September 2024 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Alphabet Beats Investor Suit Over Antitrust Issues, For Now
by Gunnar Larson 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Alphabet Beats Investor Suit Over Antitrust Issues, For Now <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1875996?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…> By Rae Ann Varona A California federal judge on Tuesday tossed a proposed securities fraud class action against Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc., saying investors failed to adequately allege that Google intended to deceive them when responding to a congressional query on concerns of anti-competitive ad tech practices. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1875996?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/1875996?nl_pk=6416fd97-1dc4-4e0…>

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Half Of Women Unsure They Will Have Enough For Retirement
by Gunnar Larson 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Half Of Women Unsure They Will Have Enough For Retirement <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1875685?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Joel Poultney More than half of women in Britain do not believe they will have enough money to support their income in retirement, findings by an investment management company suggest, amid concerns over the gender pension gap. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1875685?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1875685?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Tech Co. Accused Of Defrauding 'Plasma Reactor' Investor
by Gunnar Larson 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Tech Co. Accused Of Defrauding 'Plasma Reactor' Investor <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1872467?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Sam Tabahriti A Chinese businessman and his company have sued a U.K. technology company claiming they were defrauded of nearly £2.9 million ($3.8 million) by the firm and its directors after being led under false pretenses into investing in the development of a so-called "plasma reactor." Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1872467?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1872467?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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Pay To Play: The 2-Tier Legal Route For Crypto-Fraud Victims
by Gunnar Larson 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

Pay To Play: The 2-Tier Legal Route For Crypto-Fraud Victims <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1871098?nl_pk=a94fc…> By Christopher Crosby More people are falling victim to cryptocurrency scams, but their options for recovering money are few and expensive, which creates a two-tier approach — one for those who have the means to pay lawyers and consultants and another for those who don't. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1871098?nl_pk=a94fc…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/1871098?nl_pk=a94fc…>

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A New 84-Year-Old Scotch From the Macallan Is Its Oldest and Rarest
by Gunnar Larson 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

A New 84-Year-Old Scotch From the Macallan Is Its Oldest and Rarest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-03/the-macallan-releases-it…

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Ripple SEC Law.com Story
by Gunnar Larson 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Fri, Jan 21, 2022, 2:52 PM Subject: Ripple SEC Law.com Story To: <pbantz(a)alm.com> Mr. Bantz: My name is Gunnar Larson. I saw your Law.com story related to Ripple and the SEC <https://www.law.com/corpcounsel/2022/01/14/ripple-general-counsel-stu-alder…> . *Perhaps there is some added reporting necessary on your part, as a supplement to your story: * - Would like to learn your perspective on Ripple's customer list by Country: *https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pmz0RF_WvKKE_rRmoG_ksx0OCShmT9Zg/view?usp=drivesdk <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pmz0RF_WvKKE_rRmoG_ksx0OCShmT9Zg/view?usp=…>* - Note, as of 2020, Ripple's top four customers are Chinese banks - Ripple's General Counsel seems to be talking about both sides of his mouth, related to the SEC. Law.com seems to be supporting this theme with your story The SEC perhaps is not being totally transparent with their Ripple case? The top customers seem to be the focus? What are your thoughts? Thank you, Gunnar -- *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 New York, New York 10001

