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Wealthy Americans Targeted by U.S. in Panama Tax-Fraud Probe

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This was originally reported by Bloomberg and then the Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/29/business/wealthy-amer...

To my knowledge, Bermuda Post is not a real journalistic organization in Bermuda (the major paper is the Royal Gazette). Instead, checking their about page reveals:

'BermudaPost is a non-profit, private and self-funded, commonly-created News and info-sharing platform that enables everybody to share valuable content such as local and global news updates.'

Besides two suspiciously barebones property listings, there are no references to Bermuda.

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This was originally reported by Bloomberg and then the Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/29/business/wealthy-amer... To my knowledge, Bermuda Post is not a real journalistic organization in Bermuda (the major paper is the Royal Gazette). Instead, checking their about page reveals: 'BermudaPost is a non-profit, private and self-funded, commonly-created News and info-sharing platform that enables everyb…

It'd be a really cool if there was a browser plugin that showed you the provenance of any news you read. Like first appeared here, then here then here....

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This was originally reported by Bloomberg and then the Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/29/business/wealthy-amer... To my knowledge, Bermuda Post is not a real journalistic organization in Bermuda (the major paper is the Royal Gazette). Instead, checking their about page reveals: 'BermudaPost is a non-profit, private and self-funded, commonly-created News and info-sharing platform that enables everyb…

It'd be a really cool if there was a browser plugin that showed you the provenance of any news you read. Like first appeared here, then here then here....

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This was originally reported by Bloomberg and then the Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/29/business/wealthy-amer... To my knowledge, Bermuda Post is not a real journalistic organization in Bermuda (the major paper is the Royal Gazette). Instead, checking their about page reveals: 'BermudaPost is a non-profit, private and self-funded, commonly-created News and info-sharing platform that enables everyb…

Interesting. I saw it on Drudge Report and hadn’t seen it discussed here. DDG gave it a B+ so I just assumed it was reputable

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You can avoid this by having your lawyer do the contacting as well as fund transfers from their IOLTA.

For you as an individual you have to realize that the state doesn't know who your lawyers are. They might know you have A lawyer, they don't know all the lawyers you have. Piercing a lawyer's records is more expensive for the government to both rationalize and do and use as evidence, and just adds another layer for them to just stick with focusing on the lower hanging fruit.

This is more about avoiding scrutiny just because some other business got subpoena'd, actually report/pay your taxes though. There are other ways to shield assets and compliantly reduce taxes domestically.

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You can avoid this by having your lawyer do the contacting as well as fund transfers from their IOLTA. For you as an individual you have to realize that the state doesn't know who your lawyers are. They might know you have A lawyer, they don't know all the lawyers you have. Piercing a lawyer's records is more expensive for the government to both rationalize and do and use as evidence, and just adds another layer for…

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This was originally reported by Bloomberg and then the Boston Globe, https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/07/29/business/wealthy-amer... To my knowledge, Bermuda Post is not a real journalistic organization in Bermuda (the major paper is the Royal Gazette). Instead, checking their about page reveals: 'BermudaPost is a non-profit, private and self-funded, commonly-created News and info-sharing platform that enables everyb…

Interesting. I saw it on Drudge Report and hadn’t seen it discussed here. DDG gave it a B+ so I just assumed it was reputable

Looking at Drudge Report was your first mistake
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