LOS ANGELES — A glamorous, jet-setting Miami hedge funder recognized for her Instagram selfies has been banned from US soil for 5 years — after she admitted to immigration officers that she had been working within the nation illegally, The Put up has discovered.
Jasmina Midzic — listed as a managing director at Typhon Capital Administration with a behavior of posting images of herself wearing expensive outfits and skimpy bikinis in unique locales — was placed on a airplane again to London from Los Angeles this previous Sunday, sources near the case advised The Put up.
That was after the 36-year-old Croatian nationwide, who holds British everlasting residency, made a botched try final Saturday to attend the Milken Institute World Convention, an LA summit for the monetary elite whose visitors included Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Elon Musk and Jill Biden.
Midzic’s now-private Instagram account — which she used final Halloween to indicate off a provocative nurse’s costume paired with pink lingerie — lists her official residences as London and New York.
Over the weekend, she confessed to authorities that she had been illicitly working in her $13,000-a-month job for her Miami Seashore-based agency on a customer visa, a number of senior officers mentioned.
A supply near the Balkan magnificence mentioned she was again in Britain on Monday. Late Wednesday, she posted a pouty-lipped Instagram selfie from London’s swanky Mayfair district, dressed down in a baseball cap and sports activities jersey.
“It ain’t about how hard you get hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward,” she wrote within the put up.
Contacted by The Put up on Friday, the investor relations specialist denied any wrongdoing in an emotional interview.
“My friends are judges and prosecutors in the US, I would not break the law,” she sobbed over the telephone. “This is horribly violating my rights on so many levels.”
Midzic mentioned she was detained at LAX for 26 hours earlier than being flown again to London Heathrow Airport.
“They didn’t listen because I am a white European and I work for a hedge fund,” she claimed. “They got very offended that I don’t want American citizenship.”
Midzic additionally held a administration position at Typhon’s sister agency, JurisTrade, a litigation finance agency that specializes “in connecting law firms, claim owners, and investors.”
James Koutoulas, the founding father of each companies, additionally hit again on the accusations, saying that his senior govt “did not break any immigration laws.”
“If they want to smear her, then I will see them in court,” mentioned Koutoulas, whose Typhon agency drew SEC scrutiny after launching the anti-Biden “Let’s Go Brandon” coin.
However Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary on the Division of Homeland Safety, advised The Put up that officers booted Midzic as a result of she “had violated the terms of her admission under her B1/B2 visa.”
“Immigration laws must be followed — those seeking to work in the United States must do so through legal and lawful means or face the consequences,” McLaughlin mentioned.
US authorities sources, talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned officers turned suspicious about Midzic’s frequent journeys to the US and pulled her apart for questioning after she landed at LAX on Saturday.
The officers mentioned the match financier then confessed that she had not advised the reality when she had arrived within the US on her common jaunts to this facet of the Atlantic, and she or he couldn’t present proof of her proper to work on this nation throughout her fiery exchanges with CBP workers.
“This visa is for enjoying our beautiful country. It’s for visiting Hollywood or Disneyland,” a senior supply near the case mentioned. “She admitted that she was working. Immigration law applies to everyone, whether you are a construction worker or a hedge fund manager.”
Midzic “applied for an L1 visa in 2023, but it was denied.” an insider added. “She stated that she was engaged in unauthorized employment for Typhon Management since 2021 and JurisTrade since 2024.”
The Put up has not been in a position to confirm which airline she used to journey to LA. CBP rules state that these denied entry have to be returned on the following out there seat on the service they used to reach.
“She lied, and this will hurt her reputation forever,” mentioned one high-level supply, who was not licensed to talk to the media. “It’s a self-inflicted wound.”
All feedback made by anybody going by means of a US immigration verify are made beneath oath, that are also referred to as sworn statements.
“She was on a retainer for both companies to the amount of $13,000 a month,” the supply near the case mentioned. “She was coming to the US to raise capital and meet clients for both companies in her role as a managing director.”
Officers advised The Put up that solely a federal choose can subject a proper deportation order, however CBP officers have the authorized energy to refuse entry to a overseas nationwide “knocking at the door” of america.
Anybody hit with “a denial of entry order” can attraction at a US embassy overseas if they supply ample proof that the diktat was unfair and wrongly issued.
Social media posts present that Midzic has been a daily on the annual Milken convention on the Beverly Hilton, having posed with Jefferies CEO Wealthy Handler on the discussion board in 2023.
Elsewhere, she is seen frolicking with pals on the luxurious Swiss ski resort of St Moritz, and three weeks in the past she landed VIP grandstands seats alongside for the Bahrain Method 1 Grand Prix. One other string of movies from London entitled “Home?” reveals her at personal members membership 5 Hertford Avenue.
Sources near Midzic claimed that she even deliberate to leverage her contacts contained in the Trump administration to try to get the five-year ban overturned.
Hotshot New York immigration lawyer Michael Wildes, who represented First Girl Melania Trump and her household, warned overseas nationals that CBP officers are appearing with “bravado” after the election of President Donald Trump as they crack down on attainable unlawful entries.
“The frequency of visits is what raised an eyebrow. This was a very easy clip,” Wildes advised The Put up. “The government will have very little appetite to accommodate her for more sophisticated visas.”
The star lawyer, whose father represented Beatles frontman John Lennon, added: “They most likely nailed her on her personal admissions, or she had emails or supplies on her person who confirmed she was brazen about her standing.
“Had she had the judgment to get good counsel, she would have avoided this fiasco.”
An SEC submitting reveals Midzic additionally loved a spell on the Swiss crypto agency Seba Financial institution, now generally known as Amina, as the corporate’s director of consumer administration within the tiny, low-tax canton of Zug, a hotspot for Europe’s uber-rich.
She additionally had stints in investor relations in London with Taylor Rafferty and ZPX Enterprise Capital, the April 15 submitting states.
Typhon Capital Administration describes itself as a “multi-strategy hedge fund” that was based in 2008 by CEO Koutoulas, a former commodities dealer and lawyer.
The Gary Gensler-led SEC beneath the earlier administration mentioned final 12 months that it was “investigating whether Koutoulas or entities he controlled violated the federal securities law” within the launch of the Let’s Go Brandon coin. The probe has since been closed.
