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  1. I think they were talking about Sanders not Williams
  2. 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"
  3. 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is ComEd and they're receiving direct deposits of $10k biweekly from a Costa Rican company and the funds are being withdrawn in cash, that'll be a much bigger red flag than another individual withdrawing $20k to give to their son as assistance for their first home From my experience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
  4. 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)
  5. 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 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
  6. Maybe he can make up for his second TJ with another 1.000 OPS year
  7. Outside of April, when has Kelenic been a good offensive player?
  8. Mike Monaco might suck but at least he isn't corny! Drrrr
  9. Benetti quotes to the athletic last year: Benetti signed a new two-year White Sox contract in late January. But as he told the Sun-Times on Feb. 2, the talks were “kind of a pain.” “I would push back on that I’m not happy to be here,” he said. “Because I absolutely am. I promise you I wouldn’t be in the booth if I didn’t want to be here and they didn’t want me on some level as well. But I don’t like being told what to say. And I want to be emotionally honest, with what matters to me like that. The two instances you brought up are frustrating to me. Because, well, because I love doing this so much.”
  10. He was pissed off last year about his contract. He probably got lowballed again and had it. He's too busy for the Sox doing other stuff but not the Tigers? That's a cop out answer from the worst organization in sports. Everyone can be happy now when they have some wanker in the booth who's dead ass serious as the team loses 105 games!
  11. Yeah almost and then it dribbled into the OF
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