Adil Öksüz, considered a mastermind of the Gülen Movement-led coup attempt, created a shell company in the U.S. in 2010 to donate to a political action committee that supports Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, a report published in USA Today revealed Tuesday.

Öksüz, an assistant professor at Sakarya University, was detained at the Akıncı Air Base, the location where the coup planners held their command center, and where Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar and force commanders were held hostage during the July 15 coup attempt. He was later released in a suspicious court ruling.

USA Today reported that Öksüz registered a company called Harmony Enterprises in New Jersey in 2010, according to state corporate records, and made only one donation on June 27, 2014, to the Ready for Hillary PAC, a so-called super PAC, or political action committee. A super PAC is a new kind of political-action committee, allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, individuals and associations, and which seeks to influence the outcome of state and federal elections.

Meanwhile, Gülenists operate a large network of schools in the state of Texas under the "Harmony" brand, along with dozens of schools in other US states.

USA Today reached out to the Clinton campaign to ask questions about the donations, but did not receive a response.

The Harmony Enterprises website suggests that it is a paper manufacturing business, but the address listed on corporate records is a used car lot on a highway in Lodi, New Jersey. Harmony's phone number is disconnected.

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