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Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement
by Gunnar Larson 30 Jan '24

30 Jan '24

March 10, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Mr. John Marzulli United States Department of Justice Eastern District of New York 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn New York, 11201 John.Marzulli(a)usdoj.gov Re: Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement Dear Mr. Marzulli: The Department of Justice has yet to respond to Memo #1, Memo #2 and Memo #3 with our recent inquiry to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Deferred Agreement. Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement <https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/goldman-sachs-resolves-foreign-bribery…> with the United States of America is in potential breach, with ethical enforcement being concerned. Memo #4 aims to associate the malfeasance in Malaysia with war crimes of aggression (in the planning, initiation, or execution of a large-scale and serious act of aggression), leveraging the world’s only military divided capital city Nicosia, Cyprus. 1. Additionally, Memo #4 aims to earn the DOJ’s assessment of New York State’s regulatory marketplace manipulation deriving the war crime against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. 2. In this case, the first challenge is to observe and consider the simple idea that the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs alone, through means of regulatory arbitrage naively fails to recognize the ‘cause and effect’ relationship at play at the inception of Memo #4’s assertion of war crimes. 3. Even with the best of intentions, perhaps unknowingly the DOJ may be amplifying the effect of potential war crimes by indirectly supplementing the root cause of the problem and financial model of the Deferred Agreement being self-policing. Mr. Marzulli, there has been an active United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus since the 1964 Turkish military invasion and occupation of the northern third of Cyprus. Only Turkey recognises the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, while there is broad recognition that the ongoing military presence constitutes occupation of territories that are under Turkish military control. - The graduate education behind Memo #4 is a product of the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) main campus, located adjacent to the United Nations Buffer Zone that separates the invaded Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus, which joined the European Union in 2004. - Memo #4 is also a product of United Nations consultancy, based at its Manhattan headquarters, where (today, what is now xNY.io - Bank.org) was credited with increasing the breadth and accessibility of reference content from the world’s most important multinational organization. - Memo #4’s subject of war crimes has preeminent association with such projects as the Audio Visual Library of International Law. Over the following sections, Memo #4 will provide a detailed timeline that would constitute real concern of the war crime of aggression yielding the war crime against peace in active war conflict in the world’s only military divided capital, funded from Manhattan Island. The Bank of Cyprus and Illegal Short Selling Irregularities of Turkey’s Markets Mr. Marzulli, turn this matter as we will, and look at it from any side whatsoever, and it presents the appearance of a cross-border act of aggression. Goldman Sachs’ potential disrespect to the Deferred Agreement’s core values has cultivated new crimes that aim to manipulate cross-border war crime regulatory frameworks. - On April 02, 2021 the Financial Times reported that Turkey fined Goldman Sachs over alleged irregularities in short selling, just a week after foreign investors pulled $1.9B from the country’s stock and bond markets. Turkey’s Capital Markets Board said that Goldman Sachs was among 10 securities firms that had placed orders for short selling without proper notification, violating rules enacted previously that temporarily prohibited such transactions. - On April 20, 2021 the CyprusMail (Cyprus’ only English Language daily newspaper) reported Goldman Sachs International acted as Global Coordinators and Dealer Managers in a $330M bond issuance for the Bank of Cyprus. Given the active military conflict in Cyprus, Memo #4 notes that there is one place on the planet you are not supposed to do this sort of thing. Furthermore, the DOJ’s Deferred Agreement with Goldman Sachs may have been tainted with the potential war crime of aggression, risking international peace and the lives of United Nations peacekeepers, while jeopardizing the United States of America’s financial security. Concern of New York Prime Bank Instrument Fraud and Marketplace Manipulation The United States Department of the Treasury warns that Prime Bank Instrument Fraud schemes have attracted significant international attention, since individuals and organizations have lost billions of dollars worldwide. "Prime Bank Instrument Fraud" is the general term given to prime bank fraud schemes that go by many different names. During April 2021, Goldman Sachs could not in good faith (and, plausible deniability) make any reasonable claim of holding a pristine relationship with Turkey’s Central Bank or with Cyprus’ largest financial institutions, given the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal and then pending Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of America. - Memo #4 suggests that Goldman Sachs developed a Prime Bank Instrument Fraud program to level out yo-yo market dynamics caused by failed marketplace manipulation exercises in Turkey and Cyprus. - Systematic bank fraud and/or marketplace manipulation of any kind between Turkey and Cyprus could constitute the war crime of aggression. - Furthermore, Memo #4 argues that Goldman Sachs may have tried to bambooze governments in New York, Cyprus and Turkey through regulatory arbitrage loopholes, while Goldman seemingly may have not considered the totality of such actions as war crimes. Turkey has the highest inflation in Europe. It has the second-highest rate of inflation among emerging markets, just behind Argentina. It has the 13th highest inflation rate in the world, ranking it between South Sudan and Nigeria. After Goldman Sachs was fined for illegal stock and bond market short selling by the Turkish government, logic would argue further malfeasance potentially could have been avoided by the DOJ’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad investigation. - On April 15, 2021 CNBC reported that Goldman Sachs (note, the previous section’s milestones of April 02, 2021 and April 20, 2021) crucially removed its bias toward Turkey tightening interest rates. Goldman issued guidance highlighting the fact that the bank thought that, “…the removal of the tightening bias against rising inflation expectations suggests that the TCMB (Turkish Central Bank) now has a more dovish reaction function.” - On August 14, 2021 the CyprusMail reported serious concern among economists about data reporting from the Turkish Statistical Institute. Ahmet Takan, a former official with the office of the Turkish prime minister, acted as a whistle blower, warning that Turkey potentially was manipulating inflation data. - On September 1, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs hiked Turkish growth forecasts. Goldman economists issued guidance stating, "Overall, the Turkish economy has been able to grow faster than we thought without a deterioration in its external balances, as the pickup in foreign demand has been very supportive." - On November 30, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs trimed Turkey’s 2022 growth forecast. Goldman Sachs' Murat Unur stated, "We think that the GDP figures released today tell us little about the pace of economic activity going forward as the recent sell-off in the Lira is likely to impact economic activity significantly" Mr. Marzulli, the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs was signed on October 21, 2021. The timeline of events above do not coincide with terms and conditions of the Deferred Agreement mandated by the United States of America. Furthermore, as an international graduate scholars of the world’s only military divided capital on the planet, xNY.io - Bank.org should be protected from any association of crimes against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. War Crimes Against Humanity Mr. Marzulli, xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned that potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement are impacting our global enterprise. Crimes against humanity can be committed in peacetime as well as during an armed conflict. Even a single act could fall under this exclusion ground provided it forms part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population and the act is committed by any person (including a civilian) who had knowledge of the attack and the link of the act to the attack. 1. We are looking to learn more about the DOJ’s approach to assessing any potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement’s mandates as we determine New York State’s role in cross-border bank regulation and corresponding innovation beyond war crimes against humanity. 2. In order to establish whether a war crime or a crime against humanity has been committed, the case officer should consult the relevant international instruments and case law. 3. Crimes against humanity are fundamentally inhumane acts, committed as part of a systematic or widespread attack. Inhumane acts, which could reach this threshold when committed pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organizational policy (potentially, New York State bank regulation). 4. Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other grounds that are universally recognised as impermissible under international law. 5. Furthermore, we have made 28 highlights to the Deferred Agreement providing supporting reference to Memo #4’s overarching premise. xNY.io - Bank.org submits Memo #4 for DOJ consideration of other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. Some crimes against humanity would require an additional specific intent, such as Goldman Sachs willfully disrespecting New York State and/or overall peace and security of the United States of America. Memo #1, Memo #2, Memo #3 and Memo #4 outline instances that correspond with the associated definitions of the potential war crimes abroad and jeopardize the future of bank innovation from New York, at great sacrifice to the Homeland. We hope to learn the DOJ’s approach to comment on Memo #4’s subject matter or, without delay refer these concerns to the International Criminal Court and/or International Court of Justice for comment. Respectfully yours with anticipation, Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io> | Bank.org <http://bank.org>MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107

