How a Polygamist Used Biofuel to Steal $500 Million

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  • @business
    @business  3 роки тому +27

    For more about the biofuel scandal, check out Jesse Hyde and David Voreacos' reporting in Bloomberg Businessweek:
    www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-06-24/the-polygamist-who-allegedly-scammed-the-u-s-out-of-a-half-billion-dollars?sref=zU1fOhDr

    • @happyraccoon4791
      @happyraccoon4791 3 роки тому +5

      Now do The Bundy's and their All Mormon Militia traipsing around their Mormon controlled towns inside their imaginary nation of Deseret

    • @helderSilva77
      @helderSilva77 3 роки тому

      Here in Portugal with the BES case (Banco Espírito Santo) in loans and robberies this case is crumbs!

  • @debrajdas4527
    @debrajdas4527 3 роки тому +177

    Polygamist + Biofuel + $500M... Never knew you could use them in one sentence.

    • @thedude5001
      @thedude5001 3 роки тому +11

      Yea, i dont get why its relevant that he is polygamist. Who cares?

    • @Neojhun
      @Neojhun 3 роки тому +6

      @@thedude5001 That's illegal too.

    • @lolhead7127
      @lolhead7127 3 роки тому +5

      @@thedude5001 it's relevant because that polygamy is illegal is the reason why he hates the government and why he cooked up this plan

    • @toytulog576
      @toytulog576 3 роки тому +3

      @@lolhead7127 polygamy 1 guy with multiple wife n still feed their wife n children..? what the difference between a black man impregnate multiple black woman n left them?

    • @lolhead7127
      @lolhead7127 3 роки тому +2

      @@toytulog576 you didn't need to add black man/woman in this do you? Are you trying to start something?
      And to answer your question polygamy also exists in some countries and it is totally upto the people involved in the relationship and the law, and one man leaving women after impregnating them I'll assume there it was consensual here if the woman demands for security and money it is her right and if she can take legal steps, the difference you can understand is one here is marrying people and starting to further their relationship here and the other is consensual coitus and then the end of relationship according to your question

  • @87knox
    @87knox 3 роки тому +236

    In the end, he did succeed in his mission of costing the government an awful lot of money.

    • @mizzypoo4827
      @mizzypoo4827 3 роки тому +25

      Money doesn't mean much, if the USA government keep the printing press rolling..paper with a number.
      Added all these politicians wages combined..... its a drop in the ocean..
      Irony, he's still costing government money, for the 30 or however many years he'll served.

    • @clocktower1164
      @clocktower1164 3 роки тому +3

      I can't believe it !
      *_No Chinese criminal gang ? No Chinese spy ring ? No stolen US Intellectual Properties ?_*
      No crime would happened in America without links to *_Big Bad China_*_ !_

    • @creatineenjoyer7345
      @creatineenjoyer7345 3 роки тому +13

      @@mizzypoo4827 he took from our pockets. We pay taxes every month so guys like thus can have 5 wives and drive 1 million dollar cars... if you think thats okay than i wont argue anymore

    • @diapysik
      @diapysik 3 роки тому +2

      ​@@creatineenjoyer7345 Taxdollars go to all sorts of things none of us like.
      Whether it's aid to countries we don't like, or fighting wars we don't support, or buying some mormon we don't like supercars.
      I'd be a lot angrier if he was stealing money that wasn't already haphazardly allocated by an incompetent government in a way that makes stealing it easy.

    • @caryfrancis8030
      @caryfrancis8030 3 роки тому

      @Rajmund Csombordi Fire departments and roads is theft !

  • @markmonfort29
    @markmonfort29 3 роки тому +97

    "The polygamist underworld" is a phrase that reminds me that truth is stranger than fiction

  • @marshhen
    @marshhen 3 роки тому +47

    These quick take pieces are such great journalism and you tell the story so well. I hope you will continue to make them.

    • @pizzaiq
      @pizzaiq 3 роки тому

      This could not have been more disjointed and uninteresting...

  • @TheDanaYiShow
    @TheDanaYiShow 3 роки тому +363

    I never know I want to learn about these things, but these videos are extremely well made and I always look forward to them!

    • @presidentmphuthi2157
      @presidentmphuthi2157 3 роки тому +8

      I find them so amusing - and mainly because of how much I don't anticipate them.

