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ACADEMIC!RIVAL ABBY 🇫🇷✈️🏨

what can i say? i missed academic!rival abby…

academic!rival abby has a very serious problem with her tongue, which she usually has to make up for with her muscles.

her figure towering over the crude and judgmental woman that had formerly been in front of you. suggesting that your ideas were pathetic and impractical. that no one would ever let you do anything in their offices, except for file paperwork.

abby can see you’re taken back, biting down into your tongue. stunningly holding composure. you excuse yourself to the bathroom and end up walking out into the cold night.

“you wouldn’t know smart if it smacked you in the face. your company is crumbling, i’ve seen your stocks, and let me tell you something about impractical. impractical is you thinking you’re an entrepreneur when you’re really just a disgrace and a forever COO.”

after reading the poor woman to filth, she’ll come out to find you: crouched down holding your face in your hands. “hey, what’s the matter? don’t let that idiot get you down.”

“she’s right though. i’m not cut out for this. i’m not like you. you’re gonna be a doctor someday and i’ll be stuck with my head in the clouds.”

and she’ll remain silent for a moment, crisscrossing her legs and joining you on the ground. the bottom of her pricey dress pants ending the lives of a small family of large ants.

“you are the smartest person i know. and you have the most brilliant ideas. you’re going to go farther than anyone i’ve ever met because you have the heart for it. you have the heart for anything.”

you look up at her and she smiles, running the pad of her thumb over your cheek to catch a tear. “and that heifer in there is about two more dr miami sessions away from looking like a lab experiment.”

you laugh and her heart goes warm.

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the first time you and abby, who had formally been your rival, sleep together it’s passionate and heated. on a school trip to paris, funded by the lovely mr anderson himself, she ensured that you were bunked together. you’d seen a slip in your grades (from 99 to 98, god forbid) and you planned to study until your eyeballs fell out of your head.

“i don’t understand why you’re working yourself to death!” her voice will travel from the hotel room’s bathroom to its lounge area where you resided. “you’re already smart.”

“you don’t get it abby. i need to be smarter. god i’m so fucking tired.” is a frustrated sigh. she’ll mumble something along the lines of i told you so— just go to sleep and you’ll turn around to argue with her. surprised to see she’s standing over you with a serious look on her face.

“you being up is keeping me up. you need to chill the fuck out.”

“don’t tell me what i need to do anderson. you need to get out of my fucking face.”

you’re both breathing heavy and leaning in. the air around you seems to push you closer together, your lips clash. it’s as if igniting a flame, her hand on your lower back deepening the kiss. you humming because it feels so good to be in her care. she’ll pull up for air and you both look at each other like “what the fuck did we just do?”

but it wasn’t bad, something you both can agree on. all the way to the bed when she cups at your clothed cunt, making your legs shake. “this why you all tense? just haven’t been touched right?”

you nod and try to let out a breathy “yeah.” but it’s caught in another kiss as her hands pull up your shirt. her tongue toys with your right nipple while her thumb plays with your left. working at the bundle of nerves building in your stomach.

she’ll move her head back up to your neck to leave sweet wet kisses, a couple hickies in the mix. you’re so wound up you think you might fucking explode. you needed her so bad it was making you sick.

“abby please. please fuck me i need you.” you whimper into her ear. she shifts gears, nearly tossing you off the bed from how quickly she changes positions. kissing your cheek before going further down. “don’t worry, i’ll take good care of you.”

and ofcourse whatever that night was, it was big hush hush. whatever happens in paris, stays where?

[mitochondriaandbunnies]

Miami Vice S1E18: Made for Each Other

Larry's house burns down, and Izzy and Noogie are sent undercover.

Made for Each Other suffers immensely from coming right after The Maze, which is a true "the system is broken" classic Vice episode. Made for Each Other is a comedy breather, and actually kind of great in its own right, but where it sits in the progression of the series feels more like a deflation than a break.

Made for Each Other is also almost comically homoerotic-- it's the episode that convinced me that Sonny is supposed to be a textually closeted bisexual man on my first watch through of the series, but on a repeat watch it's somehow even more obvious. Why are there all those half-naked bears on a boat? Why is the entire plot basically "Stan and Larry sort of have a breakup because of Stan's new girlfriend and then get back together at the end?" Why does Izzy keep saying things like nubile and anal? Why does the camera linger so very long on his and Noogie's cigarillos touching? What's up with the repetition of 'shafted'? Why are all the guests at Noogie's wedding like, extras from a Boy George video?

Why does this happen?

(plz draw your OT3 like this)

Anyway I actually really like Made For Each Other upon rewatch, it really just should have been placed elsewhere in the season. It's a fun, silly episode, and a little levity is necessary in a series that is often so very bleak.

The episode opens with Sonny and Rico trying to catch a counterfeiter, and Rico is bitchy and condescending to Sonny in a way that I think is supposed to be "ha ha, my criminal persona is a dick," but actually just comes off as "ha ha, I am a dick." It seems like he's trying to impress the counterfeiter by throwing Sonny under the bus. This occasional cruelty towards someone he does genuinely like is a fascinating part of Rico's characterization, and part of what elevates his character writing to "actual nuanced person" and not "nice Black sidekick who always supports the main white guy." Rico absolutely sees himself as more educated and worldly than Sonny, and occasionally he lets that slip. He has a very complicated relationship to both class and geography-- he's a New Yorker (...from the Bronx), he wears a perfectly tailored suit everyday (...and is a poorly paid cop), he idolizes Sonny for his football career but also thinks he's a bit of a yokel. As someone whose own class status is a bit shaky, Rico tends to get a little mean when it seems like he might be 'found out.'

Zito almost gets blown up in the ensuing warehouse fire, and Switek flips out. A short while later, a surprisingly chill Zito says he believes things are "either in whack or out of whack," shortly after while they discover that his entire house is on fire.

Please note the company that moves Zito's stuff to Switek's house:

I am dying

Trudy and Gina, in their only real appearance in the episode, very sweetly present Zito with a new fish as an office gift. Sonny is a dick about it.

Swi and Zito go to investigate BONZO BARRY who is a shady stereo and computer system dealer who has a FUCKING SEAL in his store

Michael Talbott is wildly overacting this entire episode, like to the point that I wonder if they had to turn down his mic

Noogie is marrying a stripper(?) named Ample Annie. They argue about going to Disneyland while she's practicing her routine. She does a striptease down the aisle. She is perhaps the only person bonkers enough to keep up with Noogie.

