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The Entrapment Controversy
by Gunnar Larson 06 Feb '25

06 Feb '25

Author: Roger C. Park Title: The Entrapment Controversy Source: Minnesota Law Review Citation: 60 Minn. L. Rev. 163 (1976). 212 Highlights by Brody Larson: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rhPWgd_OniZVLeJIlieDBx5VNC2chenn/view?usp=…

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Greenpeace - Voyage to Save the Whales - Short Version
by Gunnar Larson 05 Feb '25

05 Feb '25

https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Voyage-to-Save-the-Whales---Short-Vers… Voyage to Save the Whales - Short Version Footage of Greenpeace's first campaigns to halt the hunting of whales by the Soviet whaling fleet in 1975 and 1976. Includes dramatic footage of Greenpeace activists placing themselves in the path of harpoons. Restrictions For licensing this film please contact Omni Films. For clip sales contact Greenpeace International.

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Vyvanse: NYAG Call for Investigation (B12)
by Gunnar Larson 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Dear Madam Attorney General James: Today xNY.io - Bank.org repecfully recommends an independent investigation into NYDFS Superintendent Harris' potential rigging of New York State’s Vyvanse marketplace (B12). xNY.io - Bank.org has information from Australia that seemingly confirms our claim. See here: Marianne Williamson LIVE in Melbourne, Australia | July 2022: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10GI5UDN7PVLcShqj0S_N7E28lpC-vkeC/view?usp=… Novo Nordisk's Obesity Drug Study Allegedly Duped Investors <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2289304?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-…> By Dorothy Atkins Novo Nordisk was hit with a proposed securities class action in New Jersey federal court Friday, accusing the drugmaker of duping investors about its new weight loss drug CagriSema by failing to disclose that obesity patients were taking different dosages in a clinical study, which allegedly skewed results. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2289304?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2289304?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-…> Furthermore, I am concerned that Ms. Harris' likley role in rigging New York State’s Vyvanse marketplace (B12) shares themes with Novo Nordisk that could exasterbate insurance fraud claims at NYAG. Kindly confirm if NYAG will open a Vyvanse marketplace rigginging investigation (B12) by February 12, 2025. Warm regards, Gunnar Larson

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Re: SpaceX Interlocking Directors’ Intent to Manipulate Markets
by Gunnar Larson 03 Feb '25