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Re: [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - Fwd: Complaint Referral Form Internet Crime Complaint Center - New York State's Notary Verification System
by Gunnar Larson 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Dear FBI Public Information Officer: The FOIA allows requesters to file an administrative appeal with the agency for any information that was denied in response to a FOIA request. Can you please advise if thr FOIA request should be appealed one of the following reason(s): - the refusal to release a record, either in whole or in part - the determination that a record does not exist or cannot be found - the determination that the record you sought was not subject to the FOIA - the denial of a request for expedited processing the denial of a fee waiver request. Thank you, Gunnar Larson On Thu, Aug 22, 2024, 2:15 PM FOIPAQUESTIONS(a)FBI.GOV <FOIPAQUESTIONS(a)fbi.gov> wrote: > The Record/Information Dissemination Section is not an investigative > section of the FBI and only processes Freedom of Information/Privacy Act > (FOIPA) requests. > > > > To report criminal activities please access the FBI’s homepage on the > internet at http://www.fbi.gov/. Option 1-Access the ‘CONTACT US’ link > at the top and then select the “Submit a Tip on Crime/Terrorism”. The > direct link is: http://tips.fbi.gov/. Option 2-Access the ‘CONTACT US’ > link at the top and then select the “Report Internet Crime” link, which > connects to the ‘Internet Crime Complaint Center’. The direct link is: > http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx. > > > > You also have the option of contacting the FBI’s local field office in > your area and their contact information is available on the FBI’s homepage > which is listed above. > > > > Public Information Officer > > FBI - Information Management Division > > 200 Constitution Drive > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/200+Constitution+Drive?entry=gmail&sourc…> > > Winchester, VA 22602 > > O: (540) 868-4593 > > E: foipaquestions(a)fbi.gov > > > > Do you have further questions about the FOI/PA process? Visit us at > http://www.fbi.gov/foia > > > > Please check the status of your request online at > https://vault.fbi.gov/fdps-1/@@search-fdps Status updates are > performed on a weekly basis. > > > > Note: This is a non-emergency email address. If this is an emergency, > please call 911 directly. If you need to report a tip for immediate > action, please contact FBI Tips at http://tips.fbi.gov/ or reach out to > your local field office. > > > > *From:* Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:52 AM > *To:* FOIPAQUESTIONS <FOIPAQUESTIONS(a)FBI.GOV> > *Cc:* cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL EMAIL] - Fwd: Complaint Referral Form Internet Crime > Complaint Center - New York State's Notary Verification System > > > > Dear Madam or Sir: > > > > My name is Gunnar Larson and I am a co-founder at xNY.io - Bank.org. > > > > On November 3, 2022 I personally made a complaint to IC3 concerning forged > notaries (below). > > > > The FBI has not responded to this matter. > > > > Today I would like to request all FBI records associated with this IC3 > complaint, investigation and/or any records of entrapment associated. > > > > Sending you the very best. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Gunnar > > > -- > > > > 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 > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Gunnar Larson* <g(a)xny.io> > Date: Thu, Nov 3, 2022, 7:02 AM > Subject: Complaint Referral Form Internet Crime Complaint Center > To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > > > > [image: Image removed by sender. IC3 logo] > Complaint Referral Form > Internet Crime Complaint Center > > *Thank you. Your complaint was submitted to the IC3. Please save or print > a copy of your complaint before closing this window.This is the only time > you will have to make a copy of your complaint.* > > Victim InformationName: Gunnar LarsonAre you reporting on behalf of a > business? NoBusiness Name: Is the incident currently impacting business > operations? Age: 30 - 39Address: 406 West 25th StreetAddress > (continued): Suite/Apt./Mail Stop: 1RECity: New YorkCounty: Country: United > States of AmericaState: New YorkZip Code/Route: 10001Phone > Number: 6464549107Email Address: g(a)xny.ioBusiness IT POC, if > applicable: Other Business POC, if applicable: Financial > Transaction(s)Transaction Type: OtherIf other, please specify: Notary > FraudTransaction Amount: 2400.00Transaction Date: 10/6/2022Was the money > sent? No > ------------------------------ > > Victim Bank Name: Victim Bank Address: Victim Bank Address > (continued): Victim Bank Suite/Mail Stop: Victim Bank City: Victim Bank > Country: Victim Bank State: Victim Bank