronged attacks against TWG have been advanced by unnamed sources with self-serving interests that have been reported in the media,\u201d began the lengthy statement from TWG Global, the Walter-founded holding company of which many of his businesses, including his Guggenheim Partners investment firm, is a subsidary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important to set the record straight. TWG stands firmly behind the integrity of its business and remains focused on continuing to deliver value to its stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement, which was reported by BusinessWire, also added: \u201cDespite what has been reported, there has been no fraud.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speculation over Walter began earlier this summer, when reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal revealed a federal investigation was being conducted by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Securities and Exchange Commission into several insurance companies within his business portfolio.<\/p>\n

The probe, which was reportedly triggered by a whistleblower complaint, focused on loans given by those companies to other Walter-owned businesses, and whether they were properly disclosed to investors as so-called \u201caffiliated\u201d transactions.<\/p>\n

The Delaware Life Insurance Co. and Clear Spring Life and Annuity Co. both reportedly received grand jury subpoenas, while Walter had his cell phone and computer reportedly seized by FBI agents carrying out a search warrant aboard his private plane in Chicago.<\/p>\n

The story then exploded earlier this month when Walter stunningly sold the Lakers in a sudden $12.5 billion transaction, despite having owned the iconic NBA franchise for less than a year.<\/p>\n

That, coupled with other reports about Walter\u2019s plan to sell his stake in Chelsea Football Club, his efforts to raise capital by potentially pledging his Guggenheim ownership stake, and his apparent efforts to renegotiate the Dodgers\u2019 and Lakers\u2019 TV deals for a lump-sum payment, all were taken as signs publicly that the 66-year-old businessman was under duress \u2013\u2013 and that a potential sale of the Dodgers could be next.<\/p>\n

However, TWG\u2019s statement on Wednesday pushed back on that narrative, reiterating \u201cthere was no wrongdoing\u201d within Walter\u2019s companies and that \u201cTWG is not looking to sell its sports assets at \u2018fire sale\u2019 prices to raise capital for its insurance operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding the Dodgers, specifically, TWG said: \u201cTo be clear, the team is not being sold and no sale process has been initiated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As for the Lakers\u2019 pending sale, the statement cited the 25% appreciation of the franchise since Walter\u2019s $10 billion purchase last year as evidence it was \u201chardly a \u2018fire sale.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Walter and his partners continuously get interest from prospective buyers and co-investors in their sports assets and, as responsible owners and investors, they consider all legitimate offers when they are received,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, there has also been renewed attention paid to how Walter initially acquired the Dodgers through his Guggenheim Baseball Partners group for $2.5 billion back in 2012 \u2013\u2013 with questions raised about potentially improper funding methods between companies he owned at the time.<\/p>\n

However, TWG\u2019s statement was also declarative on that point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe allegation that the Los Angeles Dodgers were acquired or have been funded improperly is false and not supported by the facts,\u201d the company said, noting how the deal was subject to scrutiny from Major League Baseball as well as \u201ca full investigation conducted by an outside law firm on behalf of insurance regulators from multiple states, which identified no irregularities and resulted in no further action, effectively resolving the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

TWG also noted that the \u201cDodgers have the highest revenue in baseball, and it significantly exceeds the team\u2019s obligations to its players.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While it\u2019s still unclear how the federal investigation into Walter\u2019s business will play out, TWG said it is cooperating and \u201ccommitted to working with\u201d investigators to \u201cresolve their inquiries,\u201d and that a \u201cstraightforward plan to reduce affiliate exposure on the books of the insurance companies in an orderly, measured manner\u201d has been submitted to regulators.<\/p>\n

That plan includes a proposal from TWG to purchase the \u201caffiliated assets\u201d that have come under question amid the investigation from the insurance companies being probed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAffiliated transactions are common across the insurance industry, and suggestions that TWG is \u2018looting\u2019 insurers is defamatory and false,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no victim here,\u201d it added. \u201cNo one has been harmed, and no one has claimed they were harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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