Stan's girlfriend, Darlene (who was Larry's girlfriend a short period of time ago), is extremely unhappy with Larry staying at their house, and spends the entire episode either complaining or being upset that the conditions are not right to bone; frankly, Stan does not seem to like her and she does not seem to like Stan. The most likely reasoning behind this is "bad 80's hurr hurr the ol' ball and chain" comedy, but considering the homoeroticism of the episode I'd like to think it could be a comment on compulsory heterosexuality

Izzy and Noogie show up at Stan's and, in one ridiculous whirlwind, declare the current case "theirs," ask who is the "Captain Kirk of this Enterprise," and start eating Stan's breakfast

In one scene Tubbs asks Zito and Swi if they want backup and they both very loudly yell NO like he's the reason everything has been on fire in this episode

Switek asks Zito at one point, "do you ever think about the future, Larry?" and Zito answers No.

This is funny the first time you watch the episode!

This is not funny anymore after Season 3.

The bad guy (whose crime seems to be like. Selling stolen stereos or something equally stupid) has a boat full of half-naked men with guns. This is not remarked upon.

Then we get to the Night Talk scene. I've talked at length about this scene before, but basically: Zito has been kicked out of Switek's and is sleeping at the station; Sonny comes in, romantic music plays, Zito basically describes Switek as the perfect man, and Sonny tries to get Zito to come back to his place (and fails.) It's very gay. I like to think that Sonny has a burgeoning crush on Rico at this point but is certain Rico is straight (and also. Y'know. Was a bit of an asshole at the beginning of the episode.) and takes desperate, tragic shot on Zito because of that. Zito politely declines because his heart is already spoken for.

Meanwhile, Stan is unable to perform sexually because he's thinking about Larry.

I'm sure that means nothing.

The outfits at Noogie's wedding are just. They are. Truly they are something.

The priest is a leather daddy. Many people appear to be in space blankets, including Noogie. Annie has a tearaway wedding dress. The pianist has the world's most incredible zebra shirt. There are headbands and weird hats abound.

By contrast, all the members of Vice look like they're supposed to be at a PTA meeting. (Also Sonny looks like he wishes he could ask where the punch is but doesn't want to bother Gina and Trudy, who are clearly each others' plus-ones.)

And the episode ends with Switek and Zito, side by side, at a wedding.

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Dusan Vlahovic x Reader - Boss Me Around Part 3/6

Reader is a former yacht girl now newly moved to Turin, Italy for her job as a real-estate accountant. There she meets Dusan Vlahovic, a former client of hers, a client she never thought to see again. However, with Dusan being Readers new boss their past becomes a liability. Nevertheless the spark between them still lives. This story is a romcom with both His and Her POV!

Enjoy!

Your first month in Turin was the perfect description of hell, and it made you seriously contemplate your life choices up until now. Your living hell situation wasn't because of your continuous struggle with the city's public transport system. No. Your living hell situation was caused by one man and one man only. Your boss, Dusan Vlahovic.

"Yeah, this is wrong. You'll have to redo it."

At this point you thought of him as a robot on autopilot, because every week when it was time to hand in your calculated reports of the companies revenues, Dusan seem to always find a way to belittle you by dismissing your work for the slightest and miniscule errors.

"It's just a spelling correction Mr Vlahovic. I'm sure you can interpret what I meant to write." It was strange, addressing him by his last name, however he made it very clear during your first week on the job that addressing him by his first name was a no no, and that he would  ignore you if you  did. To him Miami must have been a hallucination. A shame, because to you it had been very real.

"Interpret?" He frowned. He had been typing away on his laptop as you stood before him, presenting the weekly revenues. This was the first time he took the liberty to actually meet your eyes, however he did not seem happy to see you. "Interpret." He repeated, this time shaking his head with disappointment. "Y/N, you must not take your job very seriously if you're asking me, your boss, to interpret such an important document as the company's revenues."

His raised but steady voice, sucked all of the air out of your lungs and the room. And in the back of your head you prayed that you wouldn't shed a tear at the mercy of Dusan Vlahovic.

"I will not have it." He said, shutting his laptop.

"I...get that." You said, speaking through the sharp rasorblades that cut deep in your throat.

"Do you, Y/N?" He smiled, an evil and sarcastic smile. "Do you really?"

"Yes. I do. I really do. It's just that you've asked me to redue this revenue three times already and I'm starting to fall behind on other priorities."

"Then you must not be the greatest at managing your time, don't you think?" He leaned back in his desk chair, legs spread wide like some form of powerplay. It was only powerful to you because you had gotten to know the size of him more than once in Miami, and the memories of those nights now made you feel sick to your stomach.

"I want the papers on my desk before the end of this day, got it Miss Y/L/N."

"Sure." You muttered and with trembling hands went to retain the documents on his desk. You headed back to your office knowing that it was the last time your boss would ever get to talk to you in that way. You'd hand in your two weeks notice along with the revenue.

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Dusan took pride in being the first one to arrive and the last one to leave his office. It showed his commitment and the passion he had for his job. Others should take after him. Matter of fact, he should be working on a biography about his road to success. He came from humble beginnings in Serbia. Back then his dream had been to play professional football, but his parents had been right to push him towards higher education. Today he owned real-estate in three of the worlds continents. He was successful indeed. The only thing he felt to threaten that success was being taken care of. Yes, she put up a good fight trying to please his ridiculous commands but in the end she seemed to have had enough. Like any sensible person would. Dusan had found Y/N's two weeks noticed amongst the revisions of documents she had presented to him before she left for the day. He held it in his hand in the elevator on it's way down the now abandoned office building. He admired her calligraphy as it was exceptional. It was a shame that she hadn't gotten around to tell him about her higher education in accounting. Maybe then they could have avoided this mess in the first place. Then again, Dusan and Y/N hadn't spent their time in Miami getting to know each other. They had spent their brief time together getting to know each other's bodies. He suspected that she had previous experience with that sort of arrangement. Another reason he felt a need to get rid of her. What if the board found out that he had hired a former harlot as his accountant? It would be scandalous indeed.

Dusan stepped out of the elevator holding up his car keys in search for his Range Rover. It was Friday, which made the car harder to find, since a lot of his employees had the habit of abandoning their vehicles at the office and heading straigt to the bars in town. Dusan wasn't like that. He used his Friday's to unwind at home, not to party. He got into his car longing to cook the steak in his fridge that had been marinating over night. He would prepare it along with a homemade risotto, a recipe from a friend. He left the parking lot a happy man on top of his job and his life, that is, until a strange sight made him drastically turn his vehicle back around.

"Y/N, what are you doing?"

He had pulled up to the bus stop where she sat, arms crossed to shield herself from the night's cold.

"What does it look like I'm doing." She hissed. "I'm waiting for my bus."

"You don't have a car?" He  ignored the attitude she had spoken to him with. He assumed that her newfound confidence was fueld by her annouced resignation.

"No, I don't have a car." She huttured. It was a cold night, too cold for someone wearing heels and see-through stockings.