03 Feb '25

On Thu, Nov 2, 2023, 12:52 PM Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: > Dear Madam Attorney General James: > > xNY.io - Bank.org kindly seeks a response from your office concerning the > message below. > > Today in Manhattan, the FTX case will soon be sent for jury deliberation. > According to NPR, "... FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is accused of > orchestrating one of the largest financial frauds in history." > > Additionally, today Donald Trump's civil fraud trial continues in New York > City. > > Attorney General James, as you are aware xNY.io - Bank.org has an ongoing > dialog with your office concerning a 'RICO.' The New York State Department > of Financial Services records office has responded with a memo concerning > the "Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement" here: > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1reLapm-6C0QJZhPKIPtN5HZGbYhTxZMh/view?usp=… > . > > This memo aims to execute N.Y. Executive Law, Article 15 § 297. Procedure > 1. Additionally, § 298-a. Application of article to certain acts committed > outside the state of New York, (Israel Crisis). > > Kind regards, > > 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 > > On Sat, Jun 18, 2022, 4:44 PM Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: > >> Dear Attorney General Letitia James: >> >> xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC seeks to earn your esteemed approval to engage the >> New York False Claims Act under urgent pretences. >> >> Today's correspondence marks the first time in history, a self-titled >> "mafia" (aka, the "PayPal Mafia '') is compelled to answer publicly the >> decision to manipulate both the New York False Claims Act and the Martin >> Act against one another. >> >> - Madam Attorney General, your leadership approach has historical >> context >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/climate/exxon-climate-lawsuit-new-york.h…> >> to logic and ultimate Exxon Mobil vs. New York State >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nLp9RIYw8mAh1SRG8E9PMEK94SV-viUN/view?usp=…> case >> precedent. >> - xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC research and development notes our hawkish >> approach to ESG, D&O and LBO innovation. >> - xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC sees this not a democrat vs. republican >> concern as Mr. Elon Musk (CEO, SpaceX and Tesla) claims. False pretense to >> protect free speech are now being debated as party to a $200B pryamid >> scheme. >> >> Ms. James, on May 21, 2022 xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC >> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lv9Wt6y1ld4bNap0z3epIxttEGiP_oVpfxH0GTS…> >> contacted the SpaceX Corporation with reasonable concern of CEO Musk's >> intent behind the $44B Twitter LBO. The Orlando Police Pension Fund shared >> similar concerns to the intent behind Twitter's LBO as illegal. >> >> Since, market forces suggest that SpaceX and Tesla directors are part of >> interlocking directorate, self proclaimed the PayPal Mafia. The racket >> could waterfall to problem(s) at the New York State Department of Financial >> Services with Superintendent association to D&O insurance regulation. >> >> Ms. James, xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC seeks your office's urgent assessment >> of this matter. We aim to earn approval to explore the New York False >> Claims Act to confront SpaceX as a racket. >> >> *Like a house of cards, the PayPal Mafia racket could risk a waterfall >> of D&O interlocking directorate insolvencies. In summary: * >> >> 1. xNY.io - Bank.org's May 21, 2022 memo to SpaceX questioned intent >> behind baseless claims pioneered by SpaceX's CEO, branding ESG a scam via >> Exxon Mobil. Obviously, Exxon Mobil vs. New York State >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nLp9RIYw8mAh1SRG8E9PMEK94SV-viUN/view?usp=…> alludes >> Mr. Musk party to a false claim. >> 2. SpaceX has failed to establish a preponderance of evidence and >> burden of proof not a racket. >> 3. SpaceX has failed to prove that Twitter's LBO is not false claim >> to free speech protection. >> 4. True social innovation cannot sponsor a fake news racket that >> could jeopardize space exploration and war. >> 5. Twitter's LBO dealmakers (Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase) >> company balance sheets, financial statements and other corporate records do >> not impact xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC holding a racket accountable to false >> claims. >> >> The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla leveraging Exxon Mobil as an ESG >> securities scam does not preclude the PayPal Mafia's intent to engage false >> claims at the sacrifice of New York State's financial future. >> >> Madam Attorney General James, we hope to hear from your esteemed office >> and learn assessment of best next steps. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Gunnar >> >> -- >> *Gunnar Larson * >> *xNY.io <http://www.xny.io/> - Bank.org <http://bank.org/>, PBC* >> >> 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 >> >> On Sun, May 22, 2022 at 9:34 AM Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> wrote: >> >>> May 21, 2022 >>> >>> BY ELECTRONIC MAIL >>> >>> SpaceX Corporation >>> Board of Directors >>> One Rocket Road >>> Hawthorne, California >>> 90250 >>> Sales(a)SpaceX.com >>> >>> Re: Potential SpaceX Interlocking Directors’ Intent to Manipulate >>> Markets >>> >>> Dear SpaceX Board of Directors: >>> >>> From our New York headquarters, xNY.io - Bank.org, PBC embodies the >>> notion that rather than a merry-go-round, the process of change and >>> innovation is like a slide. >>> >>> Today’s memo aims to notify the SpaceX Corporation of concern of >>> potential market manipulation that could impact cross-border digital asset >>> innovation, free speech in the United States of America, the global ESG >>> economy and Moon exploration. >>> >>> Please find the attached memo >>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lv9Wt6y1ld4bNap0z3epIxttEGiP_oVpfxH0GTS…> >>> addressed to SpaceX's board of directors. >>> >>> Respectfully, >>> >>> Gunnar Larson >>> >>

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HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT CITY HALL
by Gunnar Larson 01 Feb '25