Zip Code/Route: Victim Name on > Account: Victim Account Number: > ------------------------------ > > Recipient Bank Name: Recipient Bank Address: Recipient Bank Address > (continued): Recipient Bank Suite/Mail Stop: Recipient Bank City: Recipient > Bank Country: Recipient Bank State: Recipient Bank Zip > Code/Route: Recipient Name on Account: Recipient Bank Routing > Number: Recipient Account Number: Recipient Bank SWIFT Code: Description of > IncidentProvide a description of the incident and how you were victimized. > Provide information not captured elsewhere in this complaint form.Hello: I > was hired as a contractor for a online drop shipping company. The firm sent > packages to my home address. The shipping manager asked me to retrieve a > package by providing a notorized authorization letter. Upon reviewing the > authorization letter and searching New York State's notary verification > system, it appeared the notary was forged. A copy of the letter may be > accessed here: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hqzatqez7yWs7ZZq76RBYy2zzi6NiDw9/view?usp=… > Below, you will find the exchange with the shipping manager. On October 31 > the firm denied payment for employment and has 'gone missing.' Given my > personal and professional association with xNY.io - Bank.org I am concerned > about being associated with felony notary Fraud. Furthrtmore, xNY.io - > Bank.org is party to the Clayton Act and/or an entrapment exercise. Thank > you Gunnar Larson 646-454-9107 Which of the following were used in this > incident? (Check all that apply.)☑ Spoofed Email☑ Similar Domain☑ Email > Intrusion > > ☐ OtherPlease specify: > > Other InformationIf an email was used in this incident, please provide a > copy of the entire email including full email headers. ---------- Forwarded > message --------- From: Dorothy Berry <dorothy.berry(a)dvlemail.com> Date: > Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 2:44 PM Subject: Re: 290283 To: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > I will coordinate with our Legal team regarding this. The authorization > letter was given by the customer. --- Kind regards, Dorothy Berry | Manager > Shipping Department Direct number:(475) 330-3037 DELTA VISION (DVS > Logistics US) 45 Ruby St #3 Norwalk, CT 06850 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/US)+45+Ruby+St+%233+Norwalk,+CT+06850?en…> > (888) 559 9329 Mon-Fri 09:00AM-06:00PM EST Sat-Sun Closed ---- On Fri, 07 > Oct 2022 14:33:19 -0400 Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote --- No. I won't go > present an authorized letter to anyone with a fake notarized stamp on it. > Please advise. On Fri, Oct 7, 2022, 1:48 PM Dorothy Berry < > dorothy.berry(a)dvlemail.com> wrote: Did you try picking up package and > show Authorization letter to them? --- Kind regards, Dorothy Berry | > Manager Shipping Department Direct number:(475) 330-3037 DELTA VISION (DVS > Logistics US) 45 Ruby St #3 Norwalk, CT 06850 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/US)+45+Ruby+St+%233+Norwalk,+CT+06850?en…> > (888) 559 9329 Mon-Fri 09:00AM-06:00PM EST Sat-Sun Closed ---- On Fri, 07 > Oct 2022 08:56:52 -0400 Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote --- Ms. Berry: I > am having trouble verifying the authentication of the notarized document.. > I just left you a message. Please advise best next steps. Thank you, Gunnar > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 4:33 PM Dorothy Berry <dorothy.berry(a)dvlemail.com> > wrote: Good day! Please find the attached file. Thanks. --- Kind regards, > Dorothy Berry | Manager Shipping Department Direct number:(475) 330-3037 > DELTA VISION (DVS Logistics US) 45 Ruby St #3 Norwalk, CT 06850 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/US)+45+Ruby+St+%233+Norwalk,+CT+06850?en…> > (888) 559 9329 Mon-Fri 09:00AM-06:00PM EST Sat-Sun Closed Are there any > other witnesses or victims to this incident?Yes.If you have reported this > incident to other law enforcement or government agencies, please provide > the name, phone number, email, date reported, report number, etc.[No > response provided]Check here if this an update to a previously filed > complaint: ☐Who Filed the ComplaintWere you the victim in the incident > described above? Yes > > Name: Business Name: Phone Number: Email Address: > > Digital Signature > > By digitally signing this document, I affirm that the information I > provided is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I understand > that providing false information could make me subject to fine, > imprisonment, or both. (Title 18, U.S.Code, Section 1001) > > Digital Signature: Gunnar Larson > > Thank you. Your complaint was submitted to the IC3. Please save or print a > copy of your complaint before closing this window. > *This is the only time you will have to make a copy of your complaint.* >