"Get in then, I'll take you home." He said. He was in a good enough mood to do her the favor. However she snorted in his face, shifting to face another direction. Away from him. "Is that a no?" He frowned. He wasn't angry, just annoyed.

Y/N turned to face him, clearly upset. "That was a hell no, Dusan. As in no fucking way am I getting in a car with you."

"Why not?"

"Why not?" Her eyes widened. "Dusan, you must not be aware of the type of asshole you are."

His shoulders fell. Thank God she couldn't see him through the cars rolled down windows. "Asshole?" He wasn't familiar with the term. Nor had anyone called him that before. He didn't like it. "If you're reffering to our encounter earlier today, you must know that I am in the position to give you my honest but objective opinion."

"Bullshit!"

"Pardon me?"

Y/N, stood but did not approach his car. "Your opinions of my work has not been objective and you know it." She said. "I've been living here for a month and almost everyone in your office has taken the time to get to know more about me. Everyone but you."

Dusan frowned. "I don't see how that has any relevance to...."

"You haven't tried to get to know me Dusan because you know me better than anyone up in that office. And pretending not to, makes me highly suspicious that nothing you've said to me has been of objective matter."

God she was gorgeous, he thought. The way she wasn't having it, the way she saw through his bullshit.

"Just admit it. This is about what happened in Miami, the fact that I didn't tell you that I was moving to Turin right after graduation."

"Y/N, you never even mentioned that you were a student when we met." Dusan yanked the handle to the car door, stepping out onto the street. "Or that you were applying for a job in accounting."

"Why would I?" She snapped. "You told me you were from Serbia, what are you doing in Italy, huh? And as far as I know I didn't owe you anything on that yacht but my company, that's what I was paid for."

He snorted. "You were paid to do a little more than that."

She gasped, and the slap was anticipated. Dusan rubbed his cheek to mend the pain. "I wasn't..." She stood trembling, tears streaming down her face. "I wasn't paid to...." She lowered her head to the ground, wrapping her arms tighter around herself.

"Fuck me." Dusan sighed. He wanted to offer her his coat, but something told him that his concern would be excused for pity. "Y/N, please let me..." He stretched out his arm, offering her his hand. "Let me take you home. The time tables for the bus are different during the weekends."

"Great." She laughed, although he was sure that she didn't find it funny.

"Great" He chuckled

"What's so funny to you?" She frowned.

"I just realized..."

"Realized what?"

"That I am...an asshole."

Her expression withred seeing his smile. She nodded. "You really are."

"Would I still be considered an asshole if I drove you home?"

"Yes." She said, but took a small step forwards. "But a less worse asshole than you were this morning."

He grinned. "That decides it then. Get in, I'm taking you home."

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The Swedish Royal Court announced today that Princess Madeleine and Chris O'Neill will be moving their family back to Stockholm in August. The family has been living in Miami since 2018, where the main offices for Chris's company are located.

The family will be moving back into Madeleines apartment at the Royal Stables, where they have resided on and off over the years. Princess Leonore and Prince Nicolas will attend school in Stockholm in the fall, and Princess Adrienne will begin kindergarten.

This week, the couple listed their Miami home on the market for $7.6M.

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(sadly paywalled

"Mohammed Marikar’s typical commute to his office in the City of London takes three and a half hours. On a bad day, it is more than four.

The senior director at RBC Wealth Management is one of a growing breed of “super-commuters”, many of whom moved out of town during the pandemic to increase their living space in more affordable regions, and now travel long distances to their workplace for part of the week.

The proportion of commuters globally doing a journey of 90-120 minutes at least once a week has risen from 2.4 per cent in 2020 to just over 4 per cent in 2024, according to Euromonitor. Those with a commute of more than 120 minutes rose from 2.7 per cent to 3.4 per cent.

Marikar and his wife, who runs her own business, moved with their four children from Eastcote, north-west London, to north Wales in 2022. Instead of his previous daily commute of 75 minutes, Marikar gets up at 5am on a Tuesday morning and is at his desk at about 10am — working a later shift so he can overlap with colleagues in Toronto. He returns to Wales after work on Thursday. On Mondays and Fridays, he works from home.

Marikar sometimes ponders the wisdom of his move when stuck in gridlock traffic, but on balance is happy. “You notice a difference in the air. There’s a lot more we can do at the weekends with the kids.” Even when they lived in London, making it home for dinner was pretty rare.

Love Whelchel now travels to his job in New York from Miami, having moved from New Jersey. He typically spends a fortnight at home and then a week commuting. Although he is away more he says the time he does have with his family is better quality. “It’s given me some balance and focus. This has been an amazing time to spend with my teenage son. When I was commuting in New York, I barely saw him.”

Some employers are attempting to ease the financial burden on long-distance commuters beyond allowing them to work part of the week from home and offering rail season ticket loans. For Marikar, the game changer has been his company’s electric car financing arrangement paid through salary sacrifice — an increasingly popular benefit among employers — that spurred him to switch from trains, which can cost up to about £350 a week, to driving, which is just under £50. “The journey is longer. [But] I don’t need to stick to train times. If a train is [delayed] I’m not stuck.”

Adam Wyman, employment partner at law firm Travers Smith, says companies tend not to incentivise commuting but will reimburse travel and accommodation for some high performers. “Businesses that have a skills gap are looking more widely than before. They can recruit someone in another country and pay for them to come to the office where and when.” He also observes a post-pandemic trend for some companies to provide discretionary packages for staff they want to retain who are moving to other countries to be closer to family."

[boaringoldguy]

He's right... again...

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Trump: Govt Using 'Vicious Lies' in Civil Trial

By Sandy Fitzgerald    |

3–4 minutes

Former President Donald Trump, speaking outside the Manhattan courthouse where his civil fraud trial continues, accused the government, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, of using "vicious lies" about him in connection with the case. 

Further, he told reporters that if he were still president, the attacks on Israel and Ukraine would not have happened. 

"The attorney general is sitting inside, spending her whole day, day after day, when people are being murdered on the streets and sidewalks of New York, violent crime," Trump said. "No business is going to move into New York. [They] used a statute on me that's never been used, not once has it ever been used for anything like this ... any company coming to New York would be crazy because it's a setup. It's a rigged trial."

The trial against the Trump Organization is in its third week and centers around allegations that the former president and his company inflated the worth of property and assets to secure more favorable bank loan terms. 

Judge Arthur Engoron is presiding over the bench trial, and Trump Wednesday complained that he didn't get a jury or "anything. We have no rights whatsoever," and referred to Engoron as "hostile."

"We have all of the evidence on our side," he said. "They have nothing and it's a case that should have never been brought ... this case is a disgrace to our nation, a disgrace to New York and New York state."

