Chapter 345: It is impolite not to reciprocate. Hadi is a narrow-minded person.
Hardy came to Japan with the imperial sword in hand. The US policy toward Japan is still at its most stringent period.
Everything has only one purpose.
weaken!
weaken!
Weaken again!
Hardy destroyed the foundation of Japan's military industry. To the Japanese, it was like the loss of a parent. But to Americans, what Hardy did was very right.
This is also called political correctness.
Time flies and it is October 1st.
A major event happened on this day. A great country in the East was founded, and the eyes of the whole world were all looking towards the East.
Global Times,
New York Times,
The Times,
French newspaper Le Figaro,
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Hardy looked at the newspaper, feeling both excited and disappointed. He was excited because he had witnessed a piece of history, but he was disappointed that he couldn't go and see it in person.
Almost all major newspapers in the world reported on the establishment of the Eastern power, many of which were front-page headlines.
Governments around the world are paying close attention.
The reactions were mixed.
The Soviet Union was the first to respond and establish diplomatic relations, followed by Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and other countries.
The United States has adopted more stringent blockade measures.
MacArthur received an order to send more warships to blockade the nearby waters and help Lao Chang on the island.
This day.
Duncan came to report to Hardy.
"Boss, Henry said everything is ready and asked if you would like to start the operation?"
Hardy nodded.
Let's take action.
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America.
Wisconsin.
madison.
Mr. Judson, the owner of Judson Trading Company, drove to the company after having breakfast at home.
The scale of the Judson Trading Company is one of the largest in Madison City, and its main exports are grain, food, cotton and other items.
A few years ago, Jardson was just the owner of a shoe factory with a scale of only tens of thousands of dollars. One day he saw in the newspaper that his cousin MacArthur became the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Japan. Jardson came up with an idea, so he handed over the management of the factory to his partners and traveled thousands of miles to Japan.
When Jaredson returned from Japan, he gave up the shoe factory business and opened a trading company, mainly engaged in export grain business.
He borrowed hundreds of thousands of dollars and shipped a ship full of grain and various foods, which were quickly delivered to Japan. After arriving in Japan, part of the grain was sold to the military, and the rest went through private channels and entered the black market.
The first ship.
Jaredson earned more than $300,000.
And it’s pure profit.
Judson was ecstatic. The profit was so huge that he started a crazy profitable trading business.
At least two ships are shipped every month, carrying tens of thousands of tons of grain and food. Two-thirds of them go through formal channels, and the remaining one-third is sold to black market dealers.
His business.
Because it involves smuggling, the accounts and amounts can never be reconciled, so part of the funds go through formal channels, while the other part cannot go and can only be stored in other ways.
And his cousin MacArthur is also involved here. The reason he was able to do this business was all because of MacArthur's protection, or in other words, he was actually just his cousin's agent. 60% of the money he earned belonged to MacArthur.
To save money.
Judson thought of many ways.
MacArthur had told him that the money could not be kept in Japan.
Finally, Jaredson set his sights on Hong Kong and opened several accounts at HSBC Bank in Hong Kong, depositing a sum of money into the accounts every month.
There are two accounts.
One was opened by Jardson in his own name.
The other was opened in the name of MacArthur's second wife, Joanie.
Jaredson felt that the money was safe in faraway Hong Kong. He reported this to MacArthur at the time. MacArthur thought it was a good idea to keep the money in HSBC Bank in Hong Kong as it was a British bank and therefore had security.
They don't believe that anyone would come to Hong Kong to investigate.
Originally, Jaredson's business could have been expanded by simply preparing more ships and goods. However, he was a cautious man, and he only received a certain amount of grain from formal channels every month. If he took more and sold it on the black market, he would inevitably arouse suspicion.
Therefore, in the later period, we maintained a monthly shipping volume of 10,000 tons on two ships.
Even so.
Jaredson also earns a million dollars a month, and the money is deposited in the bank. MacArthur gets about $600,000, and he gets $400,000.
Later,
Jardson also opened several accounts in Switzerland, Cuba, Brazil and other countries, also using his own name and the name of MacArthur's wife.
