CDR: Re: Bob's Bank. Hi, I'm Bob. Just slip it in this pocket here.

[Bill Stewart]

At 11:52 AM 11/17/00 -0500, George at orwellian.org wrote:
>#    The illegal bank, operated out a warehouse just east of Portland, 
>#    offered customers anonymous banking transactions to conceal income 
>#    and assets, according to IRS Special Agent Kathleen Sulmonetti. 
>#    Nine hundred customers deposited $186 million in the warehouse 
>#    bank with the money then being shuffled into legitimate commercial 
>#    bank accounts, she said.

That sounds a lot like the DEA estimates of how much the street value
of marijuana plants are ("Let's see, under ideal conditions this plant
could produce 2 kilos of product, and the highest price we've ever seen
for dope was $X/ounce, so this flat of 2" high seedlings is worth
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS!")  I bet the counted or double-counted the money
any time anything moved.


				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart at pobox.com
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