The banks were also "very happy," he said, pointing to testimony, and said he'll return to court Thursday as the trial continues rather than attend a golf tournament at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami. 

"I was going to go to it, but I find this very interesting," said Trump, who is not required to be at the trial. 

He then turned to the attack on Israel, insisting that if was president, "Israel would not have been attacked," but when asked still said that he may go to Israel, though "I believe in letting them do what they have to do. They have to straighten it out."

Trump also insisted that Ukraine also would not have been attacked had he remained in office. 

"You take a look at what's going on throughout the world," he said. "The world right now is a mess. It's a mess and it's a very sad day ... what's happened in Israel is all of those people dead. It would never have happened. Not even a chance. Even the Democrats admit that."

Sandy Fitzgerald | editorial.fitzgerald@newsmax.com

Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics. 

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Stone Raids Wall Street

Once upon a time Oliver Stone was best known for his scabrous screenplays for films such as Scarface and Year of the Dragon. Then his 1986 films, Platoon and Salvador, racked up a slew of Academy Award nominations, and Platoon collected Oscars for direction, editing, sound, and Best Picture. Stone was honored not for safe, Masterpiece Theatre-type films that make Academy members feel good about themselves, but for violent, unpleasant films on subjects considered until recently to be box-office poison—Central America and Vietnam. In one short year, he has emerged as the most interesting and important director in Hollywood. Nevertheless, as no one knows better than Stone, the winds of celebrity are fickle, and when we spoke with him in August, he was anticipating a more qualified reaction to his forthcoming film, Wall Street.

Q: How did you get the idea for Wall Street? A: The story first came to me while I was writing Scarface. Its get-rich-quick Miami mentality had certain parallels in New York, where an acquaintance of mine was making a fortune in the market. He was like some crazed coke dealer, nervously on the phone nights trading with Hong Kong and Lon- don, checking the telex, talking about enor- mous sums of money to be won or lost on a daily basis. His lifestyle was Scarface North. He had two huge Gatsby-like houses on the beach in Long Island (he couldn’t decide which one to live in), several dune buggies, cars, Jeeps, a private seaplane company, an art collection, and a townhouse in Manhattan. Then he took a giant fall; his empire came crashing down around him. He was suspended from trading; he lost millions and spent millions more in legal fees clearing his name, which he finally did. It made him a different, stronger person as a result, and it was partly this tale of seduction, corruption, loss, and redemption (as well as other stories we heard on the street, among them that of David Brown, a broker convicted for insider trading who served as an adviser on the film) that was the basis of Charlie Sheen’s character in our script.

Q: Wasn’t your father a broker?  A: Yes, he was on Wall Street for 50 years or so. My father’s world was very intimidating to me; I viewed it from an Orson Welles perspective out of The Magnificent Ambersons. | remember the staircases and mirrors. I remember looking down through banisters at Mom’s parties, at the rich people, the sophisticated people, women from Europe with accents, Belafonte or Sinatra on the phonograph singing ‘50s songs. Then they’d go out in packs like in La Dolce Vita to faraway places like El Morocco.

Dad would take me to the movies (how rare to be alone with him)—Dr. Strangelove, Paths of Glory, Seven Days in May—the ones with the ideas, and inevitably he’d come out of the movie and say, "Well, we could've done it better, Huckleberry,” and he’d tell me all the reasons why this plot was silly or illogical. It would make me think, which is one of the things a father is supposed to do. And he’d always say they never did intelligent pictures about businessmen; businessmen were always satirized or were stereotypical bad guys. 

Dad believed very strongly in capitalism. Yet the irony of it all was that he never really benefited from it. All his life money was an overriding con- cern. But he never owned a single thing; every- thing was rented, right down to the cars, the apart- ments, and if it had been possible, the furniture. There was an insecurity at the heart of our family existence. I began to resent money as the criterion by which to judge all things, and there grew to be a raging battle between my father and me about it. I found ways to throw away everything I had, which pissed my father off. | went to Yale but dropped out, and he lost the tuition. We reconciled before he died [in 1985], but by then I had moved away from it all. I didn’t want to go to an office every day from nine to five. I didn’t understand Wall Street. “Going into movies is crazy,” he would say. “You aren’t going to make a dime.”

When I was working on Wall Street, I felt my dad was sort of around in a ghostlike form, watching over me and laughing, because here is the idiot son who doesn’t know anything about the stock market, who can barely add and subtract, doing a film with the grandiose title Wall Street.

I always hated New York, which is what made it so special returning some 25 years later with a crew of professionals, a self-contained artillery unit. (I even got to cast Hal Holbrook, who is everybody’s dream of a father, as my father.) And suddenly | got a glimpse of a mysterious world I'd only scratched the surface of as a child—the adult world, New York in its power, glory, and greed.

Q: You're not dealing with war and revolution in Wall Street, as you were in Platoon and Salvador. It’s a less weighty film.

A: It appealed to me precisely because it is a lesser statement. There is only so much you can say about yuppies. I knew if I sat around for two or three years doing a Hamlet number - should I give the world another film? - I would really drive myself crazy. I would rather turn something out fast, get it over with, give the gold crown to somebody else so I can get on with doing things that I really care about, which are ideas. I’m ready to take a fall. I'm not expecting the same critical praise or the same box office that I got for Platoon.

I think I have always been identified with “‘lowercase”’ films that take people by surprise. It is strange suddenly to be in a front-runner position with Wall Street. I like being a dark horse. Celebrity can hurt the creative process if you let it go to your head. You start weighing your image of yourself instead of somehow keeping your head low down to the ground like a bulldog, telling a good story, and not letting your ego stand in your way.

Q: How did you get a producer for Wall Street?  A: Initially, I brought the script to John Daly at Hemdale. But he didn’t think the audience would go for a movie about people who were making millions of dollars. On the other hand, Ed Pressman and Twentieth Century Fox loved the idea, which was fine with me, because Wall Street was going to have to be shot in New York, and consequently it was going to be expensive. Hemdale is not really into $15 million movies; it would have been a big risk for them and more pressure for me, whereas for Fox it is a medium-budget movie.

  Q: Did you get any cooperation from Wall Street?  A: Initially, no. They felt Stanley Weiser (the co- writer) and I were going to trash the Street. Then after the success of Platoon, people started coming out of the woodwork. We hired Ken Lipper, who was formerly the deputy mayor of New York City and was managing director of Salomon Brothers, and we consulted with people such as John Gutfreund of Salomon, and Carl Icahn.

Q: How did the consultants help you? A: Ken Lipper put Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas inside Salomon Brothers. He also got us into places like The 21 Club, Le Cirque, and, most important, the New York Stock Exchange, which was a first. No film had ever been done there. We actually shot on the floor while they were trading. A lot of the older traders were upset because they were trying to make money and we were creating a disturbance, but there were many more Vietnam veterans on the floor than I had imagined, and they had seen Platoon.

