In the fall of 2015, bankers registered a deposit called "Russian Cultural Center in New York" deposits. This kind of asset was not found in the public records, but the banking records are addressed in New York at 9 East 91th Street, the same address as the Russian Consulate. The phone number listed in the banking records was cut. Bankers noted that the cash deposits are "structured", meaning that they are divided into small amounts designed to remain under the $ 10,000 daily threshold to trigger an alert to the authorities. For example, after a single lunch, someone made an ATM deposit of $ 5,000, $ 4,400, and $ 600 for "Russian Cultural Center in New York" account.

Bank employees also gave alarms about payments made by a home improvement contractor. They say their companies do not have the executive capacity of large construction projects like the embassy.

The Bankers Treasury Department reported that the financial crime unit had made about 600 payments to the companies of this contractor at the Russian Embassy. Bankers have found that these transactions do not seem to be linked to the presidential campaign, but they suspect other reasons. For example, a company controlled by the contractor received a large number of checks at the Russian Embassy totaling $ 320,000; then the state made money in quantities below the level of warning to observers.