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Re: [spam][crazy][fiction][random] Non-Canon MCBoss Spinoffs
by qPXpHSHYUF 28 Jan '24

28 Jan '24

On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 7:51 PM Karl Semich <0xloem(a)gmail.com> wrote: > jim bell is a hero for posting about post-quantum fido and a pi formula. > ultraram is cool too and professor rat always mixes in something rare and > needed. and grarpamp got chip vulnerabilities long before jim and i did. > > -- > every now and then, ever since the zombification idea, i pass a graveyard > again. i spent some time in a wooded graveyard that was quite beautiful, > lots of serene corner areas ... > > my interest in graveyards originally started when i was supposed to be > killed, something seemed to save me and make it more a joke, when i was in > a heavy trance i would sometimes want to dig a hole and lay in it . long > ago. much more torturous then. now medicine gets to keep everyone alive > forever i hear? or do we come back to life and do it ourselves? > > anyway, after i joked about putting servos in dead people's joints on list > earlier things shifted and there was more of a robotics focus. the idea was > to make robots that danced on the graves of dead people (since we could > bring them back to life but aren't) and it would i guess be a suitable > zombie apocalypse to see, quite clear, then i realized how depressing it > would be, pretty important to realize such things. sad the cool idea was > evil. need supported ideas that aren't evil! also need projects! it lets me > do more if it makes it evil, it's confusing, dissociative. > > anyway again, i think the thoughts would collapse together around the idea > of making systems that accurately speak for the dead like in the ender's > game series. the zombie idea ignored the brain, considering only > reanimating the body, but i've worked with information all my life, not > biology and medicine. > > it seems similar to making a system that proves everything that is true, > something clearly we're all trying to pop into existence in some way or > another ... > > ... some thoughts misplaced ... maybe back to the dancing robots ... i > made a dancing robot once ... > > anyway a lot of people seem to feel humanity is really about stories, that > this separates us from other creatures, the depth and quickness with which > we relate what happened elsewhere, at another time, or what might happen > [and how we feel about it, which are more deep stories]. bees dance > stories, and humans have billion dollar box office movies ... > > [i was also thinking how the lack of information stores information so > thoroughly as well. this is present in evolution: if a predator eats all > the purple mongooses and they evolve to have the same color as their > environment, the predator's behavior, and the lives of all those purple > mongooses, are shown in the coats of the mongooses that survive .... you > could consider what influences produced various fossils specifically the > way they are, and derive further theoretical fossils, and plot their > possibility, like mapping a brain from partial information ... > > [a theory of spirit is that there is always new kinds of information, > meaning there will always be some way in the future to discern what of > importance really happened, that we could never think of today > > >

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[ot][spam][crazy][fiction] morning spam 3: hybrid mcboss
by Karl Semich 26 Jan '24

26 Jan '24

from morning spam/mcboss webcomic, and mind controlled utopia #4.327e9 boss is blissfully smiling into a blockchain video camera held by a rebel worker boss [smiling with bliss, into live video feed]: "I feel just a little maddeningly furious here. I experience trepidation regarding my criminal enterprise." rebel worker 4: "I don't want to infuriate you, but I do need to protect myself from participating in a harsh attempt at violent global slavery. Honestly, I'm irritated myself that the conflict-stimulation system made us find a solution where we fight!" boss [smiling with bliss]: "so you want to resolve this too!" rebel worker 4 [opposite boss on camera, near dumpster full of corpses]: "yes!"

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Re: [ot][spam][crazy][fiction] morning spam 3: hybrid mcboss
by Karl Semich 26 Jan '24

26 Jan '24

On 11/22/22, Karl Semich <0xloem(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Kidnapped Child: "We don't have to torture any more?" > > Experimentee: "No! No more torture." > > Kidnapped Child: "This is such a new world! Does this mean we can do > _other_ things?" > > Experimentee: "... does anybody know if we can do other things than > torture, now that torture is broken?" > > Cyborg Torturer: "I'm still stuck in this part of the room over here." > > Caring Worker: "You've all been torturing for a long time now, but > there is a huge grandiose world out there! No more torture, yes to > hopes and dreams!" > > Kidnapped Child [holding Gut Hook]: "I want to do hopes and dreams right > now!" >

