cmdtab 12 hours ago

I find it interesting how Americans roll over open corruption now

  • sofixa 9 hours ago

    Indeed, it escalated quite quickly to somewhat under the table in the first term, but the second term hadn't already started and it was all out in the open. With some discontent (especially around the comic depicting it that got denied by the Washington Post, resulting in their cartoonist leaving to publish it), but nothing near the outrage there should be.

dietr1ch 13 hours ago

You can't say there's no Pay in MoonPay

greatgib 15 hours ago

I would say that it is well deserved. They tried to indirectly bribe a president for pushing their own interests. The money is probably better funding Nigerian families than going to Trump's team.

  • harvey9 10 hours ago

    "Nigerian families" is a very rose-tinted view of a scam operator.

  • kotaKat 6 hours ago

    Money laundering firm accidentally launders money to wrong money launderer, basically.

  • mumbisChungo 13 hours ago

    They were also directly responsible for the bored ape NFT pump and dump in 2021.

    • JKCalhoun 13 hours ago

      I was asking about the word "irony" and someone directed me to this post. Am I in the right place?

      • metalman 8 hours ago

        take the down voteing as an afirmative. I was just surprised to see that the Nigerean scam industry was adapting and thriving, as it seemed that they had lost there mojo to other countrys inspite of bieng very early inovators in the international telecom scam market. Or perhaps this is a younger crew, and the more experienced Nigerian scammers are working as consultants for NK, Thailand, etc.

        • JKCalhoun 4 hours ago

          Oh I'm sure I'm being downvoted for my "snarkery" (which I don't mind wading into from time to time when the target seems deserving).

    • dawatchusay 12 hours ago

      250k must be chump change compared to what they gained then

  • sofixa 7 hours ago

    What was indirect about it? Donating to the inauguration fund was clearly and directly a bribe.

    • freedomben 3 hours ago

      I tend to agree with you, but out of curiosity, do you think that was also true for inaugural fund donations for Biden, Obama, Bush, Clinton, etc?