    • @clocktower1164
      @clocktower1164 3 роки тому +4

      Once upon a time Bloomberg created a *_news_* accusing China of planting *_listening device_* into every。 single。 computer。 motherboard。
      Bloomberg ought to continue that *_extraordinary tradition_* by making videos linking all the crimes committed inside the United States to that *_Big。 Bad。 China。_*

    • @vantastroganoff4370
      @vantastroganoff4370 3 роки тому +2

      You SHOULD
      I'm sure you will wanna hear about billions given away..to think no ID needed..apply & say I have 5 employees..you get 1-3 million
      U had PEOPLE using one bedroom as Farm .

    • @IdleByte
      @IdleByte 3 роки тому +2

      My only complaint was where they put Utah on the map... Way off.

    • @melaniewalker5226
      @melaniewalker5226 2 роки тому

      😂😂

  • @SomethingSeemsOff
    @SomethingSeemsOff 3 роки тому +243

    The 108 dislikes are from the Kingston family themselves.

    • @ypure3859
      @ypure3859 3 роки тому +15

      yes, one husband and all his wives

    • @vantastroganoff4370
      @vantastroganoff4370 3 роки тому +2

      I read longform
      It was unreal
      Pay the small PEOPLE
      Cheat them and someone will listen dirty bulk fuel around the world to gain the system

    • @theglassmaster3140
      @theglassmaster3140 3 роки тому +3

      They multiple like rabbits. 151 now

    • @jamessones4044
      @jamessones4044 3 роки тому +3

      The wives!!

    • @Snow_Crystal420
      @Snow_Crystal420 3 роки тому +2

      You literally are not wrong XD

  • @nikolaisafronov3452
    @nikolaisafronov3452 3 роки тому +232

    If you have 7 kids and a third of a husband you might need help from the fed...

    • @cellocovers3982
      @cellocovers3982 3 роки тому +2

      lol

    • @cellocovers3982
      @cellocovers3982 3 роки тому +1

      Or help from anyone

    • @boedillard8807
      @boedillard8807 3 роки тому +8

      Government is rarely the solution to any problem - nor is a mob.

    • @ryanroberts1104
      @ryanroberts1104 3 роки тому +10

      If you have 7 kids you need to be spayed like a friggin cat. That should just be automatic. Too many kids, looking for welfare? First you're getting snipped.

    • @quantummath
      @quantummath 3 роки тому +1

      😅😅😅👌

  • @h1inc816
    @h1inc816 3 роки тому +78

    So he had made over $200M before he was caught? Would he have been able to keep the money had he stopped committing the fraud or made the numbers more realistic? If your not satisfied after $100M, idk what to tell you.

    • @ulysesj-a9659
      @ulysesj-a9659 3 роки тому +7

      you can't even buy your owen satellite its not enough anymore the value of the dollar is going doing wages going up making everything more expensive

    • @johnstonefield1935
      @johnstonefield1935 3 роки тому +13

      Theoretically yes, practically no. Greed is undoubtable a huge part, but stopping is probably harder and less safe than you think. You've built whole departments for your fraud, baked it into processes/accounting throughout, and taught your people to do all these "normal" things. Changing those things would be hard, your fellow fraudsters might not like it, stopping doing those things makes them weird, and risks showing more/new information throughout. It also doesn't reduce risk that much, those processes and paperwork are already on the books, making "more" of the same probably doesn't change the risk of successful investigation as much as you would think. If it didn't raise red flags before, it probably won't moving forward. If it already raised red flags, and started inquiries, doing more of it probably won't change the outcome but gives you more money.
      Basically at this scale since you don't know if you're already caught or not you might as well steal more. It doesn't make the crime that much less likely to get caught but makes you massively richer which you can use for significant advantages (legal defense, hiding it, etc).

    • @theglassmaster3140
      @theglassmaster3140 3 роки тому +10

      @@ulysesj-a9659 it's 100 million dollars dude. Lol. That's a lot of money buy any standards. What are you talking about?

    • @AwkwardYet
      @AwkwardYet 3 роки тому +1

      Stopping won’t help.

    • @thelords3394
      @thelords3394 3 роки тому

      With that many wives dude is selfish.

