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Fed Raids: Pertinent or Paranoid?

Business always moves faster than banks have enough financial and political
government ...It's no surprise that a clout to strike back at anything less.An
great deal of lawmakers' time is spent example of a precisely identified
reacting to advances in commerce and transgression is the Citigroup private
science. It's also no surprise that one banking scandal in Tokyo in 2004. The
of their favorite tactics is to call on Japanese authorities said the bank helped
their enforcement agencies to bring clients manipulate accounting records
scrutiny against any topic about which through improper real estate
they're struggling to understand.We're transactions, failed to process tax
now seeing this applied against at least refunds for clients and mismanaged
two e-currency operations.One of them, customers' confidential information. As a
INT Gold, saw their head offices in Texas result, they ordered Citigroup's Japanese
raided by the FBI in December. No arrests private banking operations to close, but
were made and no disclosures were took measures to ensure all unaffected
presented to indicate the reason for investors would be minimally affected
their actions. The only auspices while they moved their accounts.Rarely,
mentioned were that they were pursuing an total loss to depositors happens. The
ongoing fraud investigation. It's now Silverado collapse in Colorado sent
been over a month and nothing further has Charles Keating to prison for what should
happened.At roughly the same time, e-Gold be a thousand life terms, as more people
was also served with a search warrant. It than that lost their life savings. It's
seems the justification was petty --- notable that this occurred in what was a
they allegedly didn't have a 'required' laissez-faire junk bond scenario.Raids
currency-exchange license --- and they only receive mention when it serves the
were upset enough to place the following authorities' purposes to do so. One
posting on their website:e-gold(R) reason for this is because the searches
welcomes US Government review of its and/or seizures don't yield sufficient
status as a privately issued currency results to merit charges being filed.
January 20, 2006"Starting in There can exist a vast gray area in
mid-December 2005, Gold & Silver Reserve, modern financial activities, and when the
Inc. (G&SR), contractual Operator and fine print of a certain situation is
primary dealer for e-gold, has been the scrutinized, it often occurs that,
subject of a warranted search of its perhaps those activities have sailed
premises and records, had its domestic close to the legal wind, but they did not
bank accounts frozen, and been the target take the airs of disrepute.It remains to
of a precisely timed, extraordinarily be seen what they're investigating at INT
misleading attack by a major business Gold. As opposed to their treatment of
publication."In an emergency hearing in major banks, the nature of the
US District Court January 13, 2006, the authorities' announcement of this raid
freeze order on G&SR's bank accounts was was quite vague, which I'm sure was by
lifted. Though numerous criminal claims design. So, the issue is one of whom they
had been made in obtaining the search and were attempting to stir. However,
seizure warrants, the Government has not American law says the parties involved
sustained these allegations and the only are innocent until proven guilty, so they
remaining claim is a contention that G&SR should duly be accorded that right. Until
has operated as a currency exchange the entire story comes to light, it's
without the proper license. G&SR had improper to cast aspersions. After all,
previously proposed to the Government as with most raids at major banks that go
that e-gold be classified for regulatory unpublicized, it may be that the
purposes as a currency, enabling G&SR to transgressor is not the company, but a
register as a currency exchange. In a client who has abused its privileges
Treasury report released January 11, within that company's facilities.The
2006, however, the Department of Treasury e-currency investigations are surely a
reaffirmed their interpretation of the result, in part, of one government's
USC and CFR definitions of currency as indecision as to how to regulate
excluding e-gold."G&SR, for nearly a e-currencies within their borders when
year, has been engaged with an agency of those currencies are neither fiat nor
Treasury in a BSA (Bank Secrecy Act) necessarily domiciled within those
compliance examination it had voluntarily borders.This reminds me of broadcasting's
initiated. G&SR, though preferring that early days, when the Feds were perplexed
the venue was not a courtroom, welcomes about how to best cope with radio signals
the opportunity to extend its discussions that only obeyed the laws of physics and
with the Government on how best to thus had the ability to cross state lines
achieve appropriate statutory or without governmental permission. As
regulatory cognizance of e-gold while ridiculous as that sounds today, the
continuing to build e-gold's market share thought of a particular technology being
as a medium of international more advanced than political and/or
commerce."Despite the unfounded charges geographical delineations was of deep
and adverse misleading publicity that concern to them. It ultimately took
have severely damaged both e-gold and nearly 15 years for the American
G&SR, G&SR has continued to meet all government to create the Federal
financial obligations and remain Communications Commission to cope with
completely operational. e-gold remains such an 'advanced' business as interstate
highly committed to its goal of bringing, broadcasting.Given the fact that
for the first time in history, to people e-currencies are privately generated and
of any financial means across the globe, administered, and given that no central
a secure payment mechanism at a fraction monitoring system exists to aid in their
of the cost of any other system. e-gold regulation, it is no surprise under the
fully expects to transcend the current environment of American laws to
unfortunate events of the past month and now see a bustle of authoritarian
resume its exponential growth."Further attention directed toward them. Until
information can be found at: they are able to determine a palatable
policy, the best they can do is assume a
proactive approach by e-Gold should be self-righteous position in the interests
applauded. INT Gold should have done the of 'consumer protection' and cast
same thing.If more of the public only aspersions by means of rationalization.
knew how many times search papers were It's not particularly fair, but as we've
served on financial institutions for one seen in related online forums, it's quite
reason or another, they'd no doubt be as effective.Hopefully, the issue will be
skeptical as I am about the publicity the settled in a much more expeditious manner
authorities have given their actions than it was in broadcasting.J Square
against these two e-currency Humboldt is the featured columnist at the
companies.Let's consider how authorities Longer Life website, which is dedicated
move against major banks when wrongdoing to providing information, strategies,
is suspected. One characteristic which analysis and commentary designed to
becomes quickly evident is that any improve the quality of living. His page
releases issued by the investigating can be found at and his observations are
authorities have always been very published three times per week.
specific in their nature, because major




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