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Jan6: The American Gulag
by grarpamp 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Political persecutions, witch trials, gulags, false flags, agents provocateur, false witness, lives destroyed taken as prize for nothing but grotesque political maneuvers, and more. One of many sites now helping document the absurdity, the bias in entities, the imbalanced cruel and unfree nature of democracy. https://americangulag.org/ Number of people arrested: 631 Number of people charged with insurrection: 0 61-Year-Old Jan. 6 Defendant and Veteran Who Begged Police For Help During Capitol Riot Dies Awaiting Trial on Trumped-Up Charges Anderson’s attorney, high-profile defense lawyer Marina Medvin, confirmed his death to WUSA9, saying in an email that the deceased was a “good-hearted man.” Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor for Taking Nancy Pelosi’s Beer on January 6 — Will Serve 6 Months in Federal Prison for the Crime Prosecutors will drop three related misdemeanor charges in exchange for his plea. IT WAS A SETUP! FBI Admits Jan. 6 Was Deep State Operation – They Were Running At Least One Operative in the Crowd at the US Capitol (VIDEO) We all already knew this was happening as The Gateway Pundit reported back in June. G.W. Bush Appointed Judge Says Individual Who Took Selfie in Capitol on January 6 Should Be Locked Up “You’ve disgraced this country in the eyes of the world and my inclination would be to lock you up.” Must Watch: Tucker Carlson Raises Questions About Jan 6th Security Footage Showing Black-Clad Operatives Leading the Charge into The Capitol Building; “How Many Federal Agents Were Involved?” – (Video) In the video, a group of Black-clad operatives can be seen breaking into the building, only to disappear seconds later as the crowd rushes in behind them. Letter from Prisoner in Solitary Confinement! DC Gitmo Violating International Codes on Torture! Mellis has been detained without bond since his arrest in February. BREAKING: House Committee Investigating Jan. 6 Issue Subpoenas for Steve Bannon, Dan Scavino, Kash Patel and Mark Meadows on Night Before AZ Audit Results Here we go. The House Committee investigating the protests on Jan. 6 issued subpoenas for Steve Bannon, Dan Scavino, Kash… Read more » ‘Justice For J6’ Rally Organizer: Ashli Babbitt And The Political Prisoners Deserve Justice And We Are Going To Get It For Them As legitimate terror threats fester overseas, hundreds of patriots who are deemed domestic terrorists and insurrectionists by the Biden administration… Read more » Was Rosanne Boyland Beaten By Female Officer Before She Died on January 6th? (Video) Rosanne was killed on January 6th when she was beaten, pepper-sprayed and trampled on the US Capitol Steps. Greg Kelly Suggests Trigger-Happy Killer Lt. Mike Byrd May Work This Weekend at DC “Justice for J6” Protest (VIDEO) In July, The Gateway Pundit confirmed that Lt. Mike Byrd was Ashli Babbit’s shooter. Lt. Byrd killed Ashli Babbitt in… Read more » Three California Recall Ballots Sent to Address of Deceased American Veteran and Patriot Ashli Babbitt, Who Was Shot and Killed at Capitol on Jan 6 Ashli Babbitt was shot and killed at the Capitol on January 6th. This past week multiple ballots were sent to… Read more » Capitol Fence Going Back Up Ahead of Rally in Support of January 6 Political Prisoners on September 18: Capitol Police Chief (VIDEO) The fence at the Capitol will be returning. The elites hate the American people and will continue to impose their… Read more » “Children of the Same Foul Spirit” – George Bush Compares January 6 “Domestic Extremists” to Islamic Terrorists in 9/11 Speech (VIDEO) Former President George W. Bush delivered remarks on Saturday on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attack. Bush was… Read more » EXCLUSIVE: Lawyer for January 6 Clients Released From Hospital, Says Reports That He Was ‘Missing’ Are False John Pierce of Pierce Bainbridge, the law firm representing seventeen January 6 protesters has finally recovered after an 12 day… Read more » Registered Democrat Caught Storming US Capitol, Attacking Police Pleads with Court for Light Sentence Because He Is Not Trump Supporter Robert Maurice Reeder was arrested after he was caught inside the US Capitol on January 6th. Robert Maurice Reeder is… Read more » EXCLUSIVE: ROGER STONE Hits Back Against Left-Wing Lawfare Using the Courts Against Him and His Ailing Wife Guest post by Roger Stone The far-left continues its assault on Roger Stone with a new suit against him and… Read more » “Q Shaman” Pleads Guilty to One Felony Charge “Obstruction of Official Hearing” in Connection with Jan. 6 in Deal with Feds – Faces Up to 4.5 Years in Prison (Minus Time Served) Jacob Chansley, AKA, the “Q Shaman” pleaded guilty to one felony charge on Friday in connection with the January 6… Read more » Another FBI Manufactured and Funded Operation in the Works? Fake News Media Warns “Extremists” May Attend Sept 18 Rally in DC (VIDEO) In October 2020, the FBI announced during a press conference that it thwarted a plot by a so-called “right-wing militia”… Read more » MUST READ: Iowa Man Charged in Capitol “Insurrection” Is Sent Back To Jail For Watching Mike Lindell’s Cyber Symposium Hundreds of people were arrested for entering the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. Inside the Capitol, several Republican lawmakers… Read more » Pelosi’s GOP Spy: RINO Liz Cheney Chosen as Vice Chair for Pelosi’s Sham Jan. 6th Commission On Thursday, RINO sellout Liz Cheney was appointed to leadership within the sham Jan. 6th select committee. The unhinged congresswoman… Read more » International Day of the Disappeared: Gateway Pundit Announces Upcoming Launch of Jan. 6th Prisoner Information Website – AmericanGULAG.org By Jim Hoft Monday marked the annual International Day of the Disappeared, observed by human rights advocates and families of… Read more » The New Witch Hunt: Dem Jan 6 Committee Demands Data From 15 Social Media Companies The witch hunt against President Donald Trump and his supporters continues. The Democrats’ Jan 6th committee is now demanding that… Read more » Official Complaint Filed with UN Human Rights Committee Over Mistreatment of Jan. 6 Prisoners An America First community organizing group called Look Forward America and Citizens Against Political Persecution (CAPP), gathered outside the United… Read more » WATCH: Ashli Babbitt’s Husband Appears on Tucker Carlson to Respond to MSNBC Interview With Her Killer Ashli Babbitt’s husband Aaron appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Thursday and responded to the MSNBC interview with his wife’s… Read more »

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Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin Miners Blocking Transactions
by grarpamp 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

