white collar and organized crime

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Recall all my posts about how we are being robbed by white collar coward-like criminals who sureveillence us in multple ways with hidden cameras, listening devices, and all computers as well as any wireless electronic devices.  Remember how I said I am positive this HAS to be rampant on Wall Street.  Remember I said how every single person who comes into our house is a suspect and nearly all of them can be bribed or it is arranged that someone who works for the thieves shows up to do any kind of contractor work.  Finally, finally someone is actually caught.  Don't expect to find out who is really behind this or even to hear anything about it again.  This will be white washed.  For someone to suggest he was not trying to pick up insider tips with cameras in BR is an insult.  Of course he was.  The only other thing would be to try to get incriminating evidence on some traders to later extort information from them.  

Folks this is RAMPANT.   This kind of crime is absolutely rampant.  And no one does a thing.  Where is law enforcement on these kinds of crime?  When some of them are also not taking bribes to get in on it?

"So was he spying on the trading floor trying to pick up insider tips? Not quite. He was apparently installing the cameras in the men's restroom."

WRONG! -

****Was a Guy Arrested for Hiding Cameras Inside Deutsche Bank?
Published: Friday, 25 Mar 2011 | 3:46 PM ET Text Size By: John Carney
Senior Editor, CNBC.com
A man was arrested for covertly installing cameras inside of Deutsche Bank, according to a report from DealBreaker.

DealBreaker's source describes him as "the guy that delivers water bottles to the trading floor."

So was he spying on the trading floor trying to pick up insider tips?

Not quite.

He was apparently installing the cameras in the men's restroom.

DealBreaker wasn't sure which bank the arrest took place in at first. Sources have now come forth to claim it was at Deutsche Bank. Deutsche Bank is declining to comment.****

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Only when it was violent and too political to ignore.  Now it is worse because of the electronic world we live in and the international nature of some of it.  I as everyone has heard ad nauseum noted what I experienced in the music industry and how law enforcement does essentially nothing to even try to stop it.  The growing and exponential spread of big data will hitting everyone now in ways they don't even see or realize.  There is not and has not been enough outrage to get the politicians or law enforcement people even remotely interested in protecting us.  The focus is on Muslim terrorists.  What about the other form of white collar terrorism?  Yeah so there are not dead bodies strewn around.   Until people get serious about theft and other forms of corruption we will all continue to be victims.

****Organised crime

Earning with the fishes

As globalised gangs profit from new regulations and markets, governments are struggling to keep up
 Jan 18th 2014  | LONDON AND NEW YORK  | From the print edition

SOME lawmen chase villains down mean streets. Others chase fraudsters across balance-sheets. In the stomach-churning stench of the Vetport at John F. Kennedy International Airport, yet others don surgical masks, goggles and rubber gloves, and peer with penlights into crates holding thousands of little birds.

These inspectors with the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) examine not just live animals entering America—such as the 45 outlaw jays they found lurking in a legal shipment of thousands of birds—but plants and animal products such as handbags and caviar. In 2011 FWS agents raided Gibson Guitar facilities in Tennessee and seized wood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that they suspected had been illegally imported from India and Madagascar.

The buyers may be besotted ornithophiles, air-brained fashionistas or greedy gourmets. But the sellers are crooks, supplying a market which, according to America’s Congressional Research Service, is worth as much as $133 billion annually. Commodities such as rhino horn and caviar offer criminals two benefits rarely found together: high prices and low risk. Rhino horn can fetch up to $50,000 per kilogram, more than gold or the American street value of cocaine. Get caught bringing a kilogram of cocaine into America and you could face 40 years in prison and a $5m fine. On January 10th, by contrast, a New York court sentenced a rhino-horn trafficker to just 14 months.

The appeal of such trade is increased, however unwittingly, by governments trying harder to protect what is precious and rare. “When we finally get it together to agree that we’ll only take ten tuna out of the water this year because that’s all we can afford to take, that 11th tuna will be worth a lot of money,” says Theodore Leggett of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). As with tuna, so with ebony, ivory and rhino horn—all being regulated more tightly, and all still desirable.

