From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "JONATHAN R. LLOYD" Subject: Intro Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:06:10 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Message-ID: <10bc9a2fd00.jonathan_lloyd@virgilio.it> Reply-To: jonathan_lloyd1@yahoo.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from vsmtp3alice.tin.it ([212.216.176.143]:64149 "EHLO vsmtp3.tin.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751443AbWFLTUK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:20:10 -0400 Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: jrlloyd@hotmail.com Equatorial Guinea=E2=80=99s president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and= his=20 government deposited up to $700 million in U.S.=E2=80=99 Riggs Bank. A = U.S.=20 Senate subcommittee=E2=80=99s 2004 investigation criticized Riggs for f= ailing=20 to report potential money laundering in the Equatorial Guinea accounts.= =20 It also outlined examples of how Riggs allowed Obiang to make cash=20 deposits and withdrawals from accounts he controlled personally. Riggs,= =20 which was acquired by PNC last year, later agreed to pay a $16 million=20 fine for failing to report these and other suspicious transactions. =20 Equatorial Guinea=E2=80=99s embassy insists the money, which was releas= ed back=20 to the country, belongs to the government. "Attributing that money to=20 President Obiang=E2=80=99s personal wealth is like saying a person who = runs a=20 hospital is worth the amount of revenue the hospital generates," the=20 embassy spokesperson wrote in an e-mail. A half dozen other sources=20 disagree. "They may say it is the country=E2=80=99s money, but the pres= ident=20 does control everything," says Arvind Ganesan, a director at Human=20 Rights Watch who has studied how the Equatorial Guinea government uses=20 its oil revenue, "Under Obiang, the country's wealth is basically a=20 presidential ATM." So they say. =20 Now that this report has been made=20 public, the President has decided that some deposits made with=20 particular banks in Europe be diverted so as to retain them, therefore,= =20 I want to inform you that by virtue of my position as a special duties=20 coordinator to the President of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema= =20 Mbasogo, I have the honour of nominating and appointing you as a front.= =20 All we need or require of you is your cooperation, that is you make=20 available a business name we could incorporate and present to complete=20 this contract. Making available also three names of the company=20 directors. All other details will be made known on receipt of your=20 response. =20 We assume you will understand the responsibilities, the=20 confidentiality and of course the trust bestowed on you as a result of=20 this project. I know this is unexpected but I have come to know that=20 the best things in life come unexpected. You alone are privy to this=20 information by virtue of my nominating and appointing you. =20 Please, do=20 get back to me as soon as possible for details. =20 Thank you. =20 Jonathan=20 R. Lloyd. =46or Special Duties.