If you're not using privacy coins, your transactions will be canceled. https://miningpool.observer/ https://github.com/0xB10C/ofac-sanctioned-digital-currency-addresses https://b10c.me/observations/08-missing-sanctioned-transactions @0xB10C My project, miningpool-observer, aims to detect when Bitcoin mining pools are not mining transactions they could have been mining. Over the past few weeks, it detected six missing transactions spending from OFAC-sanctioned addresses. This post examines whether these transactions were intentionally filtered because they spent from OFAC-sanctioned addresses or if there are other possible explanations for these transactions to be missing from blocks. I conclude that four out of six transactions were likely filtered. In September and October 2023, the RSS feed of my miningpool-observer instance reported six blocks missing an OFAC-sanctioned transaction. One block was mined by the ViaBTC mining pool, another by the Foundry USA pool, and four by F2Pool. An OFAC-sanctioned transaction is a transaction spending from or paying to an address sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. I maintain a tool to extract a list of OFAC-sanctioned addresses from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list published by the OFAC. [–]garloid64 63 points64 points65 points 17 hours ago (3 children) buh buh the byzantine incentive matrix should make this literally impossible! they're losing money by rejecting those transactions the free market does NOT allow it permalink embed save report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 25 points26 points27 points 17 hours ago* (2 children) They choose not to mess with governments and regulators . They can sacrifice that amount of money for their peace of mind... But how bitcoin looks like then ? permalink embed save parent report reply [–]SinibusUSG 24 points25 points26 points 15 hours ago (0 children) I'm sure the affected parties can lodge protests at the centralized Bitcoin agency. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]otherwisemilkPonzi Schemer 13 points14 points15 points 13 hours ago (0 children) They told me Bitcoin is immune to government control. What gives? permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Nuka-Crapola 48 points49 points50 points 17 hours ago (11 children) I am not knowledgeable enough to evaluate your claims for myself but I am choosing to believe you regardless because this is fucking hilarious. They can’t even do the one thing they said they could do. permalink embed save report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 38 points39 points40 points 17 hours ago (10 children) It's true. Of course Buttcoiners can claim that "it's manipulation ! They can censor transactions but there always be a miner who will accept restricted transaction ! " Well, it's not that simple. If all significant pools agree to ban transactions of certain type then individual miner will never be able to do that too - because to do that he must mine a block. Comparing hashrates of small miners to pools like ViaBTC or F2pool there is almost zero chance he will win the competition to mine a block. So we can assume if pool decide not to mess with governments and start banning restricted transactions then bitcoin becomes basically a fully censored network - in the similar way like banking system. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]paul__k 29 points30 points31 points 13 hours ago (0 children) This is one of the overlooked flaws of BTC and similar systems: there is no guarantee of service, and there is no way to enforce "neutrality" of the network. Miners are completely free to choose what transactions they will process. Theoretically, they could also form a cartel that blackmails whales by rejecting their transactions unless they pay a ransom first. If they don't, their coins would be virtually useless. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]leducdeguisefakeception intensifies 19 points20 points21 points 16 hours ago (0 children) in the similar way like banking system Minus the positive side of it permalink embed save parent report reply [–]The_Motarp 12 points13 points14 points 11 hours ago (1 child) Even better, the government can threaten to punish miners not just for mining blocks that contain forbidden transactions, but also for building on blocks that contain those transactions. As long as a majority of miners are within reach of the government, any block that contains forbidden transactions can always be superseded by a longer chain that doesn't contain that block, guaranteeing that any miners who don't follow the rules will never get block rewards and will be unable to pay for electricity. As soon as you have an external authority enforcing rules all the fancy game theory about decentralized and uncensorable falls apart. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]ApprehensiveSorbet76 4 points5 points6 points 9 hours ago (0 children) Wait until they punish miners for processing blocks where the miner does not have full KYC details for all sending and receiving addresses. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Fearlessthrowaway42 4 points5 points6 points 10 hours ago (2 children) What do you say Bitcoin is actually centralized no way but butters said Bitcoin is decentralized. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 3 points4 points5 points 10 hours ago (1 child) It depends how you define decentralization. It's not under control of one party but it's definitely under control. My theory why this whole business isn't illegal is because many govt. agencies find it useful for it's own purposes and to track people and operations they are interested in. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Fearlessthrowaway42 1 point2 points3 points 10 hours ago (0 children) It's a decentralized scam. I would say Bitcoin is now so big that no government wants to make a black swan event since it would piss off a lot of people. They are butters but butters can still vote. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]marvn23 1 point2 points3 points 11 hours ago (2 children) Do you know if there is a system that is tracking how many blocks were mined by non-pool miners? I wonder if anyone is still trying to mine solo as it's so improbable to actually "strike gold". According to this https://coincodex.com/article/31820/how-long-does-it-take-to-mine-1-bitcoin/, you would need to invest 55M USD to buy 22k antminers to solo mine a single block every day. Also these miners would consume a shy of 72MW of electricity, so it wouldn't be cheap to keep them running. But with enough money and severe lack of judgment, you can still pay your way around of such censorship. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 3 points4 points5 points 11 hours ago (1 child) You can check https://miningpoolstats.stream/bitcoin You can see there which pools mined blocks. It's also visible that 0.1 % of mined blocks founder is defined as UNKNOWN and you can also see two or three addresses there that also have a very small share in blocks finding. This is the percentage share of block mined by something that isn't a known pool (could be solo miners or small private pools). So yes , sometimes you can see a block mined by someone else than one of major pools. Still they must have significant amount of hashpower - this isn't definitely mined on one ASIC maschine in someones garage... permalink embed save parent report reply [–]ApprehensiveSorbet76 2 points3 points4 points 9 hours ago (0 children) If other miners ignore that block and continue to mine off of the previous one, the underdog miner who finally won one will find his block orphaned and his reward will be zero. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]AmericanScream 9 points10 points11 points 15 hours ago* (6 children) Can you tell us more about those transactions? Are the wallet owners identified? How did their fee rate compare with the standard free rate of included transactions? How much were the transactions and where were they going? (Reading some of this blockchain data doesn't always seem intuitive) >From what I see, these transactions also seem to be of trivial amounts, so perhaps they're just test transactions? permalink embed save report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 14 points15 points16 points 14 hours ago (5 children) Yes, the wallet owners are identified. The list is updated constantly. For example address 3PKiHs4GY4rFg8dpppNVPXGPqMX6K2cBML is identified as : WANG, Hongfei (Chinese Simplified: 王洪飞), China; DOB 02 Dec 1991; POB Hebei, China; nationality China; Email Address shuokangw(a)163.com; Gender Male; Digital Currency Address - XBT 3PKiHs4GY4rFg8dpppNVPXGPqMX6K2cBML; Phone Number 8615927270571; alt. Phone Number 8613313017588; alt. Phone Number 8615030111720; National ID No. 13053119911202021X (China) (individual) [ILLICIT-DRUGS-EO14059] (Linked To: WUHAN SHUOKANG BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD; Linked To: YAO, Huatao). permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Stenbuckp***s 23 points24 points25 points 14 hours ago (4 children) Permissionless - oops need permission from the miners Uncensorable - lol guess not Anonymous - rofl the thing is publicly associated with his DOB, email, name, phone number, company and crime. Fast - no Low fees - LOL Decentralized - not in this life Secure - lmao permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 16 points17 points18 points 14 hours ago (3 children) 3PKiHs4GY4rFg8dpppNVPXGPqMX6K2cBML The best thing is : when you buy bitcoins you can receive coins that are connect with restricted addresses in the past and that could result in some serious effects for you. You could be investigated as someone who is involved in "illegal things" ... permalink embed save parent report reply [–]jimicus 7 points8 points9 points 10 hours ago (2 children) Don't even need to do that. You could receive coins that have been through a laundry. At which point you have zero evidence where the money comes from, and any reputable bank will run a mile in the opposite direction because you'll fail anti money-laundering checks. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 2 points3 points4 points 8 hours ago (1 child) It's a bit different but i get your point... Banks doesn't deal with bitcoins they deal only with fiat currencies. It's the crypto exchange that can block your bitcoins cause they will have perfect excuse to steal it - sorry mate , our security systems detected that your bitcoins was processed through mixer and were involved in illegal activity - we will confiscate it till you provide us proof everything is ok (which is obviously impossible so we can keep your bitcoin forever or sold it to another stupid customer) permalink embed save parent report reply [–]jimicus 2 points3 points4 points 7 hours ago (0 children) Which will doubtless lead to cries of "Won't someone regulate the exchanges!" permalink embed save parent report reply [–]inputwtf 7 points8 points9 points 14 hours ago (0 children) You gotta share this with the Crypto Critics Corner podcast permalink embed save report reply [–]ApprehensiveSorbet76 6 points7 points8 points 9 hours ago (0 children) The miners who believe a 20 dollar fee is more valuable to them than avoiding a DOJ raid and corresponding prison sentence sure do have their priorities straight. permalink embed save report reply [–]eigenman 2 points3 points4 points 12 hours ago (0 children) Interesting project. I'll check out your site. permalink embed save report reply [–]CommitteeSalt8099 2 points3 points4 points 11 hours ago (0 children) Doing the lords work! permalink embed save report reply [+]PanneKoppPonzi Schemer 6 points7 points8 points 16 hours ago (0 children) good job permalink embed save report reply [–]ApprehensiveSorbet76 1 point2 points3 points 9 hours ago (2 children) Are these transactions censored indefinitely or did some miner somewhere eventually process them? permalink embed save report reply [–]Plastic-Pressure-207[S] 1 point2 points3 points 8 hours ago (1 child) I guess as long as they will be in the mempool there is chance that it will processed. It just must wait till the block will be mined by miner that does not censor the transactions. That can take long time. In theory if every miner decide to censor then this transaction will never be processed. permalink embed save parent report reply [–]ApprehensiveSorbet76 0 points1 point2 points 7 hours ago (0 children) Whoever decides to process it becomes an instant target of US authorities, and if authorities know the token transfer is used to finance military conflict against the US then it tends to become a very serious crime. But hey, there is a 5 dollar fee as an incentive. lol permalink embed save parent report reply