The world is their oyster

Organised crime is globalising and diversifying. Mono-ethnic, hierarchical mafias are being replaced by multi-ethnic networks that operate across borders and commit many types of offence. In an ongoing investigation into rhino-horn trafficking, the FWS arrested Irish travellers using indigent Texans to procure material for Chinese and Vietnamese buyers. Europol, the European Union’s law-enforcement agency, estimates that just a quarter of Europe’s roughly 3,600 organised-crime groups have a main nationality, and that some operate in dozens of countries. A third are involved in more than one criminal enterprise, with half of those linked to drug-trafficking.

And though traditional trafficking in drugs, guns and people is still lucrative, gangs are increasingly moving into lower-risk, higher-reward areas—not just wildlife, but fraud and illegal waste-disposal. The UNODC says the value of cross-border trade in counterfeit goods could be as much as $250 billion a year. On January 14th it launched a campaign to tell consumers about the dangers posed by fake electronics, food, medicines and the like—and how the buyers of knock-offs enrich some highly unpleasant people.

Gangs in Britain make around £9 billion ($14.8 billion) a year from tax, benefit, excise-duty and other fraud—not much less than the £11 billion they earn from drugs. In America cigarette-trafficking deprives state, local and federal governments of $5 billion in tax revenues annually. The European Union estimates that losses within its borders from cigarette smuggling, tax fraud and false claims on its funds by organised groups total €34 billion ($46.5 billion) a year. But member states bring fewer than ten cases each a year for defrauding the EU, and sentences tend to be light.

According to the FLARE Network, an international group of campaigners against organised crime, criminal groups in Italy make around €14 billion a year from being mixed up in agriculture. In some parts of the country mafias control food production and distribution; Franco La Torre, FLARE’s president, says they also enrich themselves through fraudulent claims on EU agricultural funds. Increasingly strict regulation of waste disposal has created another profitable opportunity for organised crime in Europe—particularly, according to Europol, for the Italian Camorra, ’Ndrangheta and Cosa Nostra.

Where politics is corrupt and law enforcement weak, as in much of Latin America, gangsters still look much as they have for decades: brutal and keen on the brand-enhancing effect of highly visible violence. But in the rich world, the shift to new lines of business is changing the face of organised crime. The FBI estimates that the four big Italian Mafia groups still have 3,000 members and affiliates in America. But as traditional industries have shrivelled so, too, have the unions and tight-knit neighbourhoods that were once their fertile breeding grounds.

Old-style loan sharks and drug-dealers are finding a new role as distributors for the modern mobsters who manage the supply chains, marketing, finance and human resources needed to move goods, money and people across borders. “The new generation are very talented businessmen and technologically advanced experts,” says Mr La Torre. They prefer invisibility to showy violence. Many also have legitimate business interests.

Clever criminals acting across borders are extremely difficult to prosecute. They profit from gaps in enforcement and regulation, and conceal their illegal acts in complex supply chains. If a network of Nigerian scammers based in Amsterdam defrauds French, Australian and American credit-card holders, where does the crime occur? And who has the motivation, not to mention the jurisdiction, to prosecute?

A commodity such as oil, ivory or fish will be transported on a ship flying a flag of convenience, explains Mr Leggett. The ship will be owned by a holding company registered in a tax haven with a phoney board. Thus the criminals can disguise the provenance of their ill-gotten goods and middlemen can plead ignorance.

Governments are reacting by getting law-enforcement agencies to work together. America is trying to improve the flow of information between them. Britain’s recently created National Crime Agency will have the power to order local police forces to make arrests, unlike the body it replaced. Europol analyses and distributes information from EU member states.

But organised crime sells things that people want—not just drugs and sex, but handbags, sushi and wardrobes, too. Businesses and consumers will have to accept, says Mr Leggett, “that there is no such thing as just wood. It has to be wood from somewhere.” And they will have to agree not to sell or buy illegally harvested wood, however beautiful or cheap.

Until then, illicit goods will keep coming in quantities too great for governments to stop. One FWS inspector estimates that for all the peering, prodding and chirping, for all the rewards promised and rhino-horn traffickers caught, the agency picks up perhaps 5% of wildlife brought illicitly into America. For criminals, that is merely a light tax on the profits from the rest.

