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Its shocking how they have been allowed to continue printing "fake money" for so long. There were rumours going around long before christmas.

Its about time this 'scam' was exposed.

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I'm not very familiar with this world, but that seems fast. I always assumed the world of financial crime enforcement moved like molasses. When I started hearing those rumors I just assumed it'd be months after the crash before the feds showed up. Maybe I'm just cynical.

But I 100% agree, its about time.

They do move like molasses.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

My impression from watching financial crimes play out in the news is this: there's a long, slow period of investigations, interviews, etc. and then suddenly people get dragged out in the middle of the night in handcuffs.

> Its shocking how they have been allowed to continue printing "fake money" for so long. There were rumours going around long before christmas.

The subpoenas were issued December 6; just because the news just broke doesn't mean that the government just got involved.

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