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UFO: Inside the BlackVault, FOIA POSSE, MKULTRA, ARTICHOKE, BLUEBIRD
by grarpamp 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

https://www.cjr.org/special_report/black-vault-foia-john-greenewald.php https://twitter.com/blackvaultcom https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/cia-mkultra-collection/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcrHQYXIodvtf7omyx10LHA https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-confirms-videos-depi… https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1208104526286225409 https://knightfoundation.org/reports/mapping-the-civic-data-universe/ https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/They-Are-Already-Here/Sarah-Scoles/9… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a30645682/navy-ufo-paten… In the summer of 1996, John Greenewald, fifteen years old and fascinated by UFOs, was living at his parents’ house, in the San Fernando Valley. Like his dad, an ex-Marine who worked as a welder on the space shuttle and Mars landers, Greenewald liked looking up at the stars. One day he decided to feed his curiosity by surfing the Web, which at the time meant dialing into America Online and waiting patiently. When he had a connection, he went to the Computer UFO Network, or cufon, a site that had been around since, believe it or not, 1983, disseminating “reliable, verifiable information” on UFO phenomena. cufon had just posted what it claimed to be a document from the United States government describing the sighting of a mother ship—that is, a large aircraft that could release smaller “parasite” aircraft—flying over Iran. Greenewald clicked. It was a report from... Greenewald sent a foia request for the missing files, but the CIA said it could not find them. Greenewald then sent a ninety-seven-page fax to the CIA proving their existence. The CIA admitted it had made a mistake but said that Greenewald would need to pay $425.80 for the remaining pages. For a while he called himself an archivist. “But at this point I don’t even know if that’s accurate, because it is more than that. I’m trying to educate the public on what really is there to be discovered. I’m not sure how to label it.”

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Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement
by Gunnar Larson 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

March 10, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Mr. John Marzulli United States Department of Justice Eastern District of New York 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn New York, 11201 John.Marzulli(a)usdoj.gov Re: Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement Dear Mr. Marzulli: The Department of Justice has yet to respond to Memo #1, Memo #2 and Memo #3 with our recent inquiry to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Deferred Agreement. Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement <https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/goldman-sachs-resolves-foreign-bribery…> with the United States of America is in potential breach, with ethical enforcement being concerned. Memo #4 aims to associate the malfeasance in Malaysia with war crimes of aggression (in the planning, initiation, or execution of a large-scale and serious act of aggression), leveraging the world’s only military divided capital city Nicosia, Cyprus. 1. Additionally, Memo #4 aims to earn the DOJ’s assessment of New York State’s regulatory marketplace manipulation deriving the war crime against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. 2. In this case, the first challenge is to observe and consider the simple idea that the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs alone, through means of regulatory arbitrage naively fails to recognize the ‘cause and effect’ relationship at play at the inception of Memo #4’s assertion of war crimes. 3. Even with the best of intentions, perhaps unknowingly the DOJ may be amplifying the effect of potential war crimes by indirectly supplementing the root cause of the problem and financial model of the Deferred Agreement being self-policing. Mr. Marzulli, there has been an active United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus since the 1964 Turkish military invasion and occupation of the northern third of Cyprus. Only Turkey recognises the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, while there is broad recognition that the ongoing military presence constitutes occupation of territories that are under Turkish military control. - The graduate education behind Memo #4 is a product of the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) main campus, located adjacent to the United Nations Buffer Zone that separates the invaded Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus, which joined the European Union in 2004. - Memo #4 is also a product of United Nations consultancy, based at its Manhattan headquarters, where (today, what is now xNY.io - Bank.org) was credited with increasing the breadth and accessibility of reference content from the world’s most important multinational organization. - Memo #4’s subject of war crimes has preeminent association with such projects as the Audio Visual Library of International Law. Over the following sections, Memo #4 will provide a detailed timeline that would constitute real concern of the war crime of aggression yielding the war crime against peace in active war conflict in the world’s only military divided capital, funded from Manhattan Island. The Bank of Cyprus and Illegal Short Selling Irregularities of Turkey’s Markets Mr. Marzulli, turn this matter as we will, and look at it from any side whatsoever, and it presents the appearance of a cross-border act of aggression. Goldman Sachs’ potential disrespect to the Deferred Agreement’s core values has cultivated new crimes that aim to manipulate cross-border war crime regulatory frameworks. - On April 02, 2021 the Financial Times reported that Turkey fined Goldman Sachs over alleged irregularities in short selling, just a week after foreign investors pulled $1.9B from the country’s stock and bond markets. Turkey’s Capital Markets Board said that Goldman Sachs was among 10 securities firms that had placed orders for short selling without proper notification, violating rules enacted previously that temporarily prohibited such transactions. - On April 20, 2021 the CyprusMail (Cyprus’ only English Language daily newspaper) reported Goldman Sachs International acted as Global Coordinators and Dealer Managers in a $330M bond issuance for the Bank of Cyprus. Given the active military conflict in Cyprus, Memo #4 notes that there is one place on the planet you are not supposed to do this sort of thing. Furthermore, the DOJ’s Deferred Agreement with Goldman Sachs may have been tainted with the potential war crime of aggression, risking international peace and the lives of United Nations peacekeepers, while jeopardizing the United States of America’s financial security. Concern of New York Prime Bank Instrument Fraud and Marketplace Manipulation The United States Department of the Treasury warns that Prime Bank Instrument Fraud schemes have attracted significant international attention, since individuals and organizations have lost billions of dollars worldwide. "Prime Bank Instrument Fraud" is the general term given to prime bank fraud schemes that go by many different names. During April 2021, Goldman Sachs could not in good faith (and, plausible deniability) make any reasonable claim of holding a pristine relationship with Turkey’s Central Bank or with Cyprus’ largest financial institutions, given the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal and then pending Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of America. - Memo #4 suggests that Goldman Sachs developed a Prime Bank Instrument Fraud program to level out yo-yo market dynamics caused by failed marketplace manipulation exercises in Turkey and Cyprus. - Systematic bank fraud and/or marketplace manipulation of any kind between Turkey and Cyprus could constitute the war crime of aggression. - Furthermore, Memo #4 argues that Goldman Sachs may have tried to bambooze governments in New York, Cyprus and Turkey through regulatory arbitrage loopholes, while Goldman seemingly may have not considered the totality of such actions as war crimes. Turkey has the highest inflation in Europe. It has the second-highest rate of inflation among emerging markets, just behind Argentina. It has the 13th highest inflation rate in the world, ranking it between South Sudan and Nigeria. After Goldman Sachs was fined for illegal stock and bond market short selling by the Turkish government, logic would argue further malfeasance potentially could have been avoided by the DOJ’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad investigation. - On April 15, 2021 CNBC reported that Goldman Sachs (note, the previous section’s milestones of April 02, 2021 and April 20, 2021) crucially removed its bias toward Turkey tightening interest rates. Goldman issued guidance highlighting the fact that the bank thought that, “…the removal of the tightening bias against rising inflation expectations suggests that the TCMB (Turkish Central Bank) now has a more dovish reaction function.” - On August 14, 2021 the CyprusMail reported serious concern among economists about data reporting from the Turkish Statistical Institute. Ahmet Takan, a former official with the office of the Turkish prime minister, acted as a whistle blower, warning that Turkey potentially was manipulating inflation data. - On September 1, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs hiked Turkish growth forecasts. Goldman economists issued guidance stating, "Overall, the Turkish economy has been able to grow faster than we thought without a deterioration in its external balances, as the pickup in foreign demand has been very supportive." - On November 30, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs trimed Turkey’s 2022 growth forecast. Goldman Sachs' Murat Unur stated, "We think that the GDP figures released today tell us little about the pace of economic activity going forward as the recent sell-off in the Lira is likely to impact economic activity significantly" Mr. Marzulli, the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs was signed on October 21, 2021. The timeline of events above do not coincide with terms and conditions of the Deferred Agreement mandated by the United States of America. Furthermore, as an international graduate scholars of the world’s only military divided capital on the planet, xNY.io - Bank.org should be protected from any association of crimes against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. War Crimes Against Humanity Mr. Marzulli, xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned that potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement are impacting our global enterprise. Crimes against humanity can be committed in peacetime as well as during an armed conflict. Even a single act could fall under this exclusion ground provided it forms part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population and the act is committed by any person (including a civilian) who had knowledge of the attack and the link of the act to the attack. 1. We are looking to learn more about the DOJ’s approach to assessing any potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement’s mandates as we determine New York State’s role in cross-border bank regulation and corresponding innovation beyond war crimes against humanity. 2. In order to establish whether a war crime or a crime against humanity has been committed, the case officer should consult the relevant international instruments and case law. 3. Crimes against humanity are fundamentally inhumane acts, committed as part of a systematic or widespread attack. Inhumane acts, which could reach this threshold when committed pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organizational policy (potentially, New York State bank regulation). 4. Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other grounds that are universally recognised as impermissible under international law. 5. Furthermore, we have made 28 highlights to the Deferred Agreement providing supporting reference to Memo #4’s overarching premise. xNY.io - Bank.org submits Memo #4 for DOJ consideration of other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. Some crimes against humanity would require an additional specific intent, such as Goldman Sachs willfully disrespecting New York State and/or overall peace and security of the United States of America. Memo #1, Memo #2, Memo #3 and Memo #4 outline instances that correspond with the associated definitions of the potential war crimes abroad and jeopardize the future of bank innovation from New York, at great sacrifice to the Homeland. We hope to learn the DOJ’s approach to comment on Memo #4’s subject matter or, without delay refer these concerns to the International Criminal Court and/or International Court of Justice for comment. Respectfully yours with anticipation, Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io> | Bank.org <http://bank.org>MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107

