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He was born Hamish Watson, a surfie dude from Sydney – but he could morph into whatever you needed him to be. Hamish is due to be sentenced to jail in early 2019 for swindling a handful of victims out of more than $7m. But these crimes are just the final pages in a resume too thick to staple; for decades he’s duped victims in the US, Canada, Britain, Hong Kong and Australia. How did he do it? How did he evade authorities around the world for so long and what’s he done with all those tens of ...
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Buy Fergus Hodgson's "The Latin America Red Pill" on Amazon! Kindle: https://amzn.to/4fAv4An Paperback: https://amzn.to/49Q01zd After adopting bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador in June 2021, President Nayib Bukele has agreed to reform the Bitcoin Law to access a US$1.3 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund. Bukele’s government has been negotiating with the IMF for three years. Initially, the IMF firmly rejected any deal so long as El Salvador continued recognizing bitcoin as legal tender. However, in recent negotiations, Bukele has used the Bitcoin Law as a strategic tool, turning it into an asset in his favor. As a result, El Salvador is set to soon receive IMF funds without losing its Bitcoin Law. Read the article: https://impunityobserver.com/2024/12/18/how-nayib-bukele-imf-with-bitcoin-bargaining-chip/
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