Dear Goldman Sachs: Will Goldman Sachs' Board Directors submit the Board to an audit of the Deferred Agreement’s mandates? xNY.io - Bank.org confirms, Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement holds certain risk requirements. *Goldman-Sachs-Deferred-Prosecution-Agreement.pdf:* - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yx88RMoeLyyfbNK0RtPl4r-m8N21_1Sp/view?usp=d... *"Periodic Risk-Based Review * * 5. The Company will develop these compliance policies and procedures on the basis of a periodic risk assessment addressing the individual circumstances of the Company, in particular the foreign bribery risks facing the Company, including, but not limited to, its geographical organization, interactions with various types and levels of government officials, industrial sectors of operation, potential clients and business partners, use of third parties, gifts, travel and entertainment expenses, charitable and political donations, involvement in joint venture arrangements, importance of licenses and permits in the Company’s operations, degree of governmental oversight and inspection, and volume and importance of goods and personnel clearing through customs and immigration. * * 6. The Company shall review its anti-corruption compliance policies and procedures no less than annually and update them as appropriate to ensure their continued effectiveness, taking into account relevant developments in the field and evolving international and industry standards."* Financial Services Forum President and CEO Kevin Fromer issued the following statement after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it will no longer examine its regulated institutions for reputation risk. *Forum Statement on OCC’s Removal of Reputation Risk* *Washington, D.C. – *Financial Services Forum President and CEO Kevin Fromer issued the following statement after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it will no longer examine its regulated institutions for reputation risk: “We appreciate the OCC’s action to ensure bank supervision is focused on financial and other material risks. Today’s decision is an important step to create a more transparent and effective regulatory environment. We look forward to continuing to work with the Administration and Congress to identify solutions that allow America’s leading banks to continue to best serve their customers.” ### *The Financial Services Forum is an economic policy and advocacy organization whose members are the eight largest and most diversified financial institutions headquartered in the United States. Forum member institutions are a leading source of lending and investment in the United States and serve millions of consumers, businesses, investors, and communities throughout the country. The Forum promotes policies that support savings and investment, financial inclusion, deep and liquid capital markets, a competitive global marketplace, and a sound financial system.* *Visit our website: **fsforum.com* <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-r/> *Follow us on X **@fsforum* <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-y/> * and **LinkedIn* <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-j/> [image: Twitter] <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-t/>[image: LinkedIn] <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-i/>[image: Website] <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-d/>[image: Instagram] <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-h/>[image: Threads] <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-k/>[image: YouTube] <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-u/> <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thtulykl-njyjukhihy-o/> The Financial Services Forum is an economic policy and advocacy organization whose members are the eight largest and most diversified financial institutions headquartered in the United States. The Forum promotes policies that support savings and investment, financial inclusion, deep and liquid capital markets, a competitive global marketplace, and a sound financial system. xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights. Thank you, Gunnar Larson -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053 On Thu, Mar 20, 2025, 8:31 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Goldman Sachs:
xNY.io - Bank.org is concerned Goldman Sachs is potentially 'obstructing justice' against xNY.io - Bank.org's global enterprise.
Swiss Bank Accused Of Ignoring $1B Kuwaiti Bribery Scheme <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2312696?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-20&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1>
By Lucia Osborne-Crowley
A Swiss bank turned a blind eye to a scheme of corrupt payments orchestrated by the former director of Kuwait's pensions authority by failing to make reasonable inquiries into suspicious accounts, lawyers for the body told a court on Wednesday.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2312696?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-20&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2312696?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-20&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1>
Goldstein Says Feds 'Misled' Court With Obstruction Claim <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2312749?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-20&read_main=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=6>
By Phillip Bantz
U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein wants a Maryland federal judge to sanction prosecutors in his tax evasion case for a "pattern of false and misleading statements" to the court accusing him of hiding millions in cryptocurrency and bribing his former law firm manager.
2 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2312749?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-20&read_more=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2312749?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-20&read_later=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=6> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights.
