Pornokunden sind IMMER vom Ruf her schwierig, aber Porno ist nicht gleich Porno. Vieles im TPA wird kategorisch als geldwäscheverdächtigt angenommen, ist es aber faktisch oft nicht. Dass Equinia die Konstruktion über Cayman National übernommen hat, ist eine lange schon von mir formulierte These, beispielsweise habe ich das 6/21 bereits ggü Ermittlern geäußert.
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https://irpimedia.irpi.eu/en-wirecard-collapse-italy/
And so it was: every week, millions of euros flowed from Germany, home of Wirecard, passing through the Isle of Man, then being distributed by Walpay to customers around the world. Many of the organisations work at the margins of the law. One example is the manager of a porn site dedicated to scenes of violent sex with Latin women, holder of the trademarks ?Latina abuse? and ?Facial abuse.? Or there is Banc de Binary, an Israeli binary options trading company dogged by suspicions of fraud and permanently closed after record sanctions. Or, again, the hardcore porn production company hit by a series of complaints from actresses about alleged abuses on set. And finally, dating sites specializing in bondage customers, paid hot chats, betting sites and illegal gambling. Wirecard welcomed the customers? money, but kept them at arm?s length through Walpay?s intermediary action.
The agreement with Wirecard, rather than disappearing, evolved. Behind the transactions flowing back and forth between Wirecard and its clients was a French lawyer practising in Luxembourg. Sebastien Limat entered the scene at the end of January 2015, opening what appeared to be a personal account at Cayman National Bank. He gave as a correspondence address that of a taxi service operated by Limat?s family in a small town near Thionville, on the border with the Grand Duchy. A few days later, Wirecard sent 5.5 million dollars to that account, to then be paid to the usual group of merchants. The activity continued undisturbed for several months until, in November 2015, the first alarm bells went off. JPMorgan, the American business bank used in this case to execute dollar transactions, began asking questions about the legality of the transactions. JPMorgan does not deal directly with Cayman National Bank, but with a leading British institution, National Westminster Bank (NatWest), used by the Isle of Man institution as a ?correspondent bank? in the United Kingdom. Correspondence between the two banks states that JPMorgan wanted to understand ?the logical basis? behind the transactions that NatWest processed in favour of Sebastien Limat, asking for an accounting of the funds? purposes and real recipients. At first, NatWest replied that the activities carried out were legal and that the customer (Limat) was a reliable individual.
But a few months later, the American business bank seemed to increase the pressure and NatWest reconsidered its position. In April 2016, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), of which NatWest is a subsidiary, sent a formal notice letter to CNB. ?After a review, RBS has decided not to facilitate any future transactions involving Sebastien Limat?s account,? as stated in the document prepared by the Financial Crimes Compliance Unit. At that point, $362 million had already passed through the French lawyer?s account.
Diese 362 Mio sind Händlergelder
Dahinter steht echtes Geschäft. Je nachdem, von welchem Gewinn für wirecard man ausgeht, sprechen wir hier von etwa 20 Mio Gewinn für wirecard alleine über diese Konstellation und eher konservativ gerechnet und: Nur von Anfang 2015 bis April 2016 - und diese 362 Mio sind womöglich nur ein Teil der Gelder.
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