Just like this, the water flows on for a long time.
Over the years,
Jaredson also had a net worth of tens of millions, and he had saved as much as 20 to 30 million overseas. He gave even more money to MacArthur. MacArthur's wife had a total of more than 40 million US dollars in several accounts.
This money.
Can't see the light.
First, this money was originally earned from black market business and its origin cannot be explained. Second, this money cannot be brought back to the United States because the legal source cannot be proved. Simply put, this is the most typical black money. If you want to bring it back, you need to launder it. You must know that the cost of money laundering is very high. Jardson feels that the gain is not worth the loss.
And even if he got the money, he still had to pay personal income tax to the IRS. You know, this tax is not low. For the amount of money he brought back, he would have to pay about 35%, which is one third. The thought of it hurts Jaredson, and he absolutely does not want to do this.
Simply.
This money has been kept abroad.
Jaredson's business was going smoothly and his life was getting better and better. In his imagination, he would make hundreds of millions of dollars in the future and become one of the richest people in the United States.
But today, when he just arrived at the company, several men in suits came to visit him. One of them took out his ID and
"Mr. Judson, we are from the IRS. Please come back with us to assist us in the investigation."
Judson's body immediately became stiff.
He knows,
It's no good when people from the IRS come to you.
I even stuttered when I spoke.
"Gentlemen, I have always paid taxes according to the law. No, I have not evaded any taxes."
The captain of the team said calmly, "If you have anything to say, please tell us when we get back. Mr. Jardson, please don't let us use coercive measures."
Judson dared not resist.
I had no choice but to follow the people from the tax bureau back.
Sitting in a chair in the IRS investigation and interrogation room, Jaredson felt a chill creeping into his bones, even though it was still October.
"Mr. Judson, how many years have you been in business?" someone asked.
"More than four years."
“Where are they usually sold?”
Jardson paused.
"The main market is Japan and I have the proper export documents."
"What we want to ask is not whether your exports are compliant, that is a matter for customs. What I want to ask you now is, do you have an overseas account?"
Jardson suddenly felt cold all over.
He knows,
Since the people from the IRS asked this question, they must have some evidence, otherwise they would not have brought me here to ask directly about my overseas accounts.
Even though Judson is not a lawyer or an accountant.
But after doing business for so many years, he also knows the general tax situation.
According to U.S. law, personal income tax is levied on U.S. citizens' income from all over the world.
If he is in the export business and has an overseas account and transfers money to the overseas fund account, that is a very obvious act of tax evasion.
"No, I don't have any overseas accounts." Judson denied it flatly. He would not give in easily.
The tax inspector who was interrogating you was not in a hurry. He opened a folder and took out several documents. "After our investigation, we found that you opened an account in Cuba with a deposit of 2.5 million US dollars, and you opened an account in Brazil with a deposit of 3.58 million US dollars."
"These two sums of funds in your name were deposited separately in the past two years. Do you have anything to explain?"
Judson's body began to tremble slightly.
The numbers the interrogators gave were exactly the amounts of his deposits in those two banks, which showed that they did have evidence.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~!
Jardson's heart was pounding and he was breathing heavily, but he still clenched his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know what you are talking about. I want to see my lawyer."
He can't say.
Because he has more than just these two deposits overseas.
and,
Just open your mouth.
I'm afraid more things will come out of this.
And that is.
He still has hope in his heart.
I just hope that MacArthur can save me.
So he chose to keep his mouth shut. As long as he didn't say anything, he still had a chance. He was also very clear that if he confessed, he would be sentenced to life imprisonment.
So no matter how the interrogators asked him, he only said one thing: he wanted to see his lawyer.
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Hardy originally ordered Duncan to investigate MacArthur, and later found out about the Japanese black market, which led to MacArthur's cousin.
He then ordered Henry to conduct a full investigation into this Jardson.
Henry mobilized his elite forces.
Monitoring,
surveillance.
Tracking cargo ships.
Investigate the black market.
Finally, they found out the clues and discovered that Jaredson's funds were mainly kept in HSBC Bank in Hong Kong.
When the result was reported to Hardy, Hardy laughed at that time.
