One question:
The guy spent money like he was a super rich guy on a binge.
Not likely that he made it as he claimed in the real estate business.
True Donald Trump became a billionaire in real estate, but he did it working day and night, not sitting up all night gambling.
That money had to come from somewhere and I don’t think enough is known about where.
Arms trading sounds like a source for lots of money.
As far as his real estate deals, I have only seen a list of a few properties. He had some apartments so collected rent while he owned them as well as any profit from selling.
I had an uncle that did the same thing, traded up on real estate until he owned a couple of apartment houses and a few rental homes. The thing is though my uncle did very well, no way he could have lived the lifestyle that guy was with the gambling, traveling, and living in hotels. I know each person in real estate has their own success or failure but the list I saw showed several of the properties were sold at a loss not profit. I am just skeptical that his money came from real estate and gambling. Possible I guess but not likely.
I think he was laundering money for people using gambling and real estate to do it. Other things are certainly possible but that is what I think he did to make all the money. I would say drug money or terrorist money or both.
No idea if the government was involved, but the way Fast and Furious played out I think that might be possible as well. Before F & F honestly I wouldn’t have believed that was a possibility.
There appear to be ties. Stand by, time will or won’t tell. Then in 5 or 20 years someone will say something. Do not believe it will take that long as to many people are already talking.
Yep government stupid money will allow you to play casino video games to the tune of 100k a day....
That was my take early on from the sheer amount of guns. He was used to dealing with lots of them. He was also a gambler and a loser. If he was a winner he would not have gotten the red carpet at the casinos. He would have been banned instead. If you are taking in millions and need to make enough look legit to explain your houses and your lifestyle, dropping a few million into the casinos is a good way to do it. Spending a lot of time in casinos lets you put whatever number you want on your IRS form in April.
You are on the money!