#TrueUSD, one of the many stablecoins connected to Chinese crypto scammer & Donald Trump business partner #JustinSun, received a half billion dollar bailout from... Justin Sun when it couldn't get its capital out of First Digital, another chinese #moneylaundering company that runs a stablecoin #FDUSD that is used for most trading on #Binance.

> "In September 2024, #TrueCoin and #TrustToken (the #stablecoin's owners before #Techteryx) settled with the #SEC over allegations they falsely marketed TrueUSD as fully dollar-backed while secretly investing reserves in risky offshore funds."

https://protos.com/justin-sun-bailed-out-500m-stablecoin-tusd-report/

First payment for #Deel’s corporate espionage plot against Rippling was paid through a #Revolut account. Subsequent payments were made using crypto (ethereum), because the CEO of Deel believed (incorrectly) such payments would “leave no trace”.

When they got caught the CEO of Deel told the spy to destroy his electronic devices and offered to relocate them to #Dubai.

I would bet an enormous amount of money that any HR/payroll companies like Deel that engage in corporate espionage and offer to relocate people to Dubai are also laundering money for #Russia and/or Iran.

“In the land of the coins the man who makes it to Dubai is king.”

* Full affidavit: https://www.newcomer.co/api/v1/file/574f2116-ef79-40dd-83c8-fc2899573907.pdf
* Thread with some fun details: https://x.com/tbpn/status/1907437557132267968

Japan's regulators are proposing tighter rules for safe deposit boxes following a recent spate of thefts involving bank employees, including barring the storage of cash and other items that can be used to launder money. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/28/japan/crime-legal/safe-deposit-boxes-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fsa #banks #moneylaundering #theft

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#TheCryptocalypseChronicles: Pete Hegseth, A Man Of Questionable Judgment

#PeteHegseth's in the news lately because of a "mishap" with a Signal group chat involving possibly top secret information about killing #Houthis. You might think this demonstrates poor judgment.

This is all less surprising if you know that Hegseth is a crypto bro who lost a bunch of money in possibly the most obvious cryptocurrency ponzi scheme in history, #CelsiusNetwork. Hegseth entrusted the group of Russian Israelis running #Celsius with his hard earned money *even after* the CFO of the firm was sent to prison in #Israel for #moneylaundering and organized crime connections.

tl;dr Maybe America should reconsider putting crypto bros in charge of the military.

Retoots appreciated.

https://cryptadamus.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-a-man-of-questionable

NYT deep-ish dive on the world's largest cryptocurrency driven marketplace for drugs, weapons, #moneylaundering services, slaves, etc: #HuioneGuarantee in Camboida.

* NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/world/asia/cambodia-money-laundering-huione.html
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/CGkoc

Golden Passport: This is what Trump wants to do; brazen, flagrantly inviting money-launderers into the United States. They think if they do this openly, its so shockingly corrupt, that we are just stunned into acceptance. Shameless motherfuckers.

#ZachXBT is probably world's greatest crypto detective. He's pro-crypto but has busted a *ton* of frauds and scams.

Recently he's been working on tracking #NorthKorea's massive money laundering operation in the wake of the #Bybit hack and seems to have concluded that the entire crypto industry is fucked (which some of us have known all along).

* Telegram link: https://t.co/7Fi2sk1cqF

Why USA 'needs' Panama. From 2020. Support investigative journalism. Don't expect White House reporters to ask the tough questions when they are chastised and excommunicated for trying to do so.

"Narco-a-lago: Money Laundering at the Trump Ocean Club Panama"

https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/corruption-and-money-laundering/narco-a-lago-money-laundering-at-the-trump-ocean-club-panama/

"We investigate how profits from Colombian cartels’ narcotics trafficking were laundered through a development that bore Donald Trump’s name"

Reps of Trump’s family have held talks to take a FIN stake in the US arm of crypto exchange Binance, a move that'd put Trump in bus with the firm that pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-#moneylaundering requirements.

At the same time, the founder, Zhao—who served 4 months in prison after pleading guilty to a related charge—has been pushing for the Trump admin to grant him a pardon.

#Trump corruptly enriches himself, & legitimizes laundering$, & #crypto.

#USPol
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-family-has-held-deal-talks-with-binance-following-crypto-exchanges-guilty-plea-05b029fa

Trump family in discussions to take an ownership stake in #Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange and the recipient of the largest #moneylaundering fine in American history - $4.3 billion - after they admitted (just last year!) to having laundered money for all kinds of terrorist groups, #ransomware gangs, and pedophile rings.

