Although Torshin was supposed to meet Trump at the Washington Hilton before the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 2, that meeting was abruptly cancelled after a White House national security aide discovered that Spain is conducting a criminal investigation into Torshin’s alleged ties with Russian organized crime, according to Yahoo News.

The White House also says that they had planned on canceling the meeting before being notified of Torshin’s potentially unsavory background, although they didn’t get around to telling Torshin until the night before the Prayer Breakfast. Although Spain has had trouble making progress because of what they claim is Russia’s lack of cooperation, the Trump administration still deemed it wise to avoid meeting with Torshin, even though Torshin is the top official in the Bank of Russia and a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.