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 3:11 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
*Trump Administration Gives All Clear to Laundering Money through Shell Companies and Bribing Foreign Officials*
By Pam Martens and <https://wallstreetonparade.com/about-3/about/>Russ Martens <https://wallstreetonparade.com/about-3/about/>: March 19, 2025 ~
[image: Trump, Pied Piper] <https://wallstreetonparade.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Trump-Pied-Piper.jpg>On February 10, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order <https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security> that suspended the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for 180 days, giving an all clear to U.S. corporations to bribe officials in foreign countries to get business deals approved. The order bars federal prosecutors from starting any new FCPA investigations, enforcing new actions and orders a review of existing FCPA investigations to “restore proper bounds” on applying the FCPA law.
The FCPA, enacted in 1977, has been the law of the United States for almost half a century. In July 2020, the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission issued a comprehensive and updated guide to the FCPA. It explained its purpose as follows <https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-fraud/file/1292051/dl?inline>:
“Foreign bribery is a scourge that must be eradicated. It undermines the rule of law, empowers authoritarian rulers, distorts free and fair markets, disadvantages honest and ethical companies, and threatens national security and sustainable development. This updated Guide is meant not only to summarize the product of the dedicated and hardworking individuals who combat foreign bribery as part of their work for the U.S. government, but also to help companies, practitioners, and the public — many of whom find themselves on the front lines of this fight —prevent corruption in the first instance. We hope that the Guide will continue to be an invaluable resource in those efforts.”
In early March the Trump administration gutted another anti-corruption law, the Corporate Transparency Act.
The Corporate Transparency Act became law in 2021. Its goal is to curb anonymous shell companies from money laundering in the U.S. behind a dark curtain. It requires that the true owners of these shell companies must file that beneficial ownership information into a federal registry established by the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and it imposes stiff fines and up to two years in prison for failure to do so.
Quietly, with little fanfare on March 2, Trump’s newly installed Treasury Secretary (hedge fund honcho Scott Bessent <https://wallstreetonparade.com/2024/11/donald-trumps-treasury-nominee-made-big-bets-this-year-on-chinese-stocks-and-a-big-short-on-the-u-s-market/>) announced that he would not enforce the Corporate Transparency Act as the law was written. The statement from the Treasury Department said this <https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0038>:
“The Treasury Department is announcing today that, with respect to the Corporate Transparency Act, not only will it not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing regulatory deadlines, but it will further not enforce any penalties or fines against U.S. citizens or domestic reporting companies or their beneficial owners after the forthcoming rule changes take effect either. The Treasury Department will further be issuing a proposed rulemaking that will narrow the scope of the rule to foreign reporting companies only. Treasury takes this step in the interest of supporting hard-working American taxpayers and small businesses and ensuring that the rule is appropriately tailored to advance the public interest.”
We have read regulatory announcements by the U.S. Treasury Department for decades. We have never read anything from prior administrations that is so unprofessionally constructed or that so brazenly thumbs its nose at duly passed laws by the U.S. Congress.
These two bizarre rollbacks of anti-corruption legislation raise the obvious question: Who benefits?
Donald Trump himself comes to mind.
In March 2017, USA Today published an explosive expose <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/28/trump-business-past-ties-russian-mobsters-organized-crime/98321252/> that revealed the following:
“Trump’s privately held company works through a network of subsidiaries and partnerships that make direct connections hard to trace, particularly since he has refused to release his tax filings. In addition, some of the Trump Organization’s investors and buyers operate through shell companies and limited liability corporations that hide the identities of individual owners.”
The article drilled down further to these specifics:
“• A member of the firm that developed the Trump SoHo Hotel in New York is a twice-convicted felon who spent a year in prison for stabbing a man and later scouted for Trump investments in Russia.
“• An investor in the SoHo project was accused by Belgian authorities in 2011 in a $55 million money-laundering scheme.
“• Three owners of Trump condos in Florida and Manhattan were accused in federal indictments of belonging to a Russian-American organized crime group and working for a major international crime boss based in Russia.
“• A former mayor from Kazakhstan was accused in a federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles in 2014 of hiding millions of dollars looted from his city, some of which was spent on three Trump SoHo units.
“• A Ukrainian owner of two Trump condos in Florida was indicted in a money-laundering scheme involving a former prime minister of Ukraine.
“…What’s more, Trump and his companies have had business dealings with Russians that go back decades, raising questions about whether his policies would be influenced by business considerations.”
