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Facing 4 possible long-term nonconsecutive prison terms each. If they were relatively affluent and were smart enough to keep liquidity and or offshore assets. It’s not that stupid to go to a non extradition country and just walk from everything. Russia would be my first choice. Fellow whites so to blend in, Russian was my foreign language in University. Hot girls everywhere. Three year nonwork visa is easy to get renewable and after two renewals perm res is an option. Culturally they are western world. Russia won’t lift a finger to help a US investigation and they will tell the irs to pound sand as well. If you have a marketable skill say geology you can get sponsorship for a work visa easy peasy. Did I mention they habe some of the hottest women on earth. St Petersburg and Moscow world class cities loaded with culture,night life and food. Diamonds are easy to move through airports no metal like gold and refuse the body scanner make them wand you or metal detector arch. A million in stones would fit in a tampon sized container just saying. 3+ carat E grade or higher a million plus fits in your palm. If you have the means everyone should have a oh crap I need to bug out plan. Liquidity, predefined contact means with one time ciphers that are unbreakable. Diamonds or some other portable wealth means.

Not condoning their reckless action with the son but if you have nothing to lose why stat just to get thrown in the slam for what so other’s feel they have justice F that you have to catch em first.

They do not appear to be affluent, maybe even lower middle class. They did not see the red flags their son was waving, but sometimes when IN situation there is no ability to see it objectively.

I feel bad, almost, for them. Maybe they thought they had found a new family hobby that would help their kid. Something to do on Christmas vacation.

I am not being sarcastic.

Don’t know about airport x-ray scanners...

But they use X-rays on the conveyor belts of the diamond mines.
Surface diamonds will produce visible light when irradiated and other X-ray processes show diamonds buried in the mix.

And just last week my wife was asked to go into the security room the scanner showed a red dot on her shoulder?
They looked at the bare skin and rubbed it a bit, perhaps looking for hidden treasure?

She has a shoulder injury and googling around shows this to be a common occurrence.

Question?
Aren’t diamond sales to individuals usually at retail price and when you sell the best would be wholesale?

Very interesting history you have. I’ve always wanted to go to St. Petersburg to see the wonderful art at the museum. I lived in SF a very long time ago when extremely elegant and totally broke old Russian aristocrats lived there, the ones who first took the Siberian Express to Vladivostok and ships to SF. Best restaurant in town was The Russian Renaissance out on Geary near the ocean. We went there for birthdays and other special occasions.

Did I mention that Putin is far smarter than Biden?

As for the crime family we’re discussing here, they’re not very smart either.

Culturally they are western world.

While most Russians are Caucasian you can thank Genghis Khan and his Mongol descendants for an Asiatic streak in their blod. They can communicate in a very direct and unwestern way. I’m sure you know what I mean. Haha.