This Facebook screen shot provided by The Campaign Legal Center shows, from left, Donald Trump Jr., Tommy Hicks Jr., Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, posted on May 21, 2018. Parnas and Fruman were arrested on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, on campaign finance violations resulting from a donation to a political action committee supporting President Donald Trump's reelection. (The Campaign Legal Center via AP)

Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas, the two Rudy Giuliani associates arrested on a campaign finance indictment, have a history of South Florida litigation, including a settlement on a claim that their Global Energy Producers LLC didn't repay a $100,000 loan.

The indictment said Global Energy Producers was used to funnel a foreign donor's money into U.S. election campaigns and a political action committee that backs President Donald Trump.

Fruman, born in Belarus, and Lev Parnas, born in Ukraine, were arrested Wednesday at Dulles International Airport with one-way tickets for an international flight.

Two co-defendants also were charged. Andrey Kukushkin was arrested Wednesday in San Francisco, and David Correia remains at large. Correia and Parnas have corporate connections with a Boca Raton address.

A lawsuit filed in March claims Fruman, Parnas and Correia induced Felix Vulis of Miami to lend $100,000 to Global Energy to help them make the company the biggest U.S. exporter of liquid natural gas.

Vulis alleged in Miami-Dade Circuit Court that Fruman, Parnas and Correia boasted they had close relationships with heavy hitters as a result of their contribution of over $400,000 to the pro-Trump America First Action PAC and to Friends of Ron DeSantis, who was elected Florida's governor last year.

The trio allegedly told Vulis that they had "close relationships" with Giuliani, Nick Ayers, Harry Sargeant, Robert Pereira and Brian Bollard, according to the complaint.

Ayers is vice president Mike Pence's former chief of staff, and Sargeant is an energy, oil and shipping tycoon based in Gulfstream.

Sargeant's attorney, Foley & Lardner partner Christopher Kise in Tallahassee, in a statement earlier this month said Sargeant attended an informal dinner where Fruman, Parnas and others were present during a March energy industry trade conference in Houston. But Kise said Sargeant didn't discuss entering any venture in Ukraine, has no ties to the country and provided only broad industry expertise at the dinner.

Vulis' complaint provided no insight on who are Pereira and Bollard. Bollard might be a reference to Brian Ballard, a Florida lobbyist whom Politico called Trump's lobbyist in Tallahassee.

Vulis sued after the loan wasn't repaid on time. The case was settled confidentially in August.

Greenspoon Marder partner Chris Draper in West Palm Beach, who represented Global Energy, Fruman, Parnas and Correia in the lawsuit, argued in motions to dismiss that the loan was made to Parnas and Fruman and not the limited liability company. Draper didn't return a request for comment by deadline.

In 2015, 7700 Congress Ltd., which is tied to Boca Raton-based commercial real estate manager Danburg Management Corp., sued Parnas, Correia and their Strategic Global Assets LLC, claiming they owed over $27,000 rent at The Preserve at 7700 Congress office complex.

Palm Beach Circuit Court Judge Jessica Ticktin in July 2015 entered a default judgment in 2015 for the landlord, saying Parnas, Correia and Strategic Global Assets must pay the requested amount minus $4,500 already paid.

Parnas and Correia weren't always defendants in civil cases. In 2017, they filed a fraud complaint in Palm Beach Circuit Court against Hudson Holdings LLC, Andrew Greenbaum, Steven Michael, Mark Adrian and Ariel Berdugo as defendants.

Parnas and Correia claimed they were retained to work on marketing and fundraising on behalf of Hudson Opportunity Fund 1 LLC for property acquisition and various projects, and raised $200,000 for Hudson Opportunity but the money was misspent.

WHERE THEY LIVED?

Fruman owns two units in high-end Sunny Isles Beach condominium towers and has ties to another condo unit in Bal Harbour.

Fruman owns a 31st-floor unit in the 32-story luxury Ocean III condominium tower and co-owns a unit at the nearby Winston Tower 300, according to the Miami-Dade County property records.

Fruman bought the 3,945-square-foot, four-bedroom Ocean III unit shortly after the tower was completed in 2003 for $1.55 million, according to the property appraiser's office.

He co-owns a 1,525-square-foot, two-bedroom Winston Tower unit with Steven Fruman. The relationship between the two Frumans wasn't immediately clear, although The Daily Beast in July reported they likely are brothers.

The unit in the building completed in 1973 was purchased in 2006 for $210,000, according to the appraiser's office.

A third condo unit on the 15th floor of the 26-story One Bal Harbour is owned by Seafront Properties LLC, which lists Fruman as its registered agent in state corporate records. Steven Fruman is Seafront's manager. Seafront paid $2.35 million for the unit in 2007 when One Bal Harbour was completed.

Parnas lived in Boca Raton and nearby communities and has been sued for eviction.

In February 2018, landlord Ediciones Legales Edle SA Cor sued Parnas and his wife, Svetlana Parnas, for eviction for nonpayment of the $5,500 monthly rent at 21842 Cypress Palm Court in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County records show.

Palm Beach Circuit Judge Marni Bryson last October dismissed the lawsuit without prejudice, saying Ediciones Legales Edle didn't comply with a previous court order to serve the Parnases or show good cause why the Parnases hadn't been served.

Jerry and Nina Fernandez sought to evict the Parnases in November 2014 for nonpayment of rent at a 9,942-square-foot, five-bedroom Boca Raton home they leased at 2346 NW 59th St. A clerk's default was issued the next month against the Parnases for failing to respond. Shortly after, a judge sided with the plaintiffs and ordered the Parnases out of the property.