Ken was also on the set. He helped us with details: how brokers deal with sales, how they write up orders, their body language—how they hold a telephone, what is the pace of the conversation. I had no clue how these things are really done.

Q: What was it like to shoot in New York? A: Sixty-ninth Street and Madison was a fucking mess. Michael Douglas was shaking hands all day. Bill Murray came by, actors, businessmen, kings, diplomats—it was a constant stream of Hi Daryl [Hannah], Hi Michael, Hi Charlie. We'd try to shoot a scene and there would literally be a thousand people coming to look. It was impossible to work under those conditions. So | hired about 200 extras and filled the sidewalk with them so we could control the streets. If anybody walked onto that sidewalk they would see all these people standing stock still waiting for the cue for action. It was so bizarre, they would skirt the sidewalk and walk away.

And here’s an example of how unions can fuck up reality. | wanted real derelicts, but there’s a law in New York that the first 125 extras in major feature films have to be union. We made up the extras, but they never looked real. So if I need a real bum in a scene it has to be the 126th man. I just threw up my hands in disgust. My derelicts will have to go in my next picture 

Q: Why did you cast Charlie Sheen in the lead role?  A: | thought that he could do a good job of playing a bad boy, showing the negative side of Wall Street. There is a devilish side to Charlie that didn’t come out in Platoon, where he was more of an idealized figure. I think he’s been in trouble, and that shows in his personality, a strong streak of rebelliousness combined with an inner grace passed on from his father, Martin Sheen, who plays his father in the film. Charlie is only 22, which made him much younger than the brokers being busted on Wall Street, but we aged him with good suits, a haircut, and he gained a little weight from the good life in New York; his face is a little jowlier than normal. He invested his own money in the market, hung out with the young brokers at Bear Stearns and Salomon Brothers, drank with them at the South Street Seaport, kids just out of college who have to pull $100,000 in the first or second year just to occupy a space on the floor. Gone are the days of my father, when people were brought along slowly; there seems to be less mercy in the system, and as always the corruption is subtle, almost undetectable in a black and white sense. The corruption of all flesh—needing more and more, until like fat bugs we pop and bleed all over the page.

Q: I understand Charlie’s character was Jewish in the first draft of the script. Why did you change it?  A: His name was Freddie Goldsmith, but that would have necessitated a different kind of actor. I would never have believed Charlie as Jewish; he doesn’t have that kind of quickness, the mannerisms, the nerviness.  He is more of a laid-back type; at best he could play a Catholic, Protestant out of Queens. I also wanted to drop the Jewish angle because I think that too many people think that Wall Street is run by Jews and that they are all corrupt, a bunch of gangsters.  I just didn’t want to give them any more fuel. My father— who was Jewish, I’m half Jewish— always warned me that I would probably see a pogrom in the United States in my lifetime. I didn’t believe him when I was a kid. I believe it now.

Q: Did you have Daryl Hannah in mind from the beginning?  A: I've loved Daryl from way back. She’s an admirable person with a real passion for left-wing causes. And she looks beautiful on film. She’s the kind of girl a guy like Charlie would go after. She would be the type of girl who is pretty enough to be around the big money guys. Daryl had problems with her character because it wasn’t a character she particularly liked. She was scared by it. She is a natural, simple girl, and here was a character who was totally artificial. She had a major problem trying to learn that language. She went to a voice coach in New York and tried to change her flat Southern California/Chicago accent into something more nasal, more New York, upper class, and affected. I was tough with her. I beat her up, in a metaphoric sense, and in the early stages I am sure she wanted to quit. I think I made her cry a few times, but I wasn't really pleased with her wanness and passiveness, which were difficult to get through. She needs a very, very strong director. I am not sure I succeeded. 

Q: Weren't you taking a chance using someone like Michael Douglas, who’s never played a bad guy?  A: I was sort of worried about him because | had been warned by a highly placed studio executive that he would be in his trailer all day reading scripts and on the phone to Los Angeles. But he was always on time, never one minute late in the whole shoot, and very easy to work with as well. He seemed to be aware that it was a big role for him. He told me at one point that his dad had implied that he was finally about to become a real actor; that he had always played wimps, and that this was a role where he could play more toward his father, who could do a heel as well as a hero. Michael loved that idea.

I was amazed, for an actor who has done so many movies, how nervous he was in the beginning. He couldn’t believe it when on the first day I gave him three pages of monologue, like something out of Paddy Chayefsky. He'd never had speeches like that in his life. And then the second day I stuck a hand-held camera in his face about six inches from his eyeballs—he was on a plane, so I wanted to create a sense of movement. He said it was very difficult for him to act, to concentrate and remember his lines, staring at the camera. Then he hit his stride, and by the time we got to the scenes in his office, he was on top of his game.

Q: How do you prepare the actors?

A: In the rehearsal period I try to outline the context of the characters, what their inner life is about, what their backstory is. I try to help the actors suggest things and then let them run with those ideas. Then we have readings; you can see the way an actor is interpreting a role. Once we start filming, we relive what we did in rehearsal seven or eight weeks before. Often it comes out differently; nuances emerge because the material has been marinating in the actor's subconscious. I clear the set except for the actors, so that we keep it quiet. The rehearsal itself can take anywhere from 30 minutes to six hours, in the course of which it should become clear what everybody is looking for in the scene and how to play it. Whether they succeed doesn’t interest me; in fact, I'd rather that they didn’t do it and not spoil themselves emotionally before the cameras go on. Too often you have a good rehearsal and it never comes back.

Q: Do you improvise? A: I always try to encourage spontaneity. I like to be surprised. Astonish me! It is easy to play a scene predictably; a director falls into that because he has to complete the film in a limited period of time. He can clock out all the spontaneity and all the truth. That is the hardest thing a director has to face; he has to stay fresh.

Q: What do you do when a scene isn't working? A: I often deal with it by rewriting extensively on the spot. Part of that process includes listening to the actors. Some actors just can’t say certain words, or they will feel uncomfortable with a speech. They will say, “Gee, Oliver, do I have to say that line? Can’t I just do a look?”

Or I try to use the camera to respond to a mistake. You shoot the scene in such a way that you can cover the blemish. You change the angle, you move the camera. We did enormous amounts of moving camera in this film because we are making a movie about sharks, about feeding frenzies, so we wanted the camera to become a predator. There is no letup until you get to the fixed world of Charlie’s father, where the stationary camera gives you a sense of immutable values.

