<p>Interesting comment on <a href="http://www.deepcapture.com/bethany-mclean/">this Deep Capture page</a> that was linked on other thread.....</p>
<p>Says:</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><!--<small class="commentmetadata"><a href="#comment-128159" title="Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 at 5:48 pm"></a> after publication. </small>--> <small class="commentmetadata"><a title="" href="http://www.deepcapture.com/bethany-mclean/#comment-128159">December 16th, 2008 at 5:48 pm</a> </small></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">More pieces fit into place . . .</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Those close to me know of my interest in the market maker BATS. Take a look at their website and you will understand why.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.batstrading.com/">
http://www.batstrading.com/</a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.batstrading.com/membership.php">
http://www.batstrading.com/membership.php</a></p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">Madoff’s niece, Shana, was a compliance lawyer at his firm and last year married Eric Swanson, a former assistant director of compliance and examinations at the SEC. Swanson left the SEC in August 2006 and is currently the general counsel of Bats Trading Inc., the third-largest U.S. equity exchange by trading volume.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">BATS is an invisible conduit for ilicit counterparty transactions. I wish I could talk fruther but some things I just have to bring to everyone’s attention.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 40px;">To all, happy healthy year . . . let’s celebrate as the walls of the DTCC come a tumblin’ down . . . thanks to all. Hope that my two cents every now and then is of benefit.</p>
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<p>Illicit counter party transactions sounds a lot like money laundering to me.</p>