01 Feb '25

Art Director/Designer: Sidney Myers Copywriter: Evan Stark Agency: Doyle Dane Bernbach, Inc. Client: Whirlpool HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO FIGHT CITY HALL If you have a product you are not happy with, what do you do? Sit and sulk? Moan to your next-door neighbor? Promise yourself that you'll never buy another product from the manufacturer? A lot of good that will do. No, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, that's not the answer. If you have a gripe, let the manufacturer know. Call him up. Write to him. Keep after him until he does something about it. Because nothing bothers a reputable manufacturer more than dissatisfied customers. We at Whirlpool believe in putting our money where our mouth is. We believe we make the best appliances you can buy. Automatic washers, dryers, refrigerators, air conditioners, dishwashers, etc. And we also believe our Tech-Care Service specialists provide the best service in our field. In addition, we were the first to do away with the complicated standard warranty and replace it with a fully binding, easy-to-understand warranty letter. We were first to provide a free, nation wide telephone number (800-253-1301) for service information. And we were the first to have consultants answer your calls, thereby solving many of your problems right over the phone. But still and all, we know that you can't please all of the people all of the time. That's the reason for the blank letter on the facing page. If you have a gripe about us, we want to know so we can do something about it. Just write your complaint, tear out the page and mail it to us. If you know anything at all about Whirlpool, you know it won't be ignored. By the way, if you have something nice to say about us, we'd like to hear that too. Steve Upton Vice President, Consumer Services Division Whirlpool Corporation

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JPMorgan Chase Charged by Yet Another Internal Whistleblower with Cooking the Books
by Gunnar Larson 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2025/01/jpmorgan-chase-charged-by-yet-anothe… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 31, 2025 ~ Jamie Dimon Sits in Front of Trading Monitor in his Office (Source -- 60 Minutes Interview, November 10, 2019) Jamie Dimon Sits in Front of Trading Monitor in his Office (Source — 60 Minutes Interview, November 10, 2019) The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has gotten its hands on a blockbuster 35-page letter that a former JPMorgan banker sent to the bank’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors in August 2023. The letter asserts that the bank has been ginning down the amount of capital it is required to hold by improperly using an accounting technique called “netting.” The whistleblower asserts that “this could have allowed JPMorgan Chase to generate an additional $2 billion in net income in one year alone.” The whistleblower indicates that he/she brought this alleged malfeasance to bank officials in 2018 but was “ultimately retaliated against and laid off in 2022.” That is becoming a common refrain by whistleblowers inside JPMorgan Chase: they say they are rewarded for bringing improper, or brazenly illegal, conduct to the attention of their superiors by being shown the exit door. Consider what we reported in October 2022: “The plaintiff in the case is Shaquala Williams, an attorney and financial crimes compliance professional with more than a decade of experience at multiple global banks. The defendant is JPMorgan Chase – the largest bank in the U.S. which has been charged with five felony counts by the U.S. Department of Justice since 2014. Despite the bank’s unprecedented crime spree, federal regulators and the Board of Directors of JPMorgan Chase have allowed the same Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, to continue to run the bank. “Williams charged in her lawsuit that JPMorgan Chase was keeping two sets of books and effectively making a monkey out of the U.S. Department of Justice by brazenly flouting the non-prosecution agreement it had signed with the Justice Department in a previous case. It came out in her deposition testimony, which is part of the court record, that one of the people being paid under her allegation of the bank keeping two sets of books was Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the U.K. (See our report: JPMorgan Whistleblower Names Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair in Court Documents as Receiving ‘Emergency’ Payments from Bank.)” Williams’ lawsuit also charged that the bank retaliated against her protected whistleblowing activities by terminating her employment after she raised concerns about the improper payments. Like so many other federal lawsuits alleging brazen crimes at JPMorgan Chase, the Williams case ended up before Judge Jed Rakoff in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. And like so many other cases against JPMorgan Chase, Rakoff allowed the lawsuit to be settled with a vast array of documents remaining under seal. (See Judge Jed Rakoff Has Regularly Dined in the Past with the Chairman of the Law Firm that Just Got a Big Win in His Court in the JPMorgan Sex Trafficking Case.) Then there was the federal lawsuit brought by Donald Turnbull, a former trader on the precious metals desk at JPMorgan Chase. Turnbull alleged that the bank trumped up false charges against him as a pretext to terminate him when it was actually terminating him for cooperating with the Department of Justice’s investigation of illegal precious metals trading at the bank. Turnbull states in the lawsuit that the indicted traders received better benefits when they were released from employment than he did. Despite a seriously-ill wife, Turnbull alleges in the lawsuit that JPMorgan Chase cancelled his health insurance, did not pay him severance, and took away his unvested stock awards when they terminated him. This would also not be the first time that JPMorgan Chase has been alleged to have engaged in dodgy tactics to reduce the amount of capital it must hold. The Office of Financial Research (OFR) called the bank out for just such an issue in a June 2015 report. The Office of Financial Research was created under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010 to make sure that Wall Street megabanks would never again ravage the economy and financial system of the United States — as they did in 2008 – by engaging in reckless derivative trades and toxic bets. OFR describes its mission as follows: “Our job is to shine a light in the dark corners of the financial system to see where risks are going, assess how much of a threat they might pose, and provide policymakers with financial analysis, information, and evaluation of policy tools to mitigate them.” Buried in OFR’s June 2015 report was a bombshell. When JPMorgan Chase was initiating hundreds of billions of dollars in risky derivative trades in London in 2012, using deposits from its federally-insured bank in the U.S., it was attempting to engage in tricked-up capital relief trades. This outrageous gamesmanship resulted in $6.2 billion in losses at the bank; an investigation by the FBI; embarrassing Senate hearings; a scathing 300-page report by the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; charges of engaging in “unsafe and unsound” banking practices by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; and the payment of $920 million in fines to its regulators. The OFR researchers wrote this in their June 2015 report: “Despite limited public data, post crisis, there is reason to believe banks continue to use credit derivatives for capital relief. JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s losses in the 2012 London Whale case were the result of CDS [Credit Default Swap] usage which was undertaken to obtain regulatory capital relief on positions in the trading book. SEC staff said in early 2015 they were evaluating potential transactions at other banks akin to those that resulted in JPMorgan’s losses. Additionally, banking regulators have observed that banks’ use of high-cost credit protection could only be economically viable if the cost of the risk weights on the asset in question were high. Specifically, the Federal Reserve said in a 2011 supervisory letter that regulators would scrutinize high-cost transactions and could disallow favorable regulatory capital treatment in some cases.” Clearly, JPMorgan Chase and its long-tenured Chairman and CEO, Jamie Dimon, believe they have nothing to fear from the U.S. court system, the Department of Justice, or their regulators.

