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snot

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17. Let's understand:

Mon Apr 11, 2016, 03:04 AM

Apr 2016

few U.S. persons/entities will be implicated, bec. they've already co-opted U.S. law. They don't have to incorporate in off-shore havens; they can avoid disclosure by incorporating in the U.S.

Pls correct me if I'm wrong . . . but most if not all U.S. states require no more than the name of an "incorporator" and a "registered agent," both of which can be hired virtually instantly.

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