In 2008 Trump’s son, Donald Jr., told Russian media while he was in Moscow that “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets; say in Dubai, and certainly with our project in SoHo and anywhere in New York. We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia. There’s indeed a lot of money coming for new-builds and resale reflecting a trend in the Russian economy and, of course, the weak dollar versus the ruble” according to USA Today reporting in December 2016 <https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/12/15/donald-trump-russia-wealthy-condo-buyers/95464922/> . On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 11:22 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Goldman Sachs:
xNY.io - Bank.org is prepared to take any potential arguments to every Supreme Court on Planet Earth for consideration.
NBA Asks High Court To Weigh In On VPPA Data Sharing Suit <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2312508?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1>
By Gina Kim
The NBA has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a Second Circuit decision that revived a Video Privacy Protection Act suit alleging that the league shared video viewing activities of its website's visitors with Meta, arguing that the plaintiff lacked standing since the information wasn't publicly disseminated or highly personal.
Petition attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2312508?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cybersecurity-privacy/articles/2312508?nl_pk=fb101149-eb3b-4ea0-9196-fcd8c48ca69a&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cybersecurity-privacy&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights.
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On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 10:23 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Goldman Sachs:
xNY.io - Bank.org's research could paint a stark image for Gomdman Sachs' Board Directors if the firm knowingly made efforts to defraud the United States of America *AND* xNY.io - Bank.org symaltaniouly; While under an active Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of America.
Tennis Governing Bodies Are A 'Cartel,' Players Claim In Suit <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2312142?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=15>
By David Steele
Twelve current and former tennis professionals filed a proposed antitrust class action in New York federal court on Tuesday, accusing the sport's governing bodies of operating as a "cartel" that manipulates pay and rankings, forces unsafe playing conditions, and exposes players to unfair investigations and discipline.
Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2312142?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=15> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2312142?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=15>
States Oppose Term In Sandoz Price-Fixing Deal With Fla. <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2311936?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=8>
By Jared Foretek
State enforcers still locked in price-fixing litigation against generic-drug maker Sandoz are raising objections to a cap on what they could win through settlements in Florida's recent agreement with the company, telling the Connecticut federal judge weighing approval that it would block or delay potential settlements of their own.
Notice attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2311936?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=8> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2311936?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=8>
BlackRock Calls Red States' Suit Over Coal Prices 'Farfetched' <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2312190?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=12>
By Katryna Perera
BlackRock Inc. and two other large asset managers have urged a Texas federal judge to toss claims brought by a coalition of Republican-led states alleging the firms ran a scheme to drive up coal prices as part of an "investment cartel," saying the case "spins a farfetched theory."
Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2312190?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=12> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/competition/articles/2312190?nl_pk=6e763a2a-9f82-44c1-ad37-dbb872fe3785&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=competition&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=12> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights.
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Gunnar Larson -- Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson xNY.io - Bank.org 917-580-8053
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 8:04 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Goldman Sachs:
Trading Giant Virtu Must Face Suit Over Confidentiality Issues <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2312402?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1>
By Katryna Perera
A New York federal judge has trimmed a consolidated class action accusing trading giant Virtu Financial Inc. of misleading investors on issues around access to confidential customer trading information, finding that one category of statements in the complaint is not actionable but otherwise allowing the suit to proceed.
Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2312402?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/capitalmarkets/articles/2312402?nl_pk=35f19b02-1b5d-4d87-9886-0568d6f0b360&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=capitalmarkets&utm_content=2025-03-19&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional rights.
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 12:46 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
Goldman Sachs:
The whole idea of Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement is to uphold oversight of the Board Directors' Independence; To uphold the Agreement's mandates; And to respect 'third-party' relationships.
Littler Elects 6 New Members To Board Of Directors <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2311598?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_main=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=7>
By Tracey Read
Littler Mendelson PC has elected six new members to its 19-member, 2025 board of directors, the management-side employment and labor law firm announced Monday.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2311598?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_more=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=7> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2311598?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_later=1&nlsidx=1&nlaidx=7>
Activist Investor Calls For Reconstitution Of Parkland's Board <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2311698?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6>
By Jade Martinez-Pogue
Activist hedge fund Engine Capital on Monday called for a comprehensive reconstitution of Calgary, Alberta-based Parkland Corp.'s board of directors, saying that the current board has overseen "meaningful underperformance" and demonstrated "zero interest" in engaging with its shareholders.
Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2311698?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/mergersacquisitions/articles/2311698?nl_pk=34b724c6-95c5-49a3-b963-aea9d35fbb95&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mergersacquisitions&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=6>
Will Goldman Sachs' Board Directors submit the Board to an audit of the Deferred Agreement’s mandates?
xNY.io - Bank.org confirms, Goldman Sachs' Deferred Prosecution Agreement holds certain employee, customer and vendor data requirements.
*Goldman-Sachs-Deferred-Prosecution-Agreement.pdf:*
- https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yx88RMoeLyyfbNK0RtPl4r-m8N21_1Sp/view?usp=d...
*"Proper Oversight and Independence *
- *7. The Company will assign responsibility to one or more senior corporate executives **of the Company for the implementation and oversight of the Company’s anti-corruption **compliance code, policies, and procedures. Such corporate official(s) shall have the authority to **report directly to independent monitoring bodies, including internal audit, the Company’s Board **of Directors, or any appropriate committee of the Board of Directors, and shall have an adequate **level of stature and autonomy from management as well as sufficient resources and authority to **maintain such autonomy.*
*Third-Party Relationships*
- *14. The Company will institute appropriate risk-based due diligence and compliance **requirements pertaining to the retention and oversight of all agents and business partners, * *including: **a. properly documented due diligence pertaining to the hiring and appropriate **and regular oversight of agents and business partners; ..."*
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2025, 7:13 AM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote:
> Goldman Sachs: > > Your firm's Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States of > America was a supreme agreement; To protect New Yorkers and Americans from > Goldman Sachs' potential future descresions. > > *xNY.io - Bank.org's running hypothesis is to move the Deferred > Agreement conversation forward on or before March 24, 2025. * > > 6 Bombshell Moments From Staley's Bid To Clear His Name > <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2311596?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> > > By Christopher Crosby > > Jes Staley has suffered a bruising week as he testified about his > relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, culminating in an admission by the > former banker that he had sex with a member of the disgraced financier's > staff. > > Read full article » > <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2311596?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> > | Save to favorites » > <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2311596?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=0> > > - Further inquiry could eventually summerise an enterprise > software racket perpetuated by Goldman Sachs; > - Perhaps, an enterprise software RICO could be argued visavie > Goldman Sachs' software relationships at Coinbase, Fireblocks, Robinhood, > Apple Card and WorldBank.org; > - While under active Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the > United States of America. > > FCA Fines, Bans Odey For Obstructing Misconduct Probe > <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2311414?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_main=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> > > By Christopher Crosby > > The Financial Conduct Authority banned Crispin Odey on Monday and > fined the hedge fund boss £1.8 million ($2.3 million) after concluding that > he had attempted to thwart an internal probe into sexual misconduct > allegations. > > Read full article » > <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2311414?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_more=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> > | Save to favorites » > <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2311414?nl_pk=9aaa8860-7735-4b56-abff-576e74202fd7&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=financial-services-uk&utm_content=2025-03-18&read_later=1&nlsidx=0&nlaidx=1> > xNY.io - Bank.org's research could paint a stark image for Gomdman > Sachs' Board Directors if the firm knowingly made efforts to defraud the > United States of America *AND *xNY.io - Bank.org symaltaniouly; > While under an active Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the United States > of America. > > xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional > rights. > > Thank you, > > Gunnar