The Biden Family... Are you whistling in a coal mine?

 If you aren’t particularly concerned about what is occurring in our country politically; and nonetheless you consider yourself ‘informed’… well, I would describe your position as, not to be too offensive, Whistling in a Coal Mine.

The last couple of years that I was an Agent with the FBI in San Francisco, I was assigned to the Organized Crime Squad.  So, I hope that gives me some insights that you might find helpful.

Organized Crime investigations start with a premise; if not initially ‘probable cause’, at least a reasonable, documentable suspicion.  The first source might be a public agency of some kind.  It might be an informant with knowledge.  It might even be a well-documented news report or article.

Based on that information, there are considerable preliminary investigations and interviews.  I won’t go into the details.

Did you know that the most difficult problem for those involved in ‘organized crime,’ and includes all manner of organized crime (illegal drugs, embezzlement, extortion, political corruption etc.) is what to do with the proceeds, THE MONEY.  For the most part, in an organized crime structure, there is no problem acquiring the money.  It’s how do you then explain the money, and subsequently convert that money to something you can use.  Well, if you are a petty criminal, you can just try dealing in cash… but that can be a concept short-lived and easily detected.  Big time criminals, on the other hand, who deal in millions of dollars have phony businesses, numerous bank accounts, and money laundering schemes both in the U.S. and overseas.  Money laundering:  This is their expertise and potentially their weakness.

The law enforcement investigator’s principal objective is to ‘follow the money.’  The IRS employs experts in following money through various banks and investment schemes to the final recipients of the suspicious / ill-gotten / money.  Does this in any way remind you of the Biden family’s situation?

When Hunter Biden’s international and very lucrative ‘consulting’ became more suspect… inexplicable, and politically embarrassing… he became more creative (so to speak).  He became a painter – of abstract art.  There was no developing his artistic reputation and the praise of art critics.  Not at all.  Purchasers of his artistic endeavors seemed to stumble over themselves to buy his paintings.  How very curious.  That said, Hunter was not prepared to say who purchased the paintings or how much they paid.  Strange, don’t you think?

There are many laws that cover the ins and outs of money transferred through our banking systems.  Specialized laws designed to ferret out illegal profits from organized crime and tax evaders.  The experts to follow this money are specially trained and experienced Agents of the Internal Revenue Service in conjunction with the FBI.

Last comment:  Does it concern you that officials of the Federal Government stopped the IRS investigators from continuing to follow the money in the Hunter Biden inquiry?  Why would they?  All the indicators of fraud and corruption are there.  What’s the answer?  I could spell this out for you, but you already know the answer.  At least all of you other than those who continue to ‘whistle in a coal mine.’

True Nelson