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1/ Today's rabbit hole. Another dodgy #ETT #GTS banking site ...read through to the end as there's a couple of interesting twists. I went back and had another look at their dev subdomains and noticed "amercantiledb"

2/ I vaguely remember looking at "Allied Marcantile Bank Corporatiion" previously but didn't take much notice...as a side note: any site (or person) that tells you they are trustworthy tends to mean the exact opposite.

3/ #amercantile while it uses #epsilon SAAS banking software it does not appear to be part of the #cryptocapital stable. Its actually way more interesting. With its own SWIFT code ALMPMPMP its a bonafide bank. In fact its just one of Northern Mariana Islands four banks

So wtf is Northernn Mariana Islands? Heard of Guam? Its a couple hundred clicks north.

But for all you tether lovers out there. You might better recognise it as the home of one of the worlds grubbiest casino's #imperialpacific

But you are more likely remember the name of Imperial's director Eugene Sullivan and his role in the infamous #tether audit and being sprung as an advisor for the now dead #noblebank (also a cameo in failed Mt Gox bid with bff john betts)

Imperial Pacific looked to be having a bit of bad luck back in 2017. Bloomberg did its best to spread the FUD - citing alleged human smuggling, money laundering
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