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Since you say you've, er, rubbed elbows with felons, maybe you can explain something more about this game. But this money has not gone into the washing machine yet, let alone emerged. Innocents might be duped into accessing it, but it does the sniper no good unless he can get them to pass some of it on somehow; how can they do so without scrutiny?

Actually, my ummmm, "ideas" in this matter come from my current profession. The killer can get his funds clean in a variety of ways. It is a fairly sophisticated process logistically, would need to be in place now, and would take some seed money. But it can be done with just the killer, one domestic bank, and a few offshore banks, with an existing account.

One thing that occurs to me as my coffee kicks in; this may be a massive extortion operation being carried out by the Russian Mob. A former SPETZNAZ operator would certainly have the training needed to execute the set up, the shooting, and the E&E techniques to get away from the area. His buddies would (presumably) have the money laundering part already set up.

Back to my coffee, and I'll stop thinking out loud...

>>>>>>it does the sniper no good unless he can get them to pass some of it on somehow; how can they do so without scrutiny?<<<<<<

Now that I have some time, I will walk you through it. Notice that the note writer requested an electronic transfer of the funds to a DOMESTIC bank, to which Moose replied "we CAN'T". He is lying through his teeth. They CAN, but do not want to, because the $$$ and the shooter will gone with LE chasing after a dead end.

Here's how I would play it: Have a Nevada LLC established with my NV in state agent setting up a bank account for me. The account would have been established with a bank draft or money order, and be (initially) a modest sum. The bank would be a small one, HQ'd in Carson City (or another place an hour or two away from an FBI office.) My in state agent would receive word to advise the bank that I (the shooter) was getting a 'litigation settlement' or 'state contract payment' from MD and that he needed to instruct the bank to be able to receive an elctronic transfer, and transfer the funds rapidly when received.

Once I got the agreement, I would give my NV agent (and the bank) a date and time, and transfer instructions to "meet my payroll and satisfy my creditors". I would withhold the instructions from the MD authorities until I had verification that all that needed to be done was to input the routing and account numbers numbers. I would then give them the numbers at 10 minutes before closing time for my bank in NV. Using wire instructions waiting at the bank, the funds would then be transfered in a matter of seconds to one or more OFFSHORE accounts.

Using another shell company agent in (let's say) Montserrat, I would have them waiting to receive bank drafts from the offshore accounts, without a payee filled in. At that point, I break a trail back to me. The only thing LE has is serial numbers from checks, my agent could probably convert those into cash on Montserrat within a few hours, and give me the money. Once I have cash, I could even go back myself to the original bank and open a "real" account (with a modest sum) or, simply visit an agent for an offshore Limited Partnership and become a Limited Partner for a few million in cash.

A lot of offshore LP's get cash deposits from Colombians, it would'nt get a second glance from the LP agent. A variation would be to use a Hawaii Bank just before closing time; my agent walks into the lobby for cash/drafts at my offshore bank's opening (four hours later). One drawback to the net and password activiated accounts--money can moved at ungodly speeds these days. An not every country out there is fighting a war on drugs, either...