soxfan49
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46 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:
Marcus Thames is the hitting coach?
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Is there a point of watching this OR even following this? I know someone will say "be a real fan" or some s%*# but this is atrocious. The owner either doesn't care or is a mindless jagoff. This team is a good 6-7 years from being average
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6 hours ago, caulfield12 said:
The crazy part is the agent never once directly spoke to Ohtani...always through the interpreter.
They tried to get tax information about the account/s (for gift or interest income purposes) but were repeatedly rebuffed, apparently.
Makes one wonder who even came up with the tax deferral structure for the 2024 and beyond contract...was it the agent, interpreter (that would go directly against his interests in feeding those accounts THIS year with Ohtani salary disbursements), the Dodgers maintained this tax strategy came directly from the Ohtani camp.
All of the salary coming from the Angels (something like $47 million) from his rookie year through last season went into this singular account...and when access got temporarily blocked, the interpreter knew everything about Ohtani's personal life to get through the bank sequence of personal questions to get the account access/ability to disburse money UNblocked.
Insane...and that the interpreter also impersonated Ohtani in calls to the bank as well.
I think I read Dave Roberts was happy he could finally speak with Ohtani once Ippei got canned because prior to that everything was done through Ippei
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While I'm glad this is seemingly over and that Ohtani is innocent, it still doesn't make total sense to me for 2 reasons:
1) Ippei won ~140M and lost ~180M but only stole 16M from Ohtani. For someone who didn't make remotely enough for those debts, where did the rest come from?
2) How did a likely team of financial advisors & CPA's miss 16M being taken? They didn't balance the statements, whether they were monthly or annually?
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5 minutes ago, cuban_sammiches said:
I'm stuck in Paducah KY and I'm not fighting the traffic home until tomorrow. I love reading this thread!
Dippin Dots headquarters/factory is there. Make a stop
4 minutes ago, chitownsportsfan said:The 2010 Mariners scored a modern worst 3.17 runs per game. We can beat that.
They are hitting .091 with risp this year and have 16 runs in 10 games (6 came in one game). Garfien is on the postgame saying they're all pressing. No Chuck they just blow ass
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3 minutes ago, PaleAleSox said:
I don’t know what you wanted him to do this year when his marching orders were obviously “get rid of a bunch of payroll.”
What I wanted was for him to properly develop these "studs" the last 5 years as he oversaw the farm and he not only didn't but was promoted for his (s%*#) effort, so yeah, he's a bum
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I'm sure every fan base of every shitty team ever says this at this juncture, but how is this team going to win 60 games yet alone 70? They are atrocious
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Other than that..
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That high?
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Just now, flavum said:
Not sure if they briugt it up on the Sox broadcast, but Jason Bourgeois didn’t go out to coach first base in the 8th.
The jokes write themselves.
Braves telecast saying it's something you see in little league
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1 hour ago, baseball_gal_aly said:
I think schmuck is a better descriptor of Getz.
Yeah but he's a little full of himself for someone. I guess weasel would've been better than d**k
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Here's a recap: 1.5 of the stars of the farm from 4-5 years ago is good and the rest are literally dogshit. The manager is in over his head. The owner doesn't care. The GM is a d**k. At least the $15 milkshakes or whatever are good
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1 hour ago, Paulie4Pres said:
Post-game showing Eloy's highlight reel of hurting himself running to 1st. Holy f***....
Wait, so I read he has an injured chest. He did that running to first? Take him to the glue factory already
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Maldonado then Lopez is murderers row. I bet Chafin was shitting himself
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Kopech still has no clue where the ball is going
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23 hours ago, hi8is said:
And how about the stuff we've seen come out about the alleged bets that coincide with poor Othani performances? 💩
I haven't seen it. Is that out there?
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12 hours ago, Balta1701 said:
How about “this is super weird as presented and for it to go this way a whole lot of safeguards have to break down in a very peculiar way.”
Between the bookie giving a $4.5 million credit line to a guy who probably wouldn’t make that much in 10 years and these transfers not setting off alarms with Ohtani or anyone he employs, it seems worth some real skepticism to me that this is the whole story. Is that fair?
Very fair
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On 3/19/2024 at 6:02 AM, bmags said:
Eh, he grew up in DC,, and Oklahoma, both certainly more mild than Chicago but not like the dude has never seen snow. Also, the league is riddled with QBs mostly from california. Big 10 QBs have not been the dominant force despite the tough defenses and worse weather preparing them.
I think they were talking about Sanders not Williams
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8 minutes ago, fathom said:
The fact it’s his interpreter makes it more possible than if it was just a colleague, etc. What if Ohtani gave Ippei permission to talk to the bank on the phone for him because it was in English?