Larson > -- > Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson > xNY.io - Bank.org > 917-580-8053 > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Laura Peavey* <lpeavey@fsforum.com> > Date: Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 5:22 PM > Subject: Forum Welcomes Nomination for Fed Vice Chair for Supervision > To: Gunnar Larson <G@xny.io> > > > The Forum congratulates Michelle Bowman on her nomination to serve > as the Federal Reserve Board’s Vice Chair for Supervision. > > <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thttudn-njyjukhihy-r/> > > *Forum Welcomes Nomination for Fed Vice Chair for Supervision* > <https://financialservicesforum.cmail20.com/t/r-l-thttudn-njyjukhihy-y/> > > *“Banking regulation and supervision play critical roles in ensuring > a safe and sound financial system.”* > > *Washington, D.C. – *Financial Services Forum President and CEO > Kevin Fromer issued the following statement today after President Trump > announced his nomination of Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman to > serve as the Federal Reserve Board’s Vice Chair for Supervision: > > “The Forum congratulates Governor Bowman on her nomination and > commends President Trump for his action to fill this position. 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The Forum > promotes policies that support savings and investment, financial inclusion, > deep and liquid capital markets, a competitive global marketplace, and a > sound financial system. > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2025, 3:02 PM Gunnar Larson <g@xny.io> wrote: > >> Dear Goldman Sachs: >> >> Today, xNY.io - Bank.org doubles down on our commitment to Peace on >> Planet Earth. >> >> xNY.io - Bank.org shares 492 highlights to: *"UNITED STATES >> DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. >> 22-CV-14102-MIDDLEBROOKS DONALD J. TRUMP, Plaintiff, v. HILLARY R. CLINTON, >> et al., Defendants."* >> >> xNY.io - Bank.org respectfully reserves all Interjurisdictional >> rights. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Gunnar Larson >> -- >> Gunnar Donald Arthur Peter Larson >> xNY.io - Bank.org >> 917-580-8053 >> >> *----- (PAGE BREAK) -----* >> >> *492 highlights to:** "UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN >> DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 22-CV-14102-MIDDLEBROOKS DONALD J. TRUMP, >> Plaintiff, v. HILLARY R. CLINTON, et al., Defendants."* >> >> *INTRODUCTION* >> >> *March 24, 2022* >> >> >> * - >> 158 Highlights: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zggK7lgptlZ6Qn11EndzbDloqqVxRifv/view?usp=d... >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zggK7lgptlZ6Qn11EndzbDloqqVxRifv/view?usp=drivesdk>*1. >> In the run-up to the 2016 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton and her >> cohorts >> orchestrated an unthinkable plot – one that shocks the conscience >> and is an >> affront to this nation’s democracy. Acting in concert, the >> Defendants >> maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that their >> Republican >> opponent, Donald J. Trump, was colluding with a hostile foreign >> sovereignty. >> The actions taken in furtherance of their scheme—falsifying >> evidence, >> deceiving law enforcement, and exploiting access to >> highly-sensitive data >> sources - are so outrageous, subversive and incendiary that even >> the events >> of Watergate pale in comparison. >> >> 2. Under the guise of ‘opposition research,’ ‘data analytics,’ and >> other >> political >> stratagems, the Defendants nefariously sought to sway the public’s >> trust. >> They worked together with a single, self-serving purpose: to vilify >> Donald >> J. Trump. Indeed, their far-reaching conspiracy was designed to >> cripple >> Trump’s bid for presidency by fabricating a scandal that would >> be used to trigger an unfounded federal investigation and ignite a >> media >> frenzy. >> >> 3. The scheme was conceived, coordinated and carried out by >> top-level >> officials at the >> Clinton Campaign and the DNC—including ‘the candidate’ herself—who >> attempted to shield her involvement behind a wall of third >> parties.1 To >> start, the Clinton Campaign and the DNC enlisted the assistance of >> their >> shared counsel, Perkins Coie, a law firm with deep Democrat ties, >> in the >> hopes of obscuring their actions under the veil of attorney-client >> privilege. Perkins Coie was tasked with spearheading the scheme to >> find—or >> fabricate—proof of a sinister link between Donald J. Trump and >> Russia. >> >> To do so, Perkins Coie launched parallel operations: on one front, >> Perkins >> Coie partner Marc Elias led an effort to produce spurious >> ‘opposition >> research’ claiming >> to reveal illicit ties between the Trump Campaign and Russian >> operatives; >> on a separate front, Perkins Coie partner Michael Sussmann headed a >> campaign to develop misleading evidence of a bogus ‘back channel’ >> connection between e-mail servers at Trump Tower and a Russian-owned >> bank. >> >> 4. Marc Elias, in his mission to obtain derogatory anti-Trump >> ‘opposition >> research,’ commissioned Fusion GPS, an investigative firm, and its >> co-founders, Peter Fritsch and Glenn Simpson, and directed them to >> dredge >> up evidence—actual or otherwise—of collusion between Trump and >> Russia. >> Fritsch and Simpson, in turn, enlisted the assistance of Orbis Ltd. >> and its >> owner, Christopher Steele, to produce a series of reports >> purporting to >> contain proof of the >> supposed collusion. Of course, the now fully debunked collection of >> reports, known as the “Steele Dossier,” was riddled with >> misstatements, >> misrepresentations and, most of all, flat out lies. In truth, the >> Steele >> Dossier was largely based upon information provided to Steele by his >> primary >> sub-source, Igor Danchenko, who was subsequently indicted for >> falsifying >> his claims. Even more damning, Danchenko had close ties to senior >> Clinton >> Campaign official, Charles Halliday Dolan, Jr., who knowingly >> provided >> false information to Danchenko, who relayed it to Steele, who >> reported it in the Steele Dossier and eagerly fed the deceptions to >> both >> the media and the FBI. This duplicitous arrangement existed for a >> singular >> self-serving purpose – to discredit Donald J. Trump >> and his campaign. >> >> 5. At the same time, Michael Sussmann, in his hunt for damaging >> intel >> against the >> Trump Campaign, turned to Neustar, Inc., an information technology >> company, >> and one of its top executives, Rodney Joffe, a fervent anti-Trumper >> who had >> recently been promised a high-ranking position with the Clinton >> Administration, to exploit their access to non-public data in >> search of a >> secret “back channel” connection between Trump Tower and Alfa Bank. >> When it >> was discovered that no such channel existed, the Defendants >> resorted to >> truly subversive measures – hacking servers at Trump Tower, Trump’s >> private >> apartment, and, most alarmingly, the White House. This >> ill-gotten data was then manipulated to create a misleading >> “inference” and >> submitted to law enforcement in an effort to falsely implicate >> Donald J. >> Trump and his campaign.2 All of these acts >> were carried out in coordination with the Clinton Campaign and the >> DNC, at >> the behest of certain Democratic “VIPs.”3 >> >> 6. While their multi-pronged attack was underway, the Defendants >> seized on >> the >> opportunity to publicly malign Donald J. Trump by instigating a >> full-blown >> media frenzy. Indeed, the Clinton Campaign and DNC—admittedly on a >> “mission” to “raise the alarm” about their contrived Trump-Russia >> link4—repeatedly fed disinformation to the media and shamelessly >> promoted their false narratives. All the while, Hillary Clinton, >> Jake >> Sullivan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and others did their best to >> proliferate the spread of those dubious and false claims through >> press releases, social media, and other public statements. >> >> 7. The fallout from the Defendants’ actions was not limited to the >> public >> denigration >> of Trump and his campaign. The Federal Bureau of Investigation >> (FBI)—relying on the Defendants’ fraudulent evidence—commenced a >> large-scale investigation and expended precious time, resources and >> taxpayer dollars looking into the spurious allegation that the Trump >> Campaign >> had colluded with the Russian Government to interfere in the 2016 >> presidential election. The effects of this unfounded investigation >> were >> prolonged and exacerbated by the presence of a small faction of >> Clinton >> loyalists who were well-positioned within the Department of Justice >> and the >> FBI >> – James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, Kevin >> Clinesmith, >> and Bruce Ohr. These government officials were willing to abuse >> their >> positions of public trust to advance the baseless probe to new >> levels, >> including obtaining an extrajudicial FISA warrant and instigating >> the >> commencement of an oversight investigation headed by Special >> Counsel Robert >> Mueller. As a result, Donald J. Trump and his campaign were forced >> to >> expend tens of millions of dollars in legal >> fees to defend against these contrived and unwarranted proceedings. >> Justice >> would ultimately