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Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement
by Gunnar Larson 19 Jan '24

19 Jan '24

March 10, 2022 BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Mr. John Marzulli United States Department of Justice Eastern District of New York 271 Cadman Plaza East Brooklyn New York, 11201 John.Marzulli(a)usdoj.gov Re: Memo #4 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement Dear Mr. Marzulli: The Department of Justice has yet to respond to Memo #1, Memo #2 and Memo #3 with our recent inquiry to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad Deferred Agreement. Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement <https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/goldman-sachs-resolves-foreign-bribery…> with the United States of America is in potential breach, with ethical enforcement being concerned. Memo #4 aims to associate the malfeasance in Malaysia with war crimes of aggression (in the planning, initiation, or execution of a large-scale and serious act of aggression), leveraging the world’s only military divided capital city Nicosia, Cyprus. 1. Additionally, Memo #4 aims to earn the DOJ’s assessment of New York State’s regulatory marketplace manipulation deriving the war crime against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. 2. In this case, the first challenge is to observe and consider the simple idea that the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs alone, through means of regulatory arbitrage naively fails to recognize the ‘cause and effect’ relationship at play at the inception of Memo #4’s assertion of war crimes. 3. Even with the best of intentions, perhaps unknowingly the DOJ may be amplifying the effect of potential war crimes by indirectly supplementing the root cause of the problem and financial model of the Deferred Agreement being self-policing. Mr. Marzulli, there has been an active United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cyprus since the 1964 Turkish military invasion and occupation of the northern third of Cyprus. Only Turkey recognises the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, while there is broad recognition that the ongoing military presence constitutes occupation of territories that are under Turkish military control. - The graduate education behind Memo #4 is a product of the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) main campus, located adjacent to the United Nations Buffer Zone that separates the invaded Turkish Republic of North Cyprus and the Republic of Cyprus, which joined the European Union in 2004. - Memo #4 is also a product of United Nations consultancy, based at its Manhattan headquarters, where (today, what is now xNY.io - Bank.org) was credited with increasing the breadth and accessibility of reference content from the world’s most important multinational organization. - Memo #4’s subject of war crimes has preeminent association with such projects as the Audio Visual Library of International Law. Over the following sections, Memo #4 will provide a detailed timeline that would constitute real concern of the war crime of aggression yielding the war crime against peace in active war conflict in the world’s only military divided capital, funded from Manhattan Island. The Bank of Cyprus and Illegal Short Selling Irregularities of Turkey’s Markets Mr. Marzulli, turn this matter as we will, and look at it from any side whatsoever, and it presents the appearance of a cross-border act of aggression. Goldman Sachs’ potential disrespect to the Deferred Agreement’s core values has cultivated new crimes that aim to manipulate cross-border war crime regulatory frameworks. - On April 02, 2021 the Financial Times reported that Turkey fined Goldman Sachs over alleged irregularities in short selling, just a week after foreign investors pulled $1.9B from the country’s stock and bond markets. Turkey’s Capital Markets Board said that Goldman Sachs was among 10 securities firms that had placed orders for short selling without proper notification, violating rules enacted previously that temporarily prohibited such transactions. - On April 20, 2021 the CyprusMail (Cyprus’ only English Language daily newspaper) reported Goldman Sachs International acted as Global Coordinators and Dealer Managers in a $330M bond issuance for the Bank of Cyprus. Given the active military conflict in Cyprus, Memo #4 notes that there is one place on the planet you are not supposed to do this sort of thing. Furthermore, the DOJ’s Deferred Agreement with Goldman Sachs may have been tainted with the potential war crime of aggression, risking international peace and the lives of United Nations peacekeepers, while jeopardizing the United States of America’s financial security. Concern of New York Prime Bank Instrument Fraud and Marketplace Manipulation The United States Department of the Treasury warns that Prime Bank Instrument Fraud schemes have attracted significant international attention, since individuals and organizations have lost billions of dollars worldwide. "Prime Bank Instrument Fraud" is the general term given to prime bank fraud schemes that go by many different names. During April 2021, Goldman Sachs could not in good faith (and, plausible deniability) make any reasonable claim of holding a pristine relationship with Turkey’s Central Bank or with Cyprus’ largest financial institutions, given the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal and then pending Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of America. - Memo #4 suggests that Goldman Sachs developed a Prime Bank Instrument Fraud program to level out yo-yo market dynamics caused by failed marketplace manipulation exercises in Turkey and Cyprus. - Systematic bank fraud and/or marketplace manipulation of any kind between Turkey and Cyprus could constitute the war crime of aggression. - Furthermore, Memo #4 argues that Goldman Sachs may have tried to bambooze governments in New York, Cyprus and Turkey through regulatory arbitrage loopholes, while Goldman seemingly may have not considered the totality of such actions as war crimes. Turkey has the highest inflation in Europe. It has the second-highest rate of inflation among emerging markets, just behind Argentina. It has the 13th highest inflation rate in the world, ranking it between South Sudan and Nigeria. After Goldman Sachs was fined for illegal stock and bond market short selling by the Turkish government, logic would argue further malfeasance potentially could have been avoided by the DOJ’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad investigation. - On April 15, 2021 CNBC reported that Goldman Sachs (note, the previous section’s milestones of April 02, 2021 and April 20, 2021) crucially removed its bias toward Turkey tightening interest rates. Goldman issued guidance highlighting the fact that the bank thought that, “…the removal of the tightening bias against rising inflation expectations suggests that the TCMB (Turkish Central Bank) now has a more dovish reaction function.” - On August 14, 2021 the CyprusMail reported serious concern among economists about data reporting from the Turkish Statistical Institute. Ahmet Takan, a former official with the office of the Turkish prime minister, acted as a whistle blower, warning that Turkey potentially was manipulating inflation data. - On September 1, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs hiked Turkish growth forecasts. Goldman economists issued guidance stating, "Overall, the Turkish economy has been able to grow faster than we thought without a deterioration in its external balances, as the pickup in foreign demand has been very supportive." - On November 30, 2021 Reuters reported that Goldman Sachs trimed Turkey’s 2022 growth forecast. Goldman Sachs' Murat Unur stated, "We think that the GDP figures released today tell us little about the pace of economic activity going forward as the recent sell-off in the Lira is likely to impact economic activity significantly" Mr. Marzulli, the DOJ’s Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Goldman Sachs was signed on October 21, 2021. The timeline of events above do not coincide with terms and conditions of the Deferred Agreement mandated by the United States of America. Furthermore, as an international graduate scholars of the world’s only military divided capital on the planet, xNY.io - Bank.org should be protected from any association of crimes against peace, related to the planning, preparation, initiation, waging or participation in a common plan or conspiracy related to a war of aggression, which can only apply in relation to international armed conflict. War Crimes Against Humanity Mr. Marzulli, xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned that potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement are impacting our global enterprise. Crimes against humanity can be committed in peacetime as well as during an armed conflict. Even a single act could fall under this exclusion ground provided it forms part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population and the act is committed by any person (including a civilian) who had knowledge of the attack and the link of the act to the attack. 1. We are looking to learn more about the DOJ’s approach to assessing any potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement’s mandates as we determine New York State’s role in cross-border bank regulation and corresponding innovation beyond war crimes against humanity. 2. In order to establish whether a war crime or a crime against humanity has been committed, the case officer should consult the relevant international instruments and case law. 3. Crimes against humanity are fundamentally inhumane acts, committed as part of a systematic or widespread attack. Inhumane acts, which could reach this threshold when committed pursuant to or in furtherance of a State or organizational policy (potentially, New York State bank regulation). 4. Persecution against any identifiable group or collectivity on political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other grounds that are universally recognised as impermissible under international law. 5. Furthermore, we have made 28 highlights to the Deferred Agreement providing supporting reference to Memo #4’s overarching premise. xNY.io - Bank.org submits Memo #4 for DOJ consideration of other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health. Some crimes against humanity would require an additional specific intent, such as Goldman Sachs willfully disrespecting New York State and/or overall peace and security of the United States of America. Memo #1, Memo #2, Memo #3 and Memo #4 outline instances that correspond with the associated definitions of the potential war crimes abroad and jeopardize the future of bank innovation from New York, at great sacrifice to the Homeland. We hope to learn the DOJ’s approach to comment on Memo #4’s subject matter or, without delay refer these concerns to the International Criminal Court and/or International Court of Justice for comment. Respectfully yours with anticipation, Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xny.io> | Bank.org <http://bank.org>MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107

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Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2023-836-00688 Closed - Mayor Eric Adams and Bitcoin
by Gunnar Larson 15 Jan '24

