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Blue_true

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30. Very, very difficult to do that without leaving footprints. Even if the laundering is done offshore.

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Sun Jul 14, 2019, 04:51 PM

Jul 2019

Another point is that criminals would not want to see their launderer living as large as them.

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Or money laundering JDC Jul 2019 #1

Conceivable but difficult DFW Jul 2019 #2

Perhaps he doesn't have billions. JDC Jul 2019 #3

That could well be. DFW Jul 2019 #6

I'd say you are right. They wouldn't need Epstein JDC Jul 2019 #7

This is another reason we need a VAT in the US. Only 1 candidate supports it oldsoftie Jul 2019 #16

I don't support a national VAT in the USA either. DFW Jul 2019 #24

In that case, nothing will change here either. There's never enough money for government. oldsoftie Jul 2019 #25

Though I agree that merely taxing the rich" is just another gesture DFW Jul 2019 #44

You just turned a light on in my head. Blue_true Jul 2019 #31

Oh, they always pay their taxes DFW Jul 2019 #43

Do you remember when the US Treasury first set the $10,000 cash transaction limit? Blue_true Jul 2019 #46

And that was over 30 years ago DFW Jul 2019 #47

Wow. Your raised some scary stuff. Essentially, if it wants to, the government can trim people's Blue_true Jul 2019 #53

It CAN happen here DFW Jul 2019 #54

Then my question is... paleotn Jul 2019 #21

One guy pointed out how. Blue_true Jul 2019 #33

iirc, Epstein is known to be very friendly with Lars39 Jul 2019 #45

Very, very difficult to do that without leaving footprints. Even if the laundering is done offshore. Blue_true Jul 2019 #30

When you mange BIG money like super wealthily people, public pension funds, foundations etc... nycbos Jul 2019 #4

Blackmail ring? TruckFump Jul 2019 #5

Kick dalton99a Jul 2019 #8

And that trove of information needs to be dissected. Name the names. I'm sick of this shit. oldsoftie Jul 2019 #17

If hedge fund managers think you're shady Bettie Jul 2019 #9

A vertical blackmail operation. Provide secret access to fast turnover of young females NCjack Jul 2019 #10

Bernie madoff? UpInArms Jul 2019 #11

Well, it seems to me 2naSalit Jul 2019 #12

Seems like it could also get a bullet to your head. oldsoftie Jul 2019 #18

Not unless he devised a way Mme. Defarge Jul 2019 #29

I don't care how much money or power a person has, he or she can't check every claim. Blue_true Jul 2019 #34

If I was a blackmailed billionaire pedophile I would have had Epstein killed right after the first TeamPooka Jul 2019 #48

Thats why i wonder about the blackmail issue. oldsoftie Jul 2019 #51

of course good blackmailers have back-ups for protection etc TeamPooka Jul 2019 #52

that's a possibility too...nt 2naSalit Jul 2019 #55

Oh, I think there's much more to Epstein than we know. MineralMan Jul 2019 #13

Until Trump, I would have thought that what you just claimed was not possible. Blue_true Jul 2019 #35

Epstein was an asset crazytown Jul 2019 #14

this is a really important article. Thanks for posting. n/t MBS Jul 2019 #15

The post-sex debriefing of the young girls looking for details Greybnk48 Jul 2019 #19

Since Epstein owned the places that the young girls met the men at, Blue_true Jul 2019 #36

An advanced blackmail ring..... paleotn Jul 2019 #20

If there are enough powerful men caught up in his web, Blue_true Jul 2019 #37

Interesting.. kentuck Jul 2019 #22

It has happened since the advent of pictures. nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #38

I don't buy the S&P 500 or Treasuries theories jmowreader Jul 2019 #23

Could be. Blue_true Jul 2019 #39

I read somewhere the FBI recovered DVD's with names on them. onecaliberal Jul 2019 #26

THat's One Possiblility I Thought Of Me. Jul 2019 #27

Criminals typically don't like their money launderers living large on their dime. Blue_true Jul 2019 #41

I have heard others bring up this theory, as well. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #28

Unrolled Twitter thread I stumbled across canetoad Jul 2019 #32

Blackmail makes the most sense to me DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #40

DFT knows the best child molesters RainCaster Jul 2019 #42

He had no traders in his "fund". Recursion Jul 2019 #49

Kick ck4829 Jul 2019 #50