Copyright © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2014. All rights reserved.
                   

   
 

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I've reported how it is easy for crooks to pick up the wireless remote entry code.  If they are nearby enough they can catch the code as you are going to your vehicle.  Then they simply can open your trunk or door.  This may be even more sophisticated.  Perhaps they now don't even have to wait for you to go to your car.  I've asked some dealerships about their codes.  If they are multiple or changing.  Most don't even have a clue and then when they call their engineers to find out the answer is the codes are single and some only have a small library of codes.  Hey legal eagles - here is a chance for a class action suite - maybe that will wake up the auto makers to security issues while they continue to pack autos with wireless crap. 

****Thieves Break Into Cars Using Mysterious ‘Black Box’

February 27, 2014 11:09 AM
Thieves Break Into Cars Using Mysterious Black Box


By John Dodge

CHICAGO (CBS) — A mysterious device is being used by criminals to easily break into locked cars across the country, including here in Chicago.

It has police stumped, CNN is reporting.

In Chicago, surveillance video shows a thief pointing a small box-like device at a car door.

Within seconds, the car unlocks, the alarm is disabled and the thief simply opens the passenger door and easily takes the valuables.

The device is believed to be some sort of electronic hacking mechanism that overrides the car’s computer system.

Thieves across the country have been using it.

Police have no idea what it is, or exactly how it works, CNN reports.

However, according to CNN, authorities in Texas have apparently seized one of the devices and are in the process of testing it.****

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For people who think we should get rid of the post office, just remember, stealing mail delivered by UPS or FEDEX is not a Federal crime.  It may be petty theft but that is about it.

While USPS mail crime is a bigger problem then many realize at least it carries the weight of jail time.  Don't think there are not people on the inside involved too.  I know from first hand experience.  this is small time stuff here:

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/05/10/mail-thefts-soar-as-thieves-target-mailboxes-post-office-drop-offs/

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ever notice how the names of Federal employees are secret in such circumstances?

i call tell you from experience  there is crime associated with USPS and now ESPECIALLY that USPS works often in tandem with UPS .

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article229414309.html

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Many years ago I remember some investment offer wanted $25 for overnight delivery UPS delivery for the packet.  When I said I wasn't in a hurry and they could just mail it, they insisted and I passed.

I later discovered their insistence was probably to avoid vulnerability to mail fraud issues , , ,

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https://www.findlaw.com/dui/laws-resources/comparing-state-dui-laws.html

watch out for. UTAH!

https://www.bactrack.com/blogs/expert-center/35040901-how-many-drinks-does-it-take-to-reach-0-08-bac

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https://pjmedia.com/bryan-s-jung/2024/04/26/cronyism-authenticators-and-the-auction-house-crime-cartel-n4928269

funny how Hunter Biden joined in whole heartedly.  Fits his MO perfectly.

similar corruption in music industry

those "let in" all have code of silence . 

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IMO, they deserve a hard landing:

The Possible Penalties for Boeing's Crime of Concealing 737 MAX Safety Issues
The Volokh Conspiracy / by Paul Cassell / Jun 19, 2024 at 12:32 PM
[My letter to the Justice Department lays out the possibilities, including a possible fine of $24,780,000,000]

As noted in earlier posts here, here, and here, I represent some of the families who lost loved ones in the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This short post provides a quick update on the latest developments, as in the next few weeks the Justice Department will make important decisions about Boeing's prosecution. My families seek aggressive prosecution of what has properly been described as the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history.

Here's a quick recap of the current situation: Following a criminal investigation by the Justice Department, in January 2021, Boeing admitted that it concealed safety issues with the aircraft from the FAA–and negotiated a secret deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) apparently resolving its criminal liability for its deadly conspiracy to defraud the FAA. In the DPA, Boeing committed to undertaking efforts to improve its corporate compliance with regulatory and safety obligations.

But since then, in October 2022, the district judge handling the case (Judge Reed O'Connor in the Northern District of Texas) has concluded that the 346 families who lost family members in the crashes represent "crime victims" and that their Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) rights were violated by the Department secretly negotiating the DPA.