prevail – following a two-year investigation, >> Special >> Counsel Mueller went on to exonerate Donald J. Trump and his >> campaign with >> his finding that there was no evidence of collusion with Russia. >> >> 8. The full extent of the Defendants’ wrongdoing has been steadily >> and >> gradually exposed by Special Counsel John Durham, who has been >> heading a >> DOJ investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia conspiracy. >> To date, >> he has already issued indictments to Sussmann and Danchenko, among >> others, >> for proffering false statements to law enforcement officials. As >> outlined below, these ‘speaking’ indictments not only implicate >> many of the >> Defendants named herein but also provide a great deal of insight >> into the >> inner-workings of the Defendants’ conspiratorial enterprise. Based >> on >> recent developments and the overall direction of Durham’s >> investigation, it seems all but certain that additional indictments >> are >> forthcoming. >> >> 9. In short, the Defendants, blinded by political ambition, >> orchestrated a >> malicious >> conspiracy to disseminate patently false and injurious information >> about >> Donald J. Trump and his campaign, all in the hopes of destroying >> his life, >> his political career and rigging the 2016 Presidential Election in >> favor of >> Hillary Clinton. When their gambit failed, and Donald J. Trump >> was elected, the Defendants’ efforts continued unabated, merely >> shifting >> their focus to undermining his presidential administration. Worse >> still, >> the Defendants continue to spread their vicious lies to this day as >> they >> unabashedly publicize their thoroughly debunked falsehoods in an >> effort to ensure that he will never be elected again. The deception, >> malice, and treachery >> perpetrated by the Defendants has caused significant harm to the >> American >> people, and to the Plaintiff, Donald J. Trump, and they must be held >> accountable for their heinous acts. >> >> ____________________ >> >> >> >> >> *BACKGROUNDSeptember 8, 2022* >> >> - *190 Highlights: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUQtPF8f6ckSRHwLcu3S_joyF5xQoA-A/view?usp=d... >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JUQtPF8f6ckSRHwLcu3S_joyF5xQoA-A/view?usp=drivesdk>* >> >> Plaintiff initiated this lawsuit on March 24, 2022, alleging that >> “the >> Defendants, blinded by political ambition, orchestrated a malicious >> conspiracy to disseminate patently false and injurious >> information about Donald J. Trump and his campaign, all in the >> hopes of >> destroying his life, his political career and rigging the 2016 >> Presidential >> Election in favor of Hillary Clinton.” (DE 177, Am. Compl. ¶ 9). On >> this >> general premise, Plaintiff brings a claim for violations of the >> Racketeer >> Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), predicated on >> the theft >> of trade secrets, obstruction of justice, and wire fraud (Count I). >> He >> additionally brings claims for: injurious falsehood (Count III); >> malicious >> prosecution (Count V); violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse >> Act >> (“CFAA”) (Count VII); theft of trade secrets under the Defend Trade >> Secrets >> Act of >> 2016 (“DTSA”) (Count VIII); and violations of the Stored >> Communications Act >> (“SCA”) (Count IX). The Amended Complaint also contains counts for >> various >> conspiracy charges and theories of agency and vicarious liability. >> (Counts >> II, IV, VI, and X–XVI). Plaintiff’s theory of this case, set forth >> over 527 >> paragraphs in the first 118 pages of the Amended Complaint, is >> difficult to >> summarize in a concise and cohesive manner. >> >> It was certainly not presented that way. Nevertheless, I will >> attempt to >> distill it here. >> The short version: Plaintiff alleges that the Defendants “[a]cting >> in >> concert . . . maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative that >> their >> Republican opponent, Donald J. Trump, was colluding with a hostile >> foreign >> sovereignty.” (Am. Compl. ¶ 1). The Defendants effectuated this >> alleged conspiracy through two core efforts. “[O]n one front, >> Perkins Coie >> partner Mark Elias led an effort to produce spurious ‘opposition >> research’ >> claiming to reveal illicit ties between the Trump >> campaign and Russian operatives.” (Id. ¶ 3). >> >> To that end, Defendant Hillary Clinton and her campaign, the >> Democratic >> National Committee, and lawyers for the Campaign and the Committee >> allegedly hired Defendant Fusion GPS to fabricate the Steele >> Dossier. (Id. >> ¶ 4). “[O]n a separate >> front, Perkins Coie partner Michael Sussman headed a