I generally work fast. | did Salvador in 50 days. I did Platoon in 54 days. | did Wall Street in 53 days. I came in seven days ahead of schedule and close to $2 million under budget. We never wasted an hour. If it rained, we made it a rain scene: Charlie goes to the beach in the rain. I hate waste. When I read about directors shooting a million feet, it makes me sick. They say film is cheap, but how can you sit there in the editing room and have to go through 30 or 60 or 95 takes? Ultimately, take 30 doesn’t look that much different from take 7. Usually after six or seven takes, I let it go. The most I ever did was nineteen takes.

Q: Do you relax in the editing room?

A: Hell, no. I tend to shoot three-hour movies and cut them down to two hours. My scripts are long; I blow a lot of my time shooting scenes that never get into the movie. We had 80 speaking parts in Wall Street. | will probably cut twenty of them. Editing to me is like a tremendous retreat, a march back from Moscow, a rout. When you are writing and directing, you feel like you’re on a perimeter, expanding. When you are editing you are withdrawing your perimeter as quickly as possible and trying to maintain the CP, the command position, because it is about to go under. Philosophically, it always seems to be that movies are about limitation. Every time I make a movie my original concept shrinks. It is a truth about movies that less is more, that sometimes when you try to do too much you get scrambled, you get killed.

Q: How would you describe the theme of Wall Street? A: I wanted to concentrate on the ethics of the characters and see where they lose their way, where they lose their sense of values, where net worth starts to equal self-worth. I think Wall Street is really about the urban culture of the ’80s. The pressure is enormous on these young guys to produce. | think they are perverted right off the bat. Why would someone who is making $100 million have to make another $20 million? Because he has to stay ahead of the next guy. Money is a way of keeping score. A line in the script says it all: “How many boats can you water-ski behind?’ Ultimately, not about money, it’s about power.

There is something patently unhealthy in using money just to make money rather than to create value. How can you justify threatening to take over a company, then selling it back and making $40 million, meanwhile forcing the company to spin off its assets and lay off employees?

Q: Is there a remedy for insider trading?

A: Probably not. There is no question that outsiders don’t do as well as insiders. I have invested in the stock market now off and on for 30 years, and I never made any money at it. It is a privileged club, an oligarchical institution in which the rich talk to the rich. They don’t talk to the poor. A guy goes to La Céte Basque for lunch. He sees a CEO from some other company and tells him some piece of information about a company that’s going into semiconductors or something, and he is going to buy into it. That’s the way the system works. You read about these kids who are making a million bucks, two million bucks a year—it demoralizes the person making $40,000 a year. All of a sudden everybody needs a Porsche or a VCR or a fishing boat. And this is what fuels America, more and more greed. We deal with these issues by staying inside a very small story, one fish in one Wall Street aquarium and what happens to that fish. #

-Peter Biskind, "Stone Raids Wall Street," Premiere, Dec 1987 (Vol 1 Issue 4)

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Reliable Commercial Movers in Miami for Stress-Free Relocation

Commercial Movers in Miami

Relocating a business can be a complex and overwhelming process, but with the help of professional Commercial Movers in Miami, you can ensure a smooth and efficient transition. Whether you’re upgrading to a larger office or moving to a more strategic location, choosing the right moving company is crucial to minimize downtime and disruption.

Expertise in Commercial Relocation

Commercial movers specialize in handling all aspects of a business move, from packing sensitive equipment to safely transporting furniture. In Miami, you can find reputable companies experienced in handling both small businesses and large corporations. Their expertise allows them to organize the logistics of the move while ensuring that all your items are packed securely and arrive on time.

Benefits of Hiring Professional Movers

Minimized Downtime One of the key advantages of hiring commercial movers is their ability to work around your business schedule. Many companies offer after-hours and weekend moves to prevent disruptions to your daily operations.

Specialized Equipment and Vehicles Commercial moving services come equipped with specialized tools and vehicles designed to handle large, bulky, or delicate items. This ensures the safe transportation of office furniture, computers, and machinery.

Experienced Staff Commercial movers in Miami employ trained staff who know how to pack and move office equipment efficiently. Their experience reduces the risk of damage, providing peace of mind during your relocation.

Steps to Choosing the Right Commercial Movers

Research and Compare Begin by researching local commercial moving companies and reading customer reviews. Compare their services, pricing, and reputation to find the right fit for your needs.

Request a Detailed Quote Always request a comprehensive quote that includes all services offered, such as packing, transportation, and unpacking. Ensure there are no hidden fees.

Check Insurance and Licensing Make sure the company you choose is licensed and insured to protect your assets in case of damage or accidents during the move.

Services Offered by Commercial Movers in Miami

Packing and Unpacking: Movers will pack your office materials using high-quality packing supplies and unpack them at your new location.

Furniture Disassembly and Reassembly: They’ll take apart large furniture and reassemble it in your new office space.

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Storage Solutions: Some companies offer short-term and long-term storage solutions in case your new office isn’t ready immediately.

Conclusion

Hiring experienced Commercial Movers in Miami is essential for a seamless and hassle-free business relocation. By entrusting professionals with the task, you can focus on running your business while they manage the logistics of your move. From expert packing to timely delivery, commercial movers ensure your business is back up and running in no time.

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Fast forward a few years and i hired the Diana. Unfortunately i had no seats available in our southeast office in Charlotte so I placed her in Boston. After a year and change I left the company to pursue a remote job in San Francisco and our professional relationship ended there.

A year later I received a text message from Diana letting me know that she was moving to Charlotte as her promotion required her to work near the Charlotte office. Deep down i felt this was meant to be. But little did i know that she would change my life forever.

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I was living back and forth between Old San Juan and Charlotte during her move and was unaware of her current dating life. She had a boyfriend back in Miami. He had traveled up to NC to help her with her move. About a week after her move I was back in Charlotte and scheduled a little meetup with her and some ex-colleagues from my ex-company/her current workplace.

I immediately fell in love with her giggle and huge smile. A few days after that meetup dinner I texted her to grab dinner with me. She took me back to her house for a tour. Her home was plastered with photos of a her and some guy. She told me it was her brother, then she told me it was a friend….

I didn’t think about it too much. I kept asking her out and we went out almost every day for lunch, dinner, concerts. We were dating and neither of us knew it. Eventually this lead to some romantic moments.

After daily sleepovers with her and some kinky moments in bed. I began to question the man in the photos more and more. And the truth started coming out…

She was actively dating two guys. Her boyfriend was named Morrie.I asked her to end things with the other man if she wanted to continue with us as a couple. She agreed and let me know she would do it immediately. She told me she was mine and i was hers. And we were genuinely happy.

A few months later, with Christmas now around the corner packages and letters started showing up at her apartment from many many different men. I recognized the names, Morrie was sending many love letters to her as if they were together, and even some “ex” boyfriends she mentioned from her 8 years in Switzerland. I found this really strange considering she told me they were all long gone and somehow they “found” her address. At this point i knew something was wrong and I didn’t feel comfortable with her.