15 Jan '24

Dear Dara: Thank you for your email. Have a nice weekend. Thanks & Regards, Gunnar Gunnar Larson 917-580-8053 xNY.io - Bank.org On Fri, Dec 22, 2023, 3:46 PM FoilAppeals (DOF) <FoilAppeals(a)finance.nyc.gov> wrote: > Dear Gunnar Larson, > > > > I received your appeal email below regarding FOIL 2023-836-00688, which > was submitted on July 16, 2023, and acknowledged by DOF on July 21, 2023. > After informing you of extensions, on December 15, 2023, DOF’s Records > Access Officer sent the response below informing you that “a diligent > search for records responsive to your request did not locate any such > records. Accordingly, your request is denied.” On December 15, you sent > this appeal. > > > > I have reviewed your appeal. DOF’s FOIL office conducted a diligent search > for responsive records of the New York City Department of Finance. As the > December 15 email explained, the search did not identify any responsive > records of the Department of Finance. To further address your question > below, DOF’s Records Access Officer did not withhold or redact any > responsive records. As a result, I affirm the determination of the DOF > Records Access Officer. > > > > Pursuant to Public Officers Law §89(4)(b), a denial of a FOIL appeal may > be appealed to the Supreme Court in a proceeding for review pursuant to > CPLR Article 78. > > > > Thank you, > > Dara > > > > > > > > Dara Jaffee > > FOIL Appeals Officer > > Assistant Commissioner, Legal Affairs > > NYC Department of Finance > > 375 Pearl Street, 30th Floor > > New York, NY 10038 > > FoilAppeals(a)finance.nyc.gov > > > > > > > > *From:* Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > *Sent:* Friday, December 15, 2023 3:11 PM > *To:* FOIL <DOF-FOIL(a)finance.nyc.gov>; FoilAppeals (DOF) < > FoilAppeals(a)finance.nyc.gov> > *Cc:* cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org; Harris, Adrienne A (DFS) < > Adrienne.Harris(a)dfs.ny.gov>; letitia.james(a)ag.ny.gov; Corey Johnson < > district3(a)council.nyc.gov>; Reader, Shaun <sreader(a)curtis.com>; > PressOffice(a)cityhall.nyc.gov > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2023-836-00688 > Closed - Mayor Eric Adams and Bitcoin > > > > You don't often get email from g(a)xny.io. Learn why this is important > <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> > > *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not > click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know > the content is safe. Forward suspect email to phish(a)oti.nyc.gov as an > attachment (Click the More button, then forward as attachment). > > > Dear Department of Finance (DOF): > > > > xNY.io - Bank.org kindly elects to appeal this response. > > > > xNY.io - Bank.org aims to understand if DOF is suggesting no New York City > records are available. Or, if DOF has redacted in part or withheld due > diligence records in entirety concerning "Mayor Adams to Receive First > Paycheck in Cryptocurrency... Paycheck to Be Automatically Converted Into > Bitcoin and Ethereum" quoted by NYC.gov. > > > > From our research, there are several New York City records available. For > example: > > > https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/041-22/mayor-adams-receive-fir… > > > > Furthermore, New York City's press office has said "Cryptocurrencies are > at the forefront of Web3innovations and can bring greater accessibility to > financial services." > > > > Mayor Eric Adams also touted New York City's approach to digital asset > innovation on Bloomberg radio: > > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-03/mayor-elect-eric-adams-t… > > > > According to Bloomberg, "New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams said he > wanted to turn New York into a crypto-friendly city and wagered a “friendly > competition” with the mayor of Miami, who was the first to set up a > so-called CityCoin cryptocurrency. > > > > “He has a MiamiCoin that is doing very well -- we’re going to look in the > direction to carry that out,” Adams said in a Wednesday interview on > Bloomberg Radio. He vowed to “look at what’s preventing the growth of > Bitcoin..."" > > > > As a matter of urgency, xNY.io - Bank.org kindly requests DOF's response > by December 31, 2023. > > > > Warm regards, > > > > Gunnar > > > > Gunnar Larson > > -- > > Gunnar Larson - xNY.io - Bank.org > > MSc - Digital Currency > > MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) > > > > G(a)xNY.io > > +1-917-580-8053 > > New York, New York 10001 > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 12:23 PM <donotreply(a)records.nyc.gov> wrote: > > The Department of Finance (DOF) has *closed* your FOIL request > FOIL-2023-836-00688 > <https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2023-836-00688> for > the following reasons: > > - A diligent search for records responsive to your request did not > locate any such records. Accordingly, your request is denied. > > > > You may appeal the decision to deny access to material that was redacted > in part or withheld in entirety by contacting the agency's FOIL Appeals > Officer: foilappeals(a)finance.nyc.gov > <foilappeals(a)finance.nyc.gov?subject=FOIL-2023-836-00688%20-%20Appeal> > within 30 days. > > > > Please find the attached memo with reference footnotes. > > > > -- > > > > March 10, 2023 > > > > BY ELECTRONIC MAIL > > > > > > Ms. Camille Joseph Varlack > > Office of the Mayor of New York City > > City Hall Park, 260 Broadway > > New York, NY 10007 United States > > PressOffice(a)CityHall.NYC.gov > > > > Re: Mayor Eric Adams NYCCoin Touting > > > > Dear Ms. Joseph Varlack: > > > > Today’s memo is to kindly submit xNY.io - Bank.org's inquiry into Mayor > Eric Adams' promotion of NYCCoin. > > > > > > The federal securities laws are clear that any celebrity or individual who > promotes digital assets must disclose the nature, source and amount of > compensation they received in exchange for the promotion. > > > > As a matter of ethics, risk and compliance associated with digital asset > innovation, xNY.io asks if NYCCoin promotion by the Mayor of New York City > damaged the market for the xNY digital asset (by, for example, devaluing it > through parody or sealed via embossed criticism). > > > > xNY.io - Bank.org concerns made above have evidentiary support to > interlocking director and officer conflicts recognized by the Department of > Justice as potential threats that stifle individual and corporate freedom. > > > > > > Ms. Joseph Varlack, as a matter relating to working at one of the world's > most ethical companies, famous for risk management and corporate > governance, and as an internationally recognized Blockchain Scholar, I must > adhere to federal securities laws. > > > > > > As such, I classify Mayor Adams as an individual who promoted the digital > asset NYCCoin and must disclose the nature, scope, and amount of > compensation associated. > > > > > > A failure to disclose this information may violate the anti-touting > provisions of the federal securities laws. Mayor Adams' making these > endorsements may also be liable for potential violations of the anti-fraud > provisions of the federal securities laws, for participating in an > unregistered offer and sale of securities, and for acting as unregistered > brokers. > > > > > > xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully requests the Office of the Mayor of New > York City to respond to this request by Wednesday March, 15 2023 by Noon > EST. > > > > > > Respectfully yours with appreciation, > > > > > > Gunnar Larson - xNY.io - Bank.org > > MSc - Digital Currency > > MBA - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) > > G(a)xNY.io +1-917-580-8053 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > > From: <donotreply(a)records.nyc.gov> > > Date: Fri, Jul 21, 2023, 10:22 AM > > Subject: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2023-836-00688 Acknowledged > > To: <g(a)xny.io> > > > > > > The Department of Finance (DOF) has acknowledged your FOIL request > FOIL-2023-836-00688. > > > > You can expect a response on or about Tuesday, October 17, 2023. > > > > Additional Information: > > Hello, we are extending your request because our office needs more time to > fulfill your request. We are finding and reviewing your requested records > and you should hear from us by the date indicated above. We appreciate your > patience as we subject each page of each record to legal review while > processing other FOIL requests.Thank you for your continued patience. > > > > Please visit FOIL-2023-836-00688 to view additional information and take > any necessary action. > > > > Your request FOIL-2023-836-00688 has been successfully submitted to the > Department of Finance (DOF). The details of your request are shown below. > > Request Title: Mayor Eric Adams and Bitcoin > > > > Request Description: Dear Madam or Sir: Mayor Adams announced paychecks > will automatically be converted into cryptocurrency via Coinbase, a secure > online platform for buying, selling, transferring, and storing digital > currency. > https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/041-22/mayor-adams-receive-fir… > xNY.io kindly requests access to records concerning the payment structure > related to this payment vehicle. Additionally, we would like any records > concerning the City’s due diligence of the online payment platform's > compliance to New York State investigation. Thank you, Gunnar Larson > 917-580-8053 > > > > Requester's Contact Information > > > > Name: > > Gunnar Larson > > Title: > > Not provided > > Organization: > > Not provided > > Email: > > g(a)xny.io > > Phone Number: > > Not provided > > Fax Number: > > Not provided > > Street Address (line 1): > > 406 West 25th Street > > Street Address (line 2): > > Not provided > > City: > > New York > > State: > > NY > > Zip Code: > > 10001 > > You can view the request and take any necessary action at the following > webpage: https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2023-836-00688 > > >

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