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DOT, Alaska Air Slam Frontier's Bid To Halt DCA Slot Award (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
by Gunnar Larson 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

*(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)* DOT, Alaska Air Slam Frontier's Bid To Halt DCA Slot Award <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2290456?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> By Ali Sullivan The U.S. Department of Transportation and Alaska Airlines Inc. are urging the D.C. Circuit to reject Frontier Airlines' emergency bid to block Alaska Airlines from offering direct flights from Ronald Reagan National Airport, just outside Washington, D.C., to San Diego, saying that halting the service would benefit no one. 2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2290456?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2290456?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c…>

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BREAKING: Former Sen. Bob Menendez Gets 11 Years For Bribes, Abuse Of Power
by Gunnar Larson 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

BREAKING: Former Sen. Bob Menendez Gets 11 Years For Bribes, Abuse Of Power <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/2290369?nl_pk=b53aa520-5013-4a8d-a5…> By Pete Brush A Manhattan federal judge sentenced Robert Menendez to 11 years in prison Wednesday after a jury convicted the former senator from New Jersey of engaging in a lengthy, million-dollar course of bribery and corruption, saying his crimes merit "serious consequence." 4 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/2290369?nl_pk=b53aa520-5013-4a8d-a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/newyork/articles/2290369?nl_pk=b53aa520-5013-4a8d-a5…>

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Judge Tosses Bias Suit Over Deadlines, AI-Generated Filings
by Gunnar Larson 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

Judge Tosses Bias Suit Over Deadlines, AI-Generated Filings <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2288912?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431…> By Matt Perez A D.C. federal judge has dismissed the remaining age-discrimination claim in a lawsuit filed by former D.C. Department of Public Works employees after the remaining plaintiff failed to comply with discovery deadlines and submitted filings with inaccurate citations, further raising concerns about the use of AI-generated content. Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2288912?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2288912?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431…>

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Feds Want 10 Yrs. For Atty Over Attempted Embassy Bombing
by Gunnar Larson 31 Jan '25

31 Jan '25

Feds Want 10 Yrs. For Atty Over Attempted Embassy Bombing <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2289150?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431…> By Elliot Weld Federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for a former Florida defense attorney who pled guilty to blowing up a sculpture in Texas and trying to bomb the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., citing the extreme harm he was trying to inflict. Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2289150?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/2289150?nl_pk=87c9365b-e736-431…>

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