Howard Lutnick is arguably one of the slickest and most corrupt operators in modern finance. We now know he was close friends with Jeffrey Epstein, despite him previously denying it. That link was confirmed in the Epstein files. He also has documented ties to Tether and Bitcoin market manipulation.
Now a brand new scheme has surfaced involving Cantor Fitzgerald, run by one of his sons. The firm has been buying the rights to U.S. tariff refunds at massive discounts.
Here is how this scam works:
1. U.S. companies paid billions in tariffs that were later ruled illegal.
2. Cantor approaches those companies and offers immediate cash: 25 cents for every dollar they are owed.
3. Companies take the money to avoid waiting years for litigation and bureaucracy.
4. When refunds are issued, Cantor collects the full dollar. They bought claims at 25 cents on the dollar.
After today’s Supreme Court ruling, those claims could be worth 80 to 90 cents. It’s worth nothing that Lutnick also literally helped architect the tariff regime. He pushed Trump to implement it, likely knowing it would collapse and create this exact arbitrage opportunity. The potential payout is in the billions. This is insider-level extraction hiding in plain sight.
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