To be honest, I believe I remember reading something in the past that was very, very similar. It was either a scam set-up or scene-setting for a fictional scenario, I forget which, of course this has a couple of up-to-date references in it. Political boards are terrible places to get financial information, though, I'd check some sources that actually had a direct financial focus before taking FR, CC, DU, or any other non-financial board postings to heart.