And then last month, the Justice Department concluded that Boeing had breached its commitment in the DPA to improve safety at the company–a conclusion that seems supported by an almost daily barrage of news about safety concerns at Boeing and with its aircraft.  The Department is currently considering how to move forward with prosecuting Boeing and has asked the victims' families for their views.

Notably, a criminal charge has already been filed against Boeing in the Fort Worth Division of the Northern District of Texas. That pending charge alleges that Boeing conspired to  defraud the FAA about safety issues associated with the 737 MAX. Under the DPA, the criminal prosecution of Boeing was deferred. But now that Boeing has breached its DPA obligations, the pending criminal charge against it needs to move forward through the ordinary criminal justice process.

Under the DPA, the Speedy Trial clock for proceeding with the conspiracy charge against Boeing was tolled until July 7, 2024.  So it seems likely that the Justice Department–and Judge O'Connor–will want to have a schedule in place for moving forward with the case before that date.

Earlier today, I sent the linked 32-page letter to the Department, outlining the position of my families as to how the Department's prosecution of Boeing should proceed. Here are some of the opening paragraphs from the letter, which seeks aggressive prosecution of Boeing:

As explained in more detail below, Boeing's crime produced losses in excess of $12,390,000,000, meaning the maximum possible fine is $24,780,000,000. Because Boeing's crime is the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history, a maximum fine of more than $24 billion is legally justified and clearly appropriate, although it might be partially suspended if funds that would otherwise be paid are devoted to appropriate quality control and safety measures. This letter explains the calculations underlying this conclusion and further sets out the families' views more broadly on how Boeing and responsible corporate executives should be prosecuted.

In overview, as explained in greater detail in my letter to you of June 4, the families continue to believe the appropriate action now is an aggressive criminal prosecution of The Boeing Company. The Justice Department should promptly ask Judge O'Connor to schedule a date for a jury trial within seventy days of July 7, 2024—as required by the Speedy Trial Act. In requesting a quick jury trial, the Department should note the families' right, as embodied in the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), to proceedings free from unreasonable delay. If Boeing requests plea negotiations, the

Department should not offer Boeing any concessions. If the Department seems likely to reach a tentative agreement with Boeing on plea concessions, the families request an opportunity to exercise their right under the CVRA to confer with the Department about any possible concessions. See 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a)(5) & (9).

Once Boeing is convicted at trial (or by pleading guilty "straight up" to the pending conspiracy charge), then it should receive a sentence reflecting its guilt for the deadliest corporate crime in U.S. history. It should be fined the maximum—$24,780,000,000—with perhaps $14,000,000,000 to $22,000,0000,000 of the fine suspended on the condition that Boeing devote those suspended funds to an independent corporate monitor and related improvements in compliance and safety programs as identified below. And Boeing's Board of Directors should be ordered to meet with the families.

The families also believe that the Department should launch criminal prosecutions of the responsible corporate officials at Boeing at the time of the two crashes, including in particular former Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Because time is of the essence to avoid any statute of limitations from running, the Department should begin these prosecutions promptly.

My letter today to DOJ follows on the heels of yesterday's high-publicized hearing by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. During the hearing, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun apologized to the families who lost loved one in the crashes. Calhoun was grilled by Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) and Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO). Senator Blumenthal called for prosecution of the Boeing executives who were responsible for the conspiracy, while Senator Hawley called for current CEO Calhoun's resignation. The video of the hearing is well worth watching, as it demonstrates bipartisan concensus that something is terribly wrong at Boeing.

I hope that the Justice Department will read my letter carefully and follow the steps that I recommend. Right now, Boeing's safety problems are harming its status as one of America's (formerly) great companies. A criminal prosecution that sets Boeing on a new and improved course is an important reform–for Boeing to restore its reputation.

The post The Possible Penalties for Boeing's Crime of Concealing 737 MAX Safety Issues appeared first on Reason.com.

https://reason.com/volokh/2024/06/19/the-possible-penalties-for-boeings-crime-of-concealing-737-max-safety-issues/