Chapter 954 - 325, Portugal Counterfeit Money Case_3
Additionally, United States Logistics would deliver newspapers purchased from various European countries to Donnie after every arrival in the United States.
Although the timeliness had been significantly reduced, it still allowed Donnie to analyze the situation in Europe more thoroughly using the newspaper contents, combined with the information sent by Steve Cotting.
However, amidst these newspapers, Donnie discovered something else.
For instance, in a newspaper from Portugal, there was a small article that caught Donnie’s attention.
It described how a car dealer in Lisbon named Alves Reis, facing financial difficulties in his business, had forged a $100,000 check to acquire a local trade company named Ambaca. Reis then used Ambaca’s reserve funds to cover the forged check.
Following this, he tried to use Ambaca’s shares to help lift himself out of financial trouble. Not only that, but he also planned to use Ambaca’s remaining funds to acquire a mining company in Angola. However, before fully gaining control of Ambaca, his act of embezzling Ambaca’s public funds was exposed.
As a result, Alves Reis was sent to prison!
This piece of news was shifted to reflect the Portuguese newspaper’s critique of Portugal’s banking regulatory system.
But Donnie focused his attention on Alves Reis himself.
Because this man, much like Ponzi, was a notoriously famous con artist....