Isn't this a coincidence?
Hardy did not ask the top management of Huifeng to investigate directly, but asked the people who were previously placed in Huifeng to investigate secretly. This investigation made Hardy discover more shocking things.
MacArthur's cousin Anderson initially deposited his money in HSBC. Because Hong Kong has loose capital supervision and funds can be freely withdrawn, it is also known as a financial free port.
He opened more than just his own account.
He also opened an account for MacArthur's wife. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the money was for MacArthur.
And more funds are deposited.
This shows that MacArthur is the biggest seller in the black market smuggling business.
In fact, Hadi is not surprised at this. As the emperor of Japan, it is very normal for him to use his power to make profits for himself.
However, they opened the account directly using their own names and their wives' names. This was too blatant. They probably didn't expect that someone would come to Hong Kong to investigate them. We can only say that they were careless.
Although the IRS was very powerful, at that time, the IRS did not have such strong investigative capabilities as it did in later generations.
Even in the future,
There are still countless illegal funds accounts that cannot be traced.
The IRS is powerful, but they are not God.
I can only say that they were just unlucky.
If it were someone else, it would be difficult to proceed beyond this point because extremely high permissions are required to investigate these private accounts.
But the person to be investigated was Hardy.
Today, Jaredson still has more than 10 million US dollars in HSBC, and MacArthur's wife still has more than 20 million.
At first, Jaredson kept all his money in Bank of China. Later, when he had more money, perhaps to diversify the risk or because he wanted to use it elsewhere, Jaredson gradually used Bank of China's financial channels to transfer the money to banks in Switzerland, Cuba, Brazil and other countries.
Cuba in this era was still the back garden of the United States and was under the control of the United States. Many Americans would go to Cuba for vacation in the right season, including politicians and wealthy people.
And now financial regulation in Cuba is also very loose.
That is why the Brazilian mafia thinks it is profitable to open casinos in Cuba. If they just go to Cuba because of Hardy's trickery, that would be foolish.
Since the money was transferred out of HSBC, there were traces to follow and the bank accounts in these countries were quickly found.
After investigating these things, Hardy thought about it for a while, and finally asked Henry to take out two accounts of Jardson himself in Cuba and Brazil.
As for the HSBC account, Hardy does not intend to disclose it because it is the source. The Swiss account is not disclosed because it is difficult to check.
He also didn't let Henry reveal the matter of MacArthur's wife's account, so now the IRS only knows about Judson's matter.
Even so.
The IRS also felt it had caught a big fish.
After all, this is more than 6 million US dollars in funding.
Hardy was targeted by MacArthur. Although Hardy designed a plan to make him offend the seven major conglomerates and finally hand over the 300 military-industrial enterprises, things would never end like this. Hardy was not narrow-minded and he wanted to take revenge himself.
So Henry was arranged to expose Jardson.
Of course,
This was not something that surprised Hardy. When Hardy asked someone to investigate the accounts of Jaredson and MacArthur's wife, his subordinates later reported another matter to Hardy.
At HSBC,
Not only is there the name of MacArthur's wife, but also MacArthur's own name.
And in his name was no cash,
It's gold.
8 tons of gold.
Based on the current gold price of US$35 per ounce, that's exactly US$10 million.
Hardy suddenly thought of the rumors about MacArthur in later generations. When MacArthur was the "emperor emeritus" of Japan, Japan bribed him a large sum of money. This allowed MacArthur to withstand the pressure and retain the existence of the emperor instead of fully implementing democracy.
Another thing is that a group of war criminals were released secretly.
It is said that the bribes received by MacArthur were mainly gold, which was scattered in many banks and the total amount was as much as 100 tons.
Of course,
This is just a rumor, and people treat it as gossip because it has never been confirmed, but judging from the current situation, these rumors are probably true.
If he really received 100 tons of gold.
That is more than 100 million US dollars.
This old guy has quite a big appetite.
At first Hardy was amazed at the huge amount, but when he converted it, he found out it was just over 100 million US dollars, which seemed normal to him.
During this time in Japan, I have gained more than 100 million US dollars.