What would the Watchtower Society do with $116 Billion?

slimboyfat

In 2009 two people claiming to be JW missionaries were arrested in possession of "fake" US bonds worth $116 Billion in Italy.

"The Philippine nationals claimed to be Jehovah’s Witnesses and wanted to sell the bonds to finance their religious missions, the prosecutor said. The individuals had contacted the Bank of Italy for advice on how to deposit the bonds and some were due to be sold into the U.S., Dettori said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=axQHQfCUfOcM

Makes you wonder what would the Watchtower Society do with $116 Billion?

Paralipomenon

I can tell you what they wouldn't do.

Go get a university degree!

Alfred

Obviously the persons arrested for transporting these fake bonds were not JWs...

However, I do know an ex-JW missionary who was asigned to Spain in the late 70's... he explained how he sometimes had to illegally transport obscene amounts of cash from Madrid to New York several times a year. It was an acceptable pratice because it was considered "Theocratic Warfare"... The proceeds were usually from assembly donations.

AnnOMaly

Build a leisure complex at Wallkill?

ProdigalSon

Half of it would get siphoned off by the real owners of the Corporation behind the scenes and disappear. The other half? Invest it in warfare technology stock. Rand Cam has been a wild success.... why change?

Intel

The answer is simple: Destroy more lifes!!!!!

Mad Sweeney

Obviously the persons arrested for transporting these fake bonds were not JWs

Obviously? How so?

Alfred

How so?

The WT is not very well liked in Italy (because of all their Catholic-bashing over the years)... If it were actually proven in the course of the investigation that these Fake Bond trafficers were in fact JWs, the Italian government would have had a field day with the WT within Italy and this would have most certainly turned into a huge media event in less than 24 hours...

That's not to say that the WT isn't capable of sending out mules for this sort of thing (as I just pointed out above).

slimboyfat

Half of it would get siphoned off by the real owners of the Corporation behind the scenes and disappear.

Okay I'll bite, who are the real owners of the Corporation?

thetrueone

I think their statement that the Treasury bonds were for their missionary work was about lie, with the intension to instill

some degree of innocence. Yes there are crooked devious people in the JW organization as well as the many other religious orders.

The JW boast that their faith or organization is all pure and wholesome, unlike the religions of Christendom, the reality is something

else of course.

What would the Watchtower Society do with $116 Billion?

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