Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Special Report: Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese ‘brokers’ laundering Mexican drug money Reuters

“I could smell something. Fear.
I could taste it now.
It tasted like blood in my mouth, and I could feel it slide through me and open me up when I saw him ...”
Markus Zusak, Getting the Girl  

 


The promise to pay such vast sums for finding a site for a block of apartments was “inherently implausible,” Justice Ward has found.


Court documents in that matter also indicate that $1.2 million of laundered money was allegedly channelled to Michael Ibrahim’s partner Caitlin Hall. When she failed to pay tax on the amounts, the ATO hit her with tax assessments.

On 11 July, 2019 Michael Ibrahim phoned Mr Alex from jail to discuss the ATO action against his partner. “We’re new to this, we’re not used to paying tax,” Ibrahim said.

Ibrahim's dentist to repay millions after death-bed deal rejected


Mark J. Cowan (Boise State University), Taxing Cannabis on the Reservation, 57 Am. Bus. L.J. ___ (2020):

American Indian tribes that enter the cannabis industry confront a multi-sovereign tax system that lacks certainty and horizontal equity. The complex interaction of state legalization and taxation of cannabis, federal tax law, the status of tribes as both governments and business enterprises, and the legal and tax landscape in Indian country can give tribes tax advantages and disadvantages compared to off-reservation cannabis dispensaries. This article analyzes these tax issues, examines them in the context of prior challenges posed by Indian gaming, and suggests reforms that address the tax inequities that can result from cannabis sales on Indian reservations.


Special Report: Burner phones and banking apps: Meet the Chinese ‘brokers’ laundering Mexican drug money Reuters. Hey, that’s our job!

 

US blacklists Xiaomi and Cnooc in flurry of actions to counter China FT

 

Why banks should not bear all the burden of Britain’s scam culture FT