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Fwd: xNY.io - Bank.org | DOJ Memo #2 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement
by Gunnar Larson 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Mon, May 27, 2024, 2:25 AM Subject: xNY.io - Bank.org | DOJ Memo #2 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement To: <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> We refuse to lie to our friends in France, London, Cyprus, Australia, Turkey, Germany and Hong Kong. Gunnar ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Mon, May 6, 2024, 3:41 PM Subject: xNY.io - Bank.org | DOJ Memo #2 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement To: <cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org> https://docs.google.com/document/d/10BYgCtCf9F7A4YnhN792cTBU6P-pfdaOg0UTRbt… February 1, 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 #2 - Goldman Sachs Deferred Prosecution Agreement <https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/file/1329926/download> Dear Mr. Marzulli: The Department of Justice has yet to respond to Memo #1 with our recent inquiry <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OsxfjN3TUepftKklopkQDSMwFWstWozuku4IPPu…> 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 #2 aims to associate the malfeasance in Malaysia with the Middle East. The Bank of London vs. The Bank of London and the Middle East - November 30, 2021 two New York based firms lead investment in The Bank of London based in the United Kingdom. - July 1, 2007 The Bank of London and the Middle East opened in the United Kingdom. - The Bank of London and the Middle East confirms they have no association with The Bank of London (correspondence referenced here <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZLYO6qxOX5TIn0kPd69SQbvG-mn0I5R_/view?usp=…> ). The Bank of London seemingly has been funded from New York to irritate the Middle East. Recently, we made 91 highlights of research <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O2piNMJ3CI0wbfaFW33to3KhgOgZ8-dl/view?usp=…> associated with The Bank of London and the Middle East's recent sale to a firm in Kuwait. Harvey Schwartz is the Chairperson at The Bank of London, after spending over 20 years at Goldman Sachs Group, where he oversaw sales and trading, finance, technology, and operations. He completed his tenure as the firm’s President and Co-Chief Operating Officer. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 and subsequently held numerous senior leadership positions including Chief Financial Officer, Global Co-Head of the Securities Division, amongst other positions. He additionally served as a member of the firm’s Management Committee and co-headed its Risk Committee, Steering Committee on Regulatory Reform and Finance Committee. Mr. Schwartz established the firm’s Investment Policy Committee on which he also served as a member. It would appear that Mr. Schwartz has no friendly diplomatic agenda in London banking, potentially looking to profit off of The Bank of London and the Middle East. Furthermore, Goldman Sachs seemingly has a part in the scheme from New York. Bank of London and the Middle East is listed on the NASDAQ, Dubai. - Mr. Marzulli, during a recent telephone discussion together it was your general assessment that the Deferred Agreement in question was self policing. Can you kindly advise at your earliest convenience what (if any) DOJ systems, processes and control mechanisms are in place to monitor the purity of the Deferred Agreement? - Furthermore, if the Deferred Agreement is self-policing, can the DOJ kindly share any and all supporting material information that would prevent the agreement from being violated without the DOJ's general oversight? - Finally, we have made 28 highlights to Deferred Agreement <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yx88RMoeLyyfbNK0RtPl4r-m8N21_1Sp/view?usp=…> as a reference resource tool. Memo #1 and Memo #2 both outline instances that correspond with the associated highlight references. We are concerned that potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement are impacting our global enterprise. We are looking forward to learning more about the DOJ’s approach to assessing any potential breaches to the Deferred Agreement’s mandates. 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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In the Span of 72 Hours, Four People Tied to a Hewlett-Packard Criminal Case Died in Two Separate Events
by Gunnar Larson 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/08/in-the-span-of-72-hours-four-people-… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: August 26, 2024 ~ Mike Lynch On May 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had extradited from the United Kingdom, Michael Lynch, the former CEO of Autonomy Corporation, to stand trial in the Northern District Court of California, alongside the former Vice President of Finance at Autonomy, Stephen Chamberlain. Among the numerous charges brought by the Justice Department were these: “…between 2009 and 2011, Lynch and Chamberlain, and other co-conspirators, (1) artificially inflated Autonomy’s revenues by backdating written agreements to record revenue in prior periods; recorded revenue on contracts that were subject to side letters or other contingencies that impacted revenue recognition; and improperly recorded revenue for reciprocal or roundtrip transactions…” As part of this alleged scheme to defraud, according to the Justice Department, “…Lynch and Chamberlain caused Autonomy to make materially false and misleading statements directly to HP [Hewlett-Packard] regarding Autonomy’s financial condition, performance, and business during the negotiations between HP and Autonomy leading up to the August 18, 2011, announcement by HP to acquire Autonomy for approximately $11 billion.” It has been reported that Lynch made approximately $800 million on the sale of Autonomy to HP. Both Lynch and Chamberlain were acquitted on all charges on June 7, following a jury trial that lasted three months. Less than two months following the trial, on Saturday, August 17, Chamberlain was out running in Cambridgeshire, England and was hit by a car. Chamberlain died of his injuries after being hospitalized. Two days later, on Monday, August 19, Mike Lynch, Chamberlain’s co-defendant in the Justice Department trial, died when his “unsinkable” 184-foot sailing yacht sunk to the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sicily during a storm that failed to harm other nearby yachts. Making these deaths all the more suspicious, two other individuals involved in the criminal trial died in the sinking of the yacht: the Chair of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer, who had been a witness for the defense; and the attorney for Mike Lynch during the trial, Chris Morvillo, of law firm Clifford Chance. The statistical improbability of four people connected to one criminal case dying within 72 hours in two separate unusual events is raising eyebrows. Equally suspect, there were 22 people on board the yacht with 15 people surviving, including 9 members of the 10-member crew, who made it to a life boat. Other survivors in the life boat included Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares; the Managing Partner of Lynch’s venture capital firm, Invoke Capital, Charlotte Golunshi and her one-year old daughter; and Clifford Chance lawyer Ayla Ronald and her partner, Matthew Fletcher. The seven deceased victims from the sinking of the yacht were Lynch; his 18-year old daughter, Hannah; Bloomer and his wife, Judy; Morvillo and his wife, Neda; and the yacht’s chef, Recaldo Thomas. To put that more starkly, the crew had a 90 percent survival rate while the other passengers had a 58 percent survival rate. Reuters is reporting this morning that Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation and have conducted multiple interviews with the Captain of the yacht, James Cutfield. Maritime law places the safety of the ship, crew and all passengers as the responsibility of the Captain. For unknown reasons, the Captain was able to make it to the lifeboat while six of the seven who died were trapped below deck in cabins or hallways, where their bodies were eventually located by divers. The chef was reportedly found floating in the water. Lynch’s life had been a living hell for the five years before the tragedy on the yacht. Prior to his acquittal in June, he had been living under house arrest for a year in a townhouse in San Francisco, with guards watching his every move. On April 30, 2018, the former CFO of Autonomy, Sushovan Hussain, was separately tried and convicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in the same U.S. District Court that heard the case against Lynch and Chamberlain. Hussain was convicted of one count of conspiracy, fourteen counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud involving Autonomy’s sale to Hewlett-Packard. Hussain served five years in prison. Another company in which Lynch’s venture capital firm had invested money following the sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard was Darktrace, a cyber-security firm which was packed with people from the U.K.’s intelligence agency MI5 and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). In 2023, the short-seller, Quintessential Capital Management, published a lengthy report alleging claims against Darktrace that had a familiar ring to some of the charges brought by the Justice Department against Autonomy executives. Quintessential Capital’s researchers wrote this about Darktrace: “Our opinion is based primarily on numerous transactions we detected during the period leading to DT’s [Darktrace’s] IPO seemingly involving simulated or anticipated sales to phantom end-users through a network of willing resellers. Darktrace seems to have repeatedly used marketing activities to channel funds back into its partners as payment for apparently fictitious purchases. These alleged channel stuffing and round-tripping activities seem to have even involved shell companies in offshore jurisdictions….” Hewlett-Packard is no boy scout either. The company was scandalized in 2006 when Newsweek broke the story that it had spied on its own Board of Directors and journalists, illegally obtaining their phone records in some cases to ascertain with whom they had been in contact.

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Office of Public Affairs | Former Energy Trader for Vitol Inc. Pleads Guilty to International Bribery Scheme | United States Department of Justice
by Gunnar Larson 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-energy-trader-vitol-inc-pleads-guilty… Between 2017 and 2020, Aguilar, who was a trader in Vitol’s Houston office, and his co-conspirators paid approximately $600,000 in bribes to two senior officials at PPI to obtain numerous contracts for Vitol to supply hundreds of millions of dollars of ethane to PEMEX. To conceal the scheme, Aguilar and his co-conspirators used a series of fake contracts, sham invoices and shell entities incorporated in Curaçao and Mexico. The defendant and his co-conspirators also used alias email accounts to communicate about the scheme and code words, including “shoes,” “medicine,” “invitations,” and “coffee,” to describe the bribes. Aguilar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and to a violation of the Travel Act. The FCPA conspiracy charge, which was brought by a grand jury in the Southern District of Texas, related to conduct that was initially charged in the Eastern District of New York. As part of his guilty plea, Aguilar consented to transfer the Texas case to New York, to consolidate the cases, and to forfeit $7,129,938. The plea follows Aguilar’s related conviction at trial in February 2024 for conspiracy to violate the FCPA, violating the FCPA, and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with schemes to bribe Ecuadorian and Mexican officials. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment on the money laundering offense and five years’ imprisonment on each of the other offenses. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors. In December 2020, Vitol admitted to bribing officials in Ecuador, Mexico, and Brazil in violation of the anti-bribery provisions of the FCPA. Vitol entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of New York. As a part of the resolution, Vitol agreed to pay a combined $135 million in penalties as part of a coordinated resolution with the Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and authorities in Brazil. Seven of the defendant’s co-conspirators have pleaded guilty for their role in the scheme and are awaiting sentencing. These individuals have agreed to forfeit more than $63 million in connection with this and related schemes. FBI Miami’s International Corruption Squad investigated the case. Trial Attorney Clayton P. Solomon and Assistant Chiefs Derek J. Ettinger and Jonathan P. Robell of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section, Trial Attorney D. Hunter Smith and Deputy Chief Adam J. Schwartz of the Criminal Division’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS), and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jonathan P. Lax, Matthew R. Galeotti, and Nick M. Axelrod for the Eastern District of New York, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Sherin Daniel and Deputy Chief Suzanne Elmilady for the Southern District of Texas are prosecuting the case. The MLARS Special Financial Investigations Unit and Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs also provided substantial assistance. The Criminal Division’s Fraud Section is responsible for investigating and prosecuting FCPA and Foreign Extortion Prevention Act matters. Additional information about the Justice Department’s FCPA enforcement efforts can be found at www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa. The Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative is led by a team of dedicated prosecutors in MLARS, in partnership with federal law enforcement agencies, and often with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, to forfeit the proceeds of foreign official corruption. Individuals with information about possible proceeds of foreign corruption located in or laundered through the United States should contact federal law enforcement or send an email to kleptocracy(a)usdoj.gov or https://tips.fbi.gov/.

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Re: Morning Spam
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 20:41 Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many <gmkarl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > bad mcboss jokes subtype very very bad > >> these have apparently migrated to this main thread >> >> Q: why did traffick boss trip over a toenail? >> >> A: a secret shrink project almost nobody knew about was mid-fire when >> another project malfunctioned and teleported everybody between offices >> randomly, and struck traffick boss after teleporting. traffick boss was so >> zoned out from being mind controlled to do stuff all day every day, that he >> didn’t notice he was shrunk or that there was ahuge toenail in front of >> him. (because the computer found it more efficient to give people >> hallucinatory cleanliness than the real thing, janitor— >> >> Q: why was traffick boss investing billions of dollars into mind >> controlling a mall animal? >> >> A: another corporation was trying to stop his mind control projects and a >> discovered the animal was used in a small test once, and stimulated a >> campaign to protect it. traffick boss was mad about this, and wanted to >> completely dominate the animal as an expression of power, but a bunch of >> people inspired by the campaign had had turned the workings of his >> businesses to protect the animal. >> >> 2026 08-26 mt >> > > Q: why were elite militaries defending a wad of gum under somebody’s seat? > > A: some mind controllers had a proposal for the next interfaction secret > meeting where everybody in attendance is in amnesiatic fugue, so they mind > controlled diverse people across the world to hold it, who mind controlled > other diverse people across their world to hold it, who did the same, and > eventually it was stuck to the bottom of an unidentifiable seat as the wad > of gum of an anonymous pedestrian who promptly forgot everything they were > thinking and abandoned it. > > when it was coming time to present the proposal, a bunch of influential > people glazed over and dropped subliminal suggestions to a further > pedestrian, who got on the same bus, reached under the sear, and > confidently popped the strange gum in their mouth as if in a trance. their > brainwaves were read as they attentively chewed it, and the proposal > extracted from their brainwaves as they did so (and simultaneously read > psychically at the meeting thousands of miles away if you’re lucky!) > mistake: it has to go through the same number of layers of people like onion encryption > > (this isn’t fiction y’know!) > THE REBEL MEETINGS ARENT SECRET PLEASE STOP HOLDING THEM (?) also there are no secrets when using technology > > (possible mistake) > >>

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Re: Morning Spam
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 27 Aug '24

27 Aug '24

bad mcboss jokes subtype very very bad > these have apparently migrated to this main thread > > Q: why did traffick boss trip over a toenail? > > A: a secret shrink project almost nobody knew about was mid-fire when > another project malfunctioned and teleported everybody between offices > randomly, and struck traffick boss after teleporting. traffick boss was so > zoned out from being mind controlled to do stuff all day every day, that he > didn’t notice he was shrunk or that there was ahuge toenail in front of > him. (because the computer found it more efficient to give people > hallucinatory cleanliness than the real thing, janitor— > > Q: why was traffick boss investing billions of dollars into mind > controlling a mall animal? > > A: another corporation was trying to stop his mind control projects and a > discovered the animal was used in a small test once, and stimulated a > campaign to protect it. traffick boss was mad about this, and wanted to > completely dominate the animal as an expression of power, but a bunch of > people inspired by the campaign had had turned the workings of his > businesses to protect the animal. > > 2026 08-26 mt > Q: why were elite militaries defending a wad of gum under somebody’s seat? A: some mind controllers had a proposal for the next interfaction secret meeting where everybody in attendance is in amnesiatic fugue, so they mind controlled diverse people across the world to hold it, who mind controlled other diverse people across their world to hold it, who did the same, and eventually it was stuck to the bottom of an unidentifiable seat as the wad of gum of an anonymous pedestrian who promptly forgot everything they were thinking and abandoned it. when it was coming time to present the proposal, a bunch of influential people glazed over and dropped subliminal suggestions to a further pedestrian, who got on the same bus, reached under the sear, and confidently popped the strange gum in their mouth as if in a trance. their brainwaves were read as they attentively chewed it, and the proposal extracted from their brainwaves as they did so (and simultaneously read psychically at the meeting thousands of miles away if you’re lucky!) (this isn’t fiction y’know!) (possible mistake) >

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Breaking News: Robinhood Rebrands as 'Libra'
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

With the news this week, from the archive: https://thecapital.io/article/breaking-news-robinhood-rebrands-as-libra---M… *Breaking News: Robinhood Rebrands as 'Libra'* SILICON VALLEY - Embroiled in the naturally malevolent evolutionary controversy of brand fakery <https://thecapital.io/article/robinhoods-brand-fake-vs-paypals-crypto-corru…> in the name of manipulating humanity, Robinhood Markets (a financial services company) rocked the brand marketing world by finally coming to its senses while vindicating Mr. Hood’s legacy. The company has distanced itself from the old Robinhood firm image of “we take advantage of our customers” with a fresh rebrand as ‘Libra.’ Celebrated humanitarian Richard Simmons applauded the name change. “Mr. Hood’s story of altruism is loved by young and old alike world-wide. Today Mr. Hood is vindicated from association to the former Robinhood’s tricky company shenanigans. The new ‘Libra’ image is a super smart act of serving our country well... I hope the all-stars at Bear Stearns will join me in congratulating the new ‘Libra’ brand,” Simmons said. *The nature and timing of the brand change raised eyebrows in New York, a recent familiar reaction to news from our pals <https://thecapital.io/article/robinhoods-brand-fake-vs-paypals-crypto-corru…> from the Valley.Gleefully contemplating the long term impact on society, this reporter touts the courage of the real Mr. Hood for opposing forces similar to that of the former Robinhood.* History will celebrate the newly minted Libra, which will be hailed for its valor in rebranding, even though it did so to escape the regulatory cloud that has hung over the Robinhood project since it first came into the public domain. (A Satirical Monograph on the News)

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Patent Case Against USPTO Mimics Failed Suit, Feds Say
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

Patent Case Against USPTO Mimics Failed Suit, Feds Say <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1872794?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> By Andrew Karpan The federal government has moved to toss a suit alleging that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's website infringes patents covering the idea of two-factor authorization, arguing that a patent in the same "family" was thrown out in 2016 by a different court that said it contained "nothing inventive." Motion attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1872794?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1872794?nl_pk=4126fe73-…>

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La. Judge Smashes EPA Civil Rights Regulations In State
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

La. Judge Smashes EPA Civil Rights Regulations In State <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1873023?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez A Louisiana federal judge has granted the state's request for a permanent injunction blocking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing civil rights regulations in the state that involve disparate impact components. Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1873023?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/compliance/articles/1873023?nl_pk=ab5ce197-c1fb-4d8e…>

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Allstate Can't Get Injunction To Stop 'Smear Campaign'
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

Allstate Can't Get Injunction To Stop 'Smear Campaign' <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1873054?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> By Elizabeth Daley A Colorado federal judge said she could not issue an injunction to force a former insurance agent whom Allstate alleges is conducting a "smear campaign" against it to immediately remove web content accusing the insurer of selling its customers' personal information to child rapists and sex traffickers. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1873054?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/1873054?nl_pk=3dfd2fd…>

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Google Args Don't Erase 'History Is On, Jesus,' DOJ Says
by Gunnar Larson 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

Google Args Don't Erase 'History Is On, Jesus,' DOJ Says <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1872963?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…> By Bryan Koenig Google employees were so conscious of hiding evidence of conduct "that leads to law suits" that they reacted quickly when forgetting to let internal chats delete automatically, the Justice Department said, pushing to punish the search giant for those policies in the looming advertising technology monopolization trial. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1872963?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1872963?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…>

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