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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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...wire transfers were just smoke.
-Allie says all those wire transfers were just smoke.
The money Roy stole from the first group of bank clients
We tracked it down.
-We find that money, we find Roy. Where is it?
-They moved it to a dummy account and withdrew it as cash.
-They got almost $200,000.
what does it mean smoke?
We tracked it down.
-We find that money, we find Roy. Where is it?
-They moved it to a dummy account and withdrew it as cash.
-They got almost $200,000.
what does it mean smoke?
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Hi, Consider the concrete example of soldiers who create smoke in order to onceal ther activities from the enemy. In your post, "smoke' is used in a more figurative sense. I take the meaning to be that all those wire transfers were just done in order to conceal what the thieves did with the money.
- Hi, Consider the concrete example of soldiers who create smoke in order to onceal ther activities from the enemy.
- In your post, "smoke' is used in a more figurative sense.
- I take the meaning to be that all those wire transfers were just done in order to conceal what the thieves did with the money.
- In other words, the thieves wanted to confuse the investigators.
- Clive
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Hi,
Consider the concrete example of soldiers who create smoke in order to onceal ther activities from the enemy.
In your post, "smoke' is used in a more figurative sense.
I take the meaning to be that all those wire transfers were just
Consider the concrete example of soldiers who create smoke in order to onceal ther activities from the enemy.
In your post, "smoke' is used in a more figurative sense.
I take the meaning to be that all those wire transfers were just
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