NODE 7eb9b54bRe:
jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>Sat, 20 Apr 1996 12:57:51 +0800
At 02:57 PM 4/19/96 -0700, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
>Black Unicorn wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> Clever kidnappers make arrangement in advance to deposit this cash with
>> willing financial institutions who will hold it for several years before
>> mixing it into their cash withdrawl stream. Kidnappers are paid based
>> on a subtraction of interest for the period while the cash is undeposited
>> and earns no interest for the financial institution, plus a fee.
>>
>> BCCI was quite notorious for using this method to cool off hot money.
>>
>> When the money was only mildly hot, it was simply physically transported
>> to offshore banks in smaller lots and used for their cash payouts.
>> (While riskier, this allowed the payment of interest).
>>
>> The other option was simply to launder the money through enough
>> agitations so that two or three banking secrecy entities were between the
>> return of the currency to free circulation and the kidnappers.
>>
>
>christ.
>
>who the hell is this guy?
He's a person whose entire income stream (or most of it, probably) is
derived from the misbehavior of government.
Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com
NODE 90dbb60f[Yadda Yadda Yadda] Re:
Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>Sat, 20 Apr 1996 18:36:20 +0800
On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:
> >>
> >
> >christ.
> >
> >who the hell is this guy? [unicorn]
>
> He's a person whose entire income stream (or most of it, probably) is
> derived from the misbehavior of government.
Most of my income comes from investments and venture capital. I circumvent
government only as a hobby.
> Jim Bell
> jimbell@pacifier.com
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