  • @DinoWinoSaur
    @DinoWinoSaur 3 роки тому +14

    One of the best journalistic series on youtube

  • @LifeofKairo
    @LifeofKairo 3 роки тому +185

    This has the makings of a Netflix drama 😜

    • @mizzypoo4827
      @mizzypoo4827 3 роки тому +2

      IF there a SCAM to be had... someone will come up with one, that's more outrages then the next.

    • @RSofio
      @RSofio 3 роки тому +1

      It was. I watched the 2 hour show a year ago or so.

    • @LifeofKairo
      @LifeofKairo 3 роки тому

      @@RSofio I’ll add it to the list then 😊

  • @IZotit
    @IZotit 3 роки тому +45

    Don’t stop this phenomenal journalism! I love it

  • @nlocnil3602
    @nlocnil3602 3 роки тому +22

    Definitely need a full multi part documentary on this!

  • @yellow88si
    @yellow88si 3 роки тому +21

    WIRED magazine had a GREAT article on this a few months back. One of the BEST reads I have ever come by. Bloomberg touched on most of the story but I highly suggest reading the WIRED article.

    • @jungtarcph
      @jungtarcph 3 роки тому +1

      I have not read it but I think it puts poly people in a bad light that has nothing to do with being poly.

    • @yellow88si
      @yellow88si 3 роки тому +2

      @@jungtarcph When and if you do read it... and I REALLY hope you do; it doesn't have any negative connotation to polygamy. It just gives you a background to Jacob's life. His rise and fall. They never mentioned anything in the article negative to poly. It was a totally neutral story about two men that made millions and probably billions and then eventually fell.

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 3 роки тому

      @@jungtarcph what makes these polys look bad is their own "bleeding of the beast" hubris.

  • @ferdtheterd3897
    @ferdtheterd3897 3 роки тому +7

    I don't like how much polygamy has been talked about recently, like they're trying to get people to feel like its normal

    • @triad6425
      @triad6425 3 роки тому +2

      It is normal . It's just an option we have half the male ancestors as we do female because few men procreate with multiple women. As long as scrooge is consenting and everyone is taken care of I see no issue. Monogamy is rather recent

    • @kobalasteriyan378
      @kobalasteriyan378 3 роки тому +2

      they are consenting adults. Whatever model for a family/relationship they choose and if the both sides are fine with it - why not? I hear the children grow up to be quite healthy too, as they have a lot of siblings and are cared for.

    • @ferdtheterd3897
      @ferdtheterd3897 3 роки тому +2

      @@triad6425 yeah modern medicine is quite recent. And so is proper car safety... What's your point?

    • @simonphoenix3789
      @simonphoenix3789 3 роки тому +2

      If homosexuality is normal, if transgenderism is normal, I don't get why Polygamy is where we draw the line. I'd argue its a lot more "normal" than either of those two things, having been an accepted part of many human societies for a long time.

    • @daryncollins7640
      @daryncollins7640 Рік тому

      @@simonphoenix3789 i personally dont find any problem with polygamy but the way i have seen it done especially in churches like this i have a problem with like if you have 2 or 3 wives and are able to support them all and be kind to them all without any favoritism (which is basically impossible) thats fine but also if they have kids you need to make sure all of them from each wives actually have a father that dont just visit every few weeks and honestly i have never seen polygamy done the right way so thats probably why its unacceptable

  • @joshmckee8022
    @joshmckee8022 3 роки тому +5

    These videos are very well made

  • @henzoko5946
    @henzoko5946 2 роки тому +5

    Some more details. Levon not only had regular police working for him but also FBI and CIA agents. Not just agents in the US but also in Turkey, Spain, Belize, Armenia and many other places.
    He was also known for giving away a lot money to people here in SoCal

  • @mendoncashon
    @mendoncashon 3 роки тому +44

    I'd pick these videos over a Netflix subscription.

  • @WhoDoUthinkUr
    @WhoDoUthinkUr 3 роки тому +27

    He hasn’t done anything worse then most of our sitting Politicians.

  • @ChiefStephenlouisthe2nd
    @ChiefStephenlouisthe2nd 3 роки тому +2

    Wow. Very very interesting. Two dudes that did the investigation really did some solid digging. Thank you for the info!

  • @definitelyannpc2038
    @definitelyannpc2038 3 роки тому +10

    Polygamist, Biofuel, 500 Million. This is how I want my UA-cam recommendations.

  • @nplus1syndrome928
    @nplus1syndrome928 3 роки тому +4

    