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That's absolutely fucked. Literally just piling on crimes with the intent of ruining someone's life.
by beeboobaa3 2y ago
That's absolutely fucked. Literally just piling on crimes with the intent of ruining someone's life.
- dmvdoug 2y agoWelcome to federal prosecution!
- belter 2y agoIt's amazing how much the Feds work to catch up some internet pirates. Maybe when they catch all of them, they will have time to investigate Epstein client list....
- radicaldreamer 2y agoThey work to protect businesses... which explains these priorities
- rmbyrro 2y agoZ-lib is making Epstein clients lose money
- mikrotikker 2y agoThe CIA is pulling rank they don't want their control over those individuals on the list, built up over decades, to be burned
- vundercind 2y agoEver watched The Wire? Discussing federal prosecutions, specifically, they talk about something known in slang as “the head-shot” for federal investigators and prosecutors: finding that someone took a loan from an associate, then used that money to secure a bank loan (a mortgage, say) while misrepresenting the loaned money as their own, then later paid the money back (making it clear, in the paper trail, that it was in fact a loan). It’s very easy to understand, easy to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, it’s fraud, and it’s a great entry to comb through the books looking for more crimes. “Something every kid does with their parents to buy their first home”, one Baltimore cop observes.
- searealist 2y agoYou shouldn't get your worldview from a TV show. Such a scheme can only be used for pre-approval, to prove you can later make a down payment, not to secure an actual loan.
- vundercind 2y agoYes? Exactly? How is this a correction? Doing this means misrepresenting the amount of debt you have, in order to get a loan you’d not otherwise manage to secure. It can happen on larger scales or for business purposes, too, home mortgages are just how (lots and lots of) normal people commit that particular crime. The parts of the show I have some real-world understanding of are remarkably observant and accurate. I’m inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt for parts I’m less familiar with. My point was simply that financial crimes, including some really common ones that often go un-prosecuted until suddenly it matters, are often components of federal cases. Piling on stuff like that, or using them for early charges to secure warrants for further investigation or to gain leverage, is fairly normal. I chose a high-quality pop culture reference to illustrate that because… that’s an effective way to communicate.
- searealist 2y agoHow does a temporary loan lead to approval (not a pre-approval, subject to final approval later)? What percent of kids do you estimate receive such fraudulent loans from their parents?
- vundercind 2y ago> How does a temporary loan lead to approval (not a pre-approval, subject to final approval later)? When it’s passed off as a gift. > What percent of kids do you estimate receive such fraudulent loans from their parents? I dunno, but it’s pretty common. Maybe unknown in SES levels either too low (no money to loan) or too high (no fraud, because it’s actually a gift) but it’s common.
- barkingcat 2y agoWhat they did to Aaron Swartz.
- mikrotikker 2y agoNever forget