The CEO #CZ went to prison (only for 3 months - lol) for all that money laundering and he now wants a pardon.

Oh, BTW, #TrumpCoin trades on Binance. In fact Binance is the largest market for #TRUMP on most days.

I'm sure that's just a coincidence.
https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/trump-family-has-held-deal-talks-with-binance-following-crypto-exchanges-guilty-plea-05b029fa

Trump has named #PaoloZampolli, the man who introduced him to #Melania who also moved in #JefferyEpstein’s world & ran a charity with #GhislaineMaxwell in addition to being buds with infamous #Tether co-founder, friend of #SteveBannon, & former co-owner of maybe the most infamous and well publicized pedophile ring in Los Angeles history, #BrockPierce, to be America's “Special Envoy For Global Partnerships”.

A lot of people think Brock PIerce is basically “the gay #Epstein”. He certainly has the track record for it - history of involvement with pedophile rings, deep connections to #Israel (and maybe Russia - he’s besties with the people behind the #CambridgeAnalytica scandal), the whole works.

#Zampolli was also involved in a "cash for passports" scandal when he was an ambassador in the crypto #moneylaundering haven of #Dominica, a #Caribbean island which now counts #JustinSun's #TRX token as legal tender.

No less than 76 #Democrats just voted with Republicans to overturn the #IRS's "defi broker rule" which would have required crypto firms like #MarcAndreessen's #Uniswap to collect information on their users and in so doing discourage the use of these platforms for #moneylaundering by criminals and rogue nuclear states (#NorthKorea *loves* Uniswap) and by the very wealthy to avoid paying #taxes.

The new wave of #memecoin scams like #TrumpCoin are also all facilitated/perpetrated by these decentralized trading platforms.

If any of these people are your representative you should do what you can to make sure they are primaried because they are not representing your interests. At a minimum call them and yell at them (this works better than most people think!)

The corruption of the US government by #crypto bros is extremely bipartisan.

* Full roll call of vote: https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202571

Capital One Shuts Down 300+ Trump Organization Accounts in Move Seen Against Money Laundering

Accounts affiliated with the Trump Org held millions of dollars belonging to them and affiliated entities.

The Trump Org complaint accused the bank of “egregious conduct”

A spokesperson responded, saying, “Capital One has not and does not close customer accounts for political reasons.”

#Trump #TrumpOrg #TrumpOrganization #MoneyLaundering

https://dailyboulder.com/capital-one-shuts-down-over-300-trump-organization-accounts-in-move-seen-against-money-laundering-court-docs/

Consulting with a lawyer who has ties to #Trump. Reaching out to Washington #lobbyists. And sitting for a jailhouse interview with #TuckerCarlson.

#SamBankmanFried, the disgraced #cryptocurrency mogul who was once a top #Democratic donor, has embarked on a campaign to secure a #pardon from Trump, 6 people with knowledge of the matter said.

#criminal #law #felon47 #SBF #SEC #fraud #MoneyLaundering #broligarchy #cryptobros #technocracy #CryptoSummit #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/technology/sam-bankman-fried-pardon-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=192A242F-DC90-4B09-B637-04864D8EE473

Ok y’all, can we all just acknowledge that this whole “tariff” nonsense is nothing but a way to launder vast sums of money on Wall Street? Wanna know who is behind all this country destroying activity? Look to see who was shorting the market, and who just changed to puts from short.

So, for those who don’t stock market, when you bet short, you’re betting that a stock or market will go down. Betting a “put”, means you think it will go up. These are activities not generally done by the consumer investor. Shorting is a great way to lose a lot of money.

Someone is making a ridiculous amount of money because of these market swings and it behooves us to know who. The Vix is dramatically down since this announcement, suggesting that big investors are expecting a market bounce. I have to go look and see if @unusual_whales is tracking shorts.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/economy/tariffs-lutnick-trump/index.html

The IRS is drafting plans to cut its WF of90K by as much as half.

"A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS “dysfunctional."
J Koskinen, a fmr IRS COMR.

Trump will require Americans pay their taxes, while he, his family, & the oligarchs won't be investigated for #TaxEvasion, #MoneyLaundering, #Corruption...

Customer service/enforcement-many tax payers will choose to not file returns, soto pay for fed govt programs...

#USPol #IRS
https://apnews.com/article/irs-doge-layoffs-tax-season-0659e4b439400bf66023273f6a532fa0