She had a flight back to Miami to see her family and i grew suspicious that she may be seeing her ex boyfriend. A few hours before her flight we were hanging out at my place. And i asked her to tell me truth about Morrie and asked if i could see the text message she sent him regarding ending things.

She was hesitant to show me, but eventually showed me a clip of the text message. I took advantage of the situation and decided to scroll to later messages. This is when i realized that the conversation was about simply a break of communication which aligned with the dates she was meeting my parents. But the romantic messages were still going from both sides. She had even sent intimate photos that i thought only i was receiving. She was double timing/triple timing us.

She broke my heart. My blood pressure was rising in anger. I was played a fool. I was quiet and in shock. I walked out of the house, i grabbed an uber and i left to meet some buddies i called for drinks and left her back at my place to wait for her flight.

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What Homebuyers Need to Know About Flood Zones When Moving to Florida

Buying a home and moving to Florida can be a dream come true, with its warm weather, beautiful beaches, and vibrant communities. And let’s not forget that real estate still holds the title of the best long-term investment. However, being well-informed about the potential risks of living in a flood zone is important for making informed decisions. Therefore, in this article, you’ll find all the information you need on flood zones.

Understanding Flood Zones

Flood zones are geographic areas that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has defined according to varying levels of flood risk. Zones A and V are considered high-risk areas. Zone A indicates areas prone to flooding, while Zone V is coastal areas with additional storm-wave hazards. Moderate- to low-risk areas are designated as Zone B, C, or X. Understanding these zones is particularly important in Florida, where tropical storms and hurricanes are common. Note that Volusia County and Miami-Dade County are the most flood-prone areas in the state.

Steps to Determine Flood Zone Status

Determining the flood zone status of a property is relatively straightforward. FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center allows you to enter an address and see the associated flood zone. Local government offices and real estate agents can also provide detailed flood zone information. Ensuring you have accurate information can help you avoid surprises later on.

Why Flood Zones Matter

Knowing the flood zone of a potential new home is vital when moving to Florida because it affects safety, insurance costs, and property values.

Impact on Property Values

The flood zone status of a property can significantly impact its value. Homes in high-risk areas may be less desirable to buyers due to potential flooding risks and higher insurance costs. Conversely, homes in lower-risk areas might be more attractive and maintain their value better. Understanding how flood zones affect property values can help you make a sound financial decision.

Flood Insurance Requirements

If your new home is in a high-risk flood zone, your mortgage lender will likely require you to purchase flood insurance. However, flood insurance is a wise investment in Florida, even if it's not required. Standard homeowner's insurance policies typically do not cover flood damage, so additional coverage is necessary to protect your investment.

Finding the Right Insurance Provider

Choosing the right flood insurance provider is critical. Look for a company with a strong reputation for handling flood claims efficiently. It’s also beneficial to work with an insurance agent who understands the specifics of flood insurance in Florida. A good agent can help you navigate the complexities and find the best coverage for your needs.

Preparing for Flood Risks

If you decide to purchase a home in a high-risk flood zone, taking steps to prepare for potential floods is essential. That includes elevating critical systems like HVAC units, installing flood vents, and using water-resistant materials for renovations. Being proactive can help minimize damage and ensure your safety.

The Role of Local Building Codes

Local building codes in Florida are designed to mitigate flood risks. These codes often require elevated construction in high-risk areas and materials that can withstand flooding. Understanding and complying with these codes is crucial when buying a home in a flood zone. It’s also important to check if any recent updates to these codes could affect your home purchase.

Community Resources and Support

Many communities in Florida offer resources and support for residents in flood-prone areas. That includes flood preparation workshops, emergency alerts, and community planning initiatives. Engaging with these resources can provide valuable information and peace of mind as you settle into your new home.

Moving to Florida

When moving to a new home in Florida, hiring experienced residential movers should be a top priority. Trust it to residential movers to pack all your belongings safely and transport them to your new home. Due to their extensive experience, they can recommend the best moving times and routes, ensuring your belongings arrive quickly. Plus, they can even provide you with practical moving tips

Long-Term Considerations

When buying a home in a flood zone, thinking long-term is crucial. Climate change and rising sea levels may increase the frequency and severity of floods in the future. Keeping abreast of local and national developments regarding flood management can help you stay prepared and make informed decisions about your property.

Making an Informed Decision

Ultimately, understanding flood zones and their implications is crucial for any homebuyer in Florida. By taking the time to research and prepare, you can make an informed decision that balances your dreams of living in Florida with the practical realities of flood risk. Being well-prepared can ensure that your new home is a safe haven and a sound investment.

Conclusion

Moving to Florida offers numerous benefits, including beautiful beaches and vibrant communities. However, careful consideration of flood risks is also required. By understanding flood zones, insurance requirements, and preparation strategies, you can make an informed decision and protect your investment. Remember, knowledge is your best tool in ensuring your new Florida home is a place of safety and joy.

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MicroStrategy and Co-Founder Saylor to Pay $40 Million in DC Tax Fraud Settlement