campaign to >> develop >> misleading evidence of a bogus ‘back channel’ connection between >> e-mail >> servers at Trump Tower and a Russian- >> owned bank.” (Id.). Clinton and her operatives allegedly hired >> Defendant >> Rodney Joffe to exploit his access to Domain Name Systems (“DNS”) >> data, via >> Defendant Neustar, to investigate and >> ultimately manufacture a suspicious pattern of activity between >> Trump-related servers and a Russian bank with ties to Vladimir >> Putin, Alfa >> Bank. (Id. ¶ 3). As a result of this “fraudulent evidence,” the >> Federal >> Bureau of Investigations (“FBI”) commenced “several large-scale >> investigations,” which were “prolonged and exacerbated by the >> presence of a >> small faction of >> Clinton loyalists who were well-positioned within the Department of >> Justice”—Defendants James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa >> Page, >> Kevin Clinesmith, and Bruce Ohr. (Id. ¶ 7). >> And while this was ongoing, the Defendants allegedly “seized on the >> opportunity to publicly malign Donald J. Trump by instigating a >> full-blown >> media frenzy.” (Id. ¶ 6). As a result of this “multi-pronged >> attack,” >> Plaintiff claims to have amassed $24 million in damages.1(Id. ¶ >> 527). >> >> Defendants now move to dismiss the Amended Complaint as “a series of >> disconnected political disputes that Plaintiff has alchemized into a >> sweeping conspiracy among the many individuals Plaintiff believes >> to have >> aggrieved him.” (DE 226 at 1). They argue that dismissal is >> warranted because Plaintiff’s claims are both “hopelessly >> stale”—that is, >> foreclosed by the applicable statutes of limitations—and because >> they fail >> on the merits “in multiple independent respects.” (Id. at 2). As >> they view >> it, “[w]hatever the utilities of [the Amended Complaint] as a >> fundraising >> tool, a press release, or a list of political grievances, it has no >> merit >> as a lawsuit.” (Id.). >> >> I agree. In the discussion that follows, I first address the Amended >> Complaint’s structural deficiencies. I then turn to subject matter >> jurisdiction and the personal jurisdiction arguments raised by >> certain >> Defendants. Finally, I assess the sufficiency of the allegations as >> to each >> of the >> substantive counts. >> >> ____________________ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *BACKGROUNDOctober 31, 2022 - >> 25 Highlights: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QynNCV7iSPi-8b6dt605jmFTTNSaXtuD/view?usp=d... >> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QynNCV7iSPi-8b6dt605jmFTTNSaXtuD/view?usp=drivesdk>*PlaintifP’s >> pleadings and theories were obviously and fatally defective >> from the very >> inceptionof this action. Plaintiff's initial Complaint spanned 108 >> pages >> and S08 paragraphs. DE 1 (March 24, 2022). It named 28 individual >> defendants, as well as 10 John Does and 10 ABC Corporations. /d. >> Less than a month after the Complaint was filed, Hillary Clinton >> moved to >> dismiss it with prejudice. DE 52 (Apr. 20,2022). Defendant >> Clinton’s motion >> identified manyofthe fundamentalfactual deficiencies and legal >> flaws that >> would ultimately lead this Court to dismiss the Amended >> Complaint: namely, (1) that Plaintifs claims were untimely on their >> face, >> DE 52 at 1-5; (2) that Plaintiff's own tweets confirmed his >> knowledge ofhis >> supposed claimsno later than October 2017, DE 52 at 2-3; (3) that >> Plaintiffs Complaint was replete with inadequate and conclusory >> allegations, DE 52 at 6; (4) that Plaintiff failed to allege a RICO >> enterprise, DE 52 at 7; (5) that >> Plaintiff failed to allege the predicate act of theft of trade >> secrets >> based on DNS information, DE 52 at 8-9; (6) >> thatPlaintifffailedtoallege the >> predicate act ofobstructionofjustice in part because >> he identified no “official proceeding,” DE 52 at 9-10; (7) that >> Plaintiff >> failed to allege a patter of racketeering activity, DE 52 at 11-12; >> (8) >> that Plaintiff failed to adequately allege RICO standing because his >> supposed injuries were almostentirely undescribed, DE 52.at 12-14; >> (9) that >> Plaintiffs injurious falsehood claim was barred by the First >> Amendment, DE >> 52 at 15-17; (10) that Plaintiff failed to allege almost every >> necessary >> clementof injurious falsehood under Florida law, DE 52 at >> 17-18; (11) that Plaintiff failed to allege a malicious prosecution >> claim >> as to any official proceeding and, in particular, as to the properly >> predicated Crossfire Hurricane investigation, DE 52 at 19-20; and >> (12) that >> Plaintiff failed to allege a claim for “agency” because it is not an >> >