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one of the emails of all time:

Watching people purchase more than $1 million in bank checks on a single day in 2021, one branch employee asked in an internal message, "How is that not money laundering?" to which a back-office colleague responded, "oh it 100% is."

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
How TD Became America’s Most Convenient Bank for Money Launderers
Rapid expansion made TD Bank a household name but left it vulnerable to crooks—and $3.1 billion in fines.
www.bloomberg.com
March 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Social media abuzz on success of the HTS in thumpin the Syrian regime. Understandable, given barbarity of Bashar. Get ready, however, for potential for real disappointment if/when regional actors likely step in, to save Bashar. In some fashion. With tacit approval of the US too. Just a sense I have.
December 1, 2024 at 3:44 PM