The attorney general for the District of Columbia has reached a historic $40 million settlement with Michael Saylor and the software company he founded, MicroStrategy, marking the largest income tax fraud recovery in Washington's history. This settlement, set to be announced on Monday, addresses lawsuits filed in 2021 and 2022 that accused Saylor of evading more than $25 million in income taxes in Washington. According to the attorney general's office, Saylor, with the assistance of MicroStrategy, filed fraudulent forms from 2005 through 2020, claiming residency in Virginia or Florida to avoid paying higher income taxes in the district. ReasonTV, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons MicroStrategy and Saylor deny any wrongdoing but agreed to the $40 million settlement to avoid further legal expenses and time-consuming litigation. The Times reviewed the settlement, which includes interest and penalties. Saylor, who stepped down as CEO of MicroStrategy in 2022 and now serves as executive chairman, has agreed to pay the full settlement amount as part of a separate agreement with the company, according to a regulatory filing on Monday. “Michael Saylor and his company, MicroStrategy, defrauded the district and all of its residents for years,” stated Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb. “Indeed, Saylor openly bragged about his tax-evasion scheme, encouraging his friends to follow his example and contending that anyone who paid taxes to the district was stupid.” In response to the allegations, Saylor maintained, “As I stated at the time this case began, in 2012 I moved to Florida and made Miami Beach my home. Florida remains my home today, and I continue to dispute the allegation that I was ever a resident of the District of Columbia. I have agreed to settle this matter to avoid the continued burdens of the litigation on friends, family and myself.” The lawsuit alleges that in 2012, Saylor began a scheme to falsely claim residency in Florida, which has no personal income tax. He purchased a house in Miami Beach, obtained a Florida driver’s license, and registered to vote in the state. However, during this period, he continued to live a significant part of his life in Washington, D.C. Saylor founded MicroStrategy in 1989 and played a pivotal role in transforming the firm into one of the largest corporate buyers of Bitcoin. This strategic bet has paid off significantly, with the price of Bitcoin soaring and MicroStrategy’s shares more than doubling this year, resulting in a market value of $27 billion. This is not Saylor's first encounter with fraud accusations. In 2000, he and two other MicroStrategy executives settled accounting fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission for approximately $11 million. “As we said at the time this suit was filed, this was a personal tax matter involving Mr. Saylor. MicroStrategy was not responsible for his day-to-day affairs and did not oversee his individual tax responsibilities,” stated Shirish Jajodia, the company’s head of treasury and investor relations. “MicroStrategy has not made, and will not be obligated to make, a financial contribution to the settlement." The Washington tax lawsuit, initiated by former Attorney General Karl Racine, was a pioneering case following a 2021 amendment to the federal antifraud law, the False Claims Act, which empowered whistle-blowers to report tax fraud in Washington. A whistle-blower lawsuit against Saylor in 2021 prompted the district's lawsuit in 2022. The Biden administration has emphasized cracking down on tax evasion by corporations and the wealthy, dedicating billions to revamp the Internal Revenue Service as part of its economic agenda. The lawsuit details Saylor’s life in Washington, where he purchased three luxury condominiums in Georgetown between 2006 and 2008. While spending millions on renovations, he lived on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and owned a penthouse in Adams Morgan. The lawsuit used Saylor’s social media posts to support its claims. In one post from his yacht, Saylor wrote, “Gazing wistfully at my future home while I wait for James to crack the whip on the contractors and herd the cats. I wonder if Tony Stark would be so patient.” In another post, he mentioned his Georgetown balcony, indicating he spent considerable time in the district. MicroStrategy was aware of Saylor’s time spent in Washington, as the company provided him with security details and drivers. Spreadsheets produced by MicroStrategy recorded Saylor’s daily location from 2015 to 2020, showing he spent the majority or plurality of each year in the district. Read the full article

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Sorrento BV founder Rob Koster no stranger to offshore structures in hot water with Hugo Sluimer

Rob Koster, the founder of Lexa.nl and Sorrento BV, has landed in hot water as he knowingly solicited and accepted questionable funds from Hugo Sluimer in the Netherlands, who has been accused of money laundering and tax evasion in Miami, Florida. Public documents reveal that Koster himself was well-acquainted with offshore structures.

PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS ABOUT SORRENTO BV Director Intertrust (Curacao) BV Netherlands Antilles took office on June 24, 2009.

Intertrust helps individuals and companies to "optimize" their taxes using complicated structures and are represented in many of the world’s offshore jurisdictions. According to International advisor, Intertrust  "received the largest ever penalty ($4.3M) handed down by the financial regulator for AML failings and was the result of Intertrust’s pervasive and protracted history of non-compliance with the requirements of Anti money laundering regulations". Intertrust also received a 2.5 million Euro fine by Dutch regulators in 2024 because their customer due diligence procedures did not meet the legal requirements.

Once in the Principality of Monaco, Koster launched Icampus.nl and BotenBoten.nl, which allegedly were only used to siphon off the profits tax-free from the sale of Lexa and Kamernet. Both companies appear to be currently offline and out of business. Apparently, one of their advisor had told them to keep on building websites so they could pump out the money.

After several years in Monaco in 2016 Koster decided to move back to the Netherlands (Amsterdam). He did not need the offshore structure anymore. On December 31, 2015, Intertrust Curacao resigned from Sorrento BV and on January 1, Rob Koster became the Director of Sorrento BV, as seen below.

PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS ABOUT SORRENTO BV As of December 31, 2015, Director Intertrust (Curacao) BV Curacao Resigned Director Rob Koster took office on January 1, 2016.

The Netherlands can be a tax heaven too? Koster began investing in Dutch real estate and was constantly looking for investors. To avoid Dutch taxation on real estate, Koster hired Jerry Saffrie so he could qualify for the well known box 3. To qualify for box 3, Koster would not be allowed to manage the real estate business at all. However, documents clearly show that Koster worked there, was in charge of raising funds, and had other duties. This was not a passive investment.

Koster and Saffrie identified an old post office in Harderwijk with the idea to redevelop the project and made an offer. The offer was accepted, but Koster indicated that he was 400,000 euros short and needed to find the funds urgently, or he wouldn’t be able to close on the post office property. He started calling potential investors and introducers to find the money.

As time was about to run out, Koster desperately solicited and accepted money into Covast Development BV from Hugo Sluimer, whom he knew had been accused of running a multi million dollar offshore money laundering and tax evasion scheme in Miami, Florida for a group of Finnish Investors including Mikko Pakkanen. This desperate move could make Koster a potential accomplice in Sluimer’s offshore scheme and expose him to US and Dutch liabilities.

Questionable funds often come with never-ending problems, especially when you are borrowing millions from the Rabobank and other banks. The money better be clean. To be compliant, Koster was obligated to disclose that Sluimer's funds may have come from money laundering and tax evasion in the United States, which should automatically lead to a loan denial or at least an investigation. The authorities should have been informed too. However, Koster indicates that Jerry Saffrie CEO of Covast Development BV (CEO Jerry Saffrie) and the Rabobank approved Sluimer.

Instead of trying to fix the problem, Koster has dug himself deeper and deeper to try and keep the truth from coming out and to protect Sluimer. He and Sluimer have threatened a witness and his wife on multiple occasions, sending emails to her work, writing fake articles, etc. Koster allegedly is spending a fortune on search engine optimization and pressuring platforms in an attempt to hide the truth from the general public and banks instead of providing answers.

In WhatsApp messages, Koster suddenly claimed that he had nothing to do with Covast Development BV and never took a cent from Sluimer, which he now admits were lies. Why would Koster lie about Sluimer and Covast the company he founded?

Sluimer currently refuses to release his US tax returns, which could exonerate Koster from any wrongdoing. How can Sluimer exonerate Koster and himself? He could release his 2009 through and including 2023 US Federal tax returns. In the returns, there should be tax withholding for his share of the 12 million USD gross profit made on the purchase and sale of the Setai PH B in Miami Beach. Sluimer, in a recorded call, claims that the taxes were withheld by his partner, Janne Keskinen, the Manager of Blue Key Investments, LLC. However, his own emails show he did not have an ITIN, which is required to withhold tax and file US taxes.

Koster is at a critical juncture where he must decide between continuing to aid and abbet Hugo Sluimer which could have detrimental consequences, or simply help uncover the truth which could exonerate himself. In all cases, the public deserved to know.

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