It's certainly possible. Once again talking to compliance about a 4.5M wire isn't enough. Is it out of the realm of possibility he asked Ohtani for his expiration of his debit card and saw the security code that was texted? Of course not but again normally it requires something else like a sign into your online banking and/or lexus nexus (sp?) answers (what is your height according to your ID, what is the current loan amount on your home, etc). In my line of work I've dealt with a few athletes who are mostly dumb as hell but one thing they care about is money. If those questions were asked by Ippei and Ohtani answered without saying "wait what do you need those answers for"... yikes
I hope I'm not implying this was Ohtani. People are slick as hell and I see it daily. It's just with wires *this size* it's not as simple as "Hi Shohei? This is Robert from Wells Fargo. Did you send this wire? Yes? Ok goodnight"
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5 hours ago, Milkman delivers said:
Soxtalk gotta be the only site where you can discuss the White Sox and get tips on how to correctly commit fraud. Gotta love it.
Don't mistake reports to the IRS and fraud. Depositing or withdrawing over $10k in cash isn't illegal or fraudulent, rather the government just wants to see if there's a pattern or something that doesn't make sense based on AML. If someone's employer is ComEd and they're receiving direct deposits of $10k biweekly from a Costa Rican company and the funds are being withdrawn in cash, that'll be a much bigger red flag than another individual withdrawing $20k to give to their son as assistance for their first home
From my experience true bank fraud is very difficult. I see people falling for scams often and regular "I woke up and my debit card was used" all the time, but this kind of stuff we're discussing here takes so much time and effort and honestly pure back stabbing
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3 hours ago, fathom said:
Also, who’s to say that Ippei wasn’t the one getting calls from the bank and answering as if he was Shohei?
If Shohei was the authorizing individual on the account (once again assuming this was a business), they would have called him to question the wire even if Ippei had the capability of sending them AND if he was the one who did it. So, the only way your proposition is possible would be is if Ippei had Ohtani's phone and answered it to act as him. Even then, normally the compliance team just won't ask "is this ok?" but they would ask answers for other security questions, like maybe the 3 digit code on the back of one of his cards (possible Ippei would have that), to send a notification to his device via text (again possible) or for Shohei to sign into his banking and approve a push notification (less possible because Ippei would have his own log in credentials in this scenario & wouldn't need Ohtani's)
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On 3/21/2024 at 12:52 PM, bmags said:
you probably know banks more than me but I can't imagine merely having access to an account would allow you to WIRE millions without it setting off some checks that would have found their way to Ohtani.
I work in banking so let me give me two cents (I may be late but I'm too lazy to read the rest of the thread):
What you posted isn't out of the ordinary at all. Most celebrities, athletes, people of high net worth don't have their money in personal accounts. Most create corporations/LLC's and have direct deposits to fund their personal accounts which also helps them not spend as much (ideally). It'd be very unsurprising if Ohtani didn't have some type of LLC set up with a few "signers" on it who can essentially do anything on an account with the exception of close it, open another inside of the entity, or add more signers. I'd assume in this case Ohtani's lawyer, financial advisor, and (apparently) his translator were signers, and therefore Ippei could've easily sent a 4.5M wire on his own
On 3/21/2024 at 1:05 PM, southsider2k5 said:I would 100% agree with that. All of the AML laws and post 9/11 banking changes were made around knowing exactly who was moving around large sums of money. Really everything over 10k is reportable, as are repeated transfers under individual 10k, but adding up to more than that when they are all added up. I can't see any bank just taking their word for it. I find the idea that Shohei didn't know anything about this the least likely scenario vs he knew and was trying to bail out a buddy, or he was gambling himself.
My assumption is what's already been posted: Ohtani signed off on the wire or gave the approval for Ippei to send it and then retracted his statement when he realized there are laws against wiring money for illegal gambling
FWIW, anything over 10k is reported, yes, but wires don't fall in that category. It's only if it's physical cash being withdrawn or deposited from an account. Even a $20k check/cashiers check/20 money orders totaling $20k ($1k max per money money is the rule) isn't reported unless the person getting the cashiers check/MO is giving paper cash in exchange
Keep in mind in business accounts it's a lot more laid back. In a personal account I can't go to a bank and deposited paper cash into your account unless I'm on the account as an owner. It would have to be a check/MO/cashiers check. In a business though, anyone can deposit cash into an account.
The only thing that prompts the report is over $10k of cash in a single day. If I went to a Bank of America now and took out $6k and then another branch tonight and did it again, that is reported, but if I wait for tomorrow for the other $6k, I'm good. Of course doing $9k one day and $8k the next and $9500 the next day is called layering/structing and is just as bad, but again, a wire for 4.5M is not reported
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3 minutes ago, Dick Allen said:
75/700=10,7%
He signed Robert to an $88M deal
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1 hour ago, TaylorStSox said:
How many jerseys do you need to sell to recoup $700M for a 29 year old coming off his second Tommy John surgery?
Maybe he can make up for his second TJ with another 1.000 OPS year
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Is it wrong to want the Sox to embarrass themselves?
in Pale Hose Talk
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I couldn't have stated my thoughts any better