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Wash. AG Hit Again With Atty's Bias Firing Suit
by Gunnar Larson 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

Wash. AG Hit Again With Atty's Bias Firing Suit <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1874755?nl_pk=8f2e5a76-bb66-462b-a…> By Greg Lamm A Washington attorney who says he was wrongfully fired from his job with the state's Office of the Attorney General after he was diagnosed with trauma linked to being a closeted gay Mormon youth has filed a new lawsuit after a similar case was tossed by a federal judge last fall. 3 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1874755?nl_pk=8f2e5a76-bb66-462b-a…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/1874755?nl_pk=8f2e5a76-bb66-462b-a…>

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BREAKING: Former Aide To NY Gov. Indicted On Foreign Agent Charges
by Gunnar Larson 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

BREAKING: Former Aide To NY Gov. Indicted On Foreign Agent Charges <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1875766?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> By Stewart Bishop A former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and ex-governor Andrew Cuomo was arrested Tuesday and accused of secretly acting as an agent of China's government, in a years-long political conspiracy to promote the interests of the Chinese Communist Party and reap millions of dollars. Indictment attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1875766?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1875766?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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Three Megabanks Had Loans Outstanding of $1.832 Trillion to Giant Hedge Funds on March 31
by Gunnar Larson 03 Sep '24

03 Sep '24

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/09/three-megabanks-had-loans-outstandin… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: September 3, 2024 ~ The Office of Financial Research (OFR), the federal agency created after the 2008 financial collapse on Wall Street to defog the lenses of federal regulators to prevent a replay of that disaster, has posted frightening graphs on its website as part of its “Hedge Fund Monitor.” Particularly alarming is the overall takeaway that the U.S. megabanks that are receiving federal deposit insurance that is backstopped by hardworking and law-abiding U.S. taxpayers, are using their lending ability to make massive loans to dodgy, giant hedge funds that are regularly found to be on the wrong side of the law and/or engaging in wildly risky behavior. Equally concerning is whether megabank lending to giant hedge funds is sapping their ability to make loans to worthy U.S. businesses that are engaged in the real economy rather than the financial casino economy of hedge funds. Take the chart at the top of the page as one example. It shows that just three megabanks provided a combined $1.832 trillion in credit to “Qualifying Hedge Funds” as of March 31, 2024. This represented 79 percent of all such loans, which had a total value of $2.31 trillion. (See chart at the bottom of the page.) “Qualifying Hedge Fund” is defined as follows: “A Qualifying Hedge Fund is any hedge fund with net assets of at least $500 million that is advised by a Large Hedge Fund Adviser. Net assets are measured individually or in combination with any feeder funds, parallel funds, or dependent parallel managed accounts. Large Hedge Fund Advisers, according to SEC Form PF, have at least $1.5 billion in hedge fund assets under management across one or more funds.” Megabanks always find some benign-sounding name for their most dangerous operations. In the case of their massive lending and red-carpet services to giant hedge funds, they call it “Prime Broker” operations. Number of Hedge Funds Served by MegabanksThe Office of Financial Research has not included the names of the three megabanks that have taken on this enormous, $1.8 trillion concentrated risk with hedge funds, but the chart to the right might offer a big clue as to those names. According to this March 4 report from the Bank for International Settlements, the Prime Broker operations of Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) (all U.S. financial institutions which own federally-insured banks) were each servicing more than 1,000 hedge funds as of 2022. The fact that the Office of Financial Research is simply “monitoring” this potentially explosive situation while the federal banking regulators for whom it conducts its research allow this dangerous and incestuous situation to grow, is simply more evidence of completely captured regulators. It’s not like federal regulators don’t have sufficient evidence that hedge funds and deposit-taking banks create a dangerous, combustible mix. In the spring of 2021, Credit Suisse lost $5.5 billion from the highly-leveraged, highly concentrated stock positions it was financing via ginned-up derivatives for the family office hedge fund, Archegos Capital Management. Archegos blew up on March 25, 2021 after it defaulted on margin calls to the banks financing its trades. An internal report for the Board of Directors of Credit Suisse by the outside law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison found that Credit Suisse “was focused on maximizing short-term profits and failed to rein in and, indeed, enabled Archegos’s voracious risk-taking.” Credit Suisse exists no more. Its demise was hastened by its involvement with the Archegos hedge fund. Credit Suisse was sold in a shotgun wedding and fire sale to its long-time rival, UBS, in March 2023. And, of course, the largest hedge fund blowup of all time was that of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998. The Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission at the time, Brooksley Born, described the event as follows for PBS: “I got a call from the Treasury Department, probably the weekend that it nearly collapsed. This was in actually September ’98. And I was told that the very large hedge fund was almost collapsing, that it had $1.25 trillion in notional value of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, and it only had $4 billion in capital to support that enormous investment, and that the markets had turned against it…so that it was going to default in a very major way….” LTCM created a major market panic, leading to the New York Fed forcing the banks that were LTCM’s major counterparties to inject approximately $3.6 billion in capital to allow for a gradual unwinding of the hedge fund. Between September 1, 1998 and October 8, 1998 – as the Long-Term Capital Management crisis played out, the stock of JPMorgan Chase lost 35 percent of its market value. Other megabanks also took large hits to their share prices, further fueling market panic and instability. Apparently, federal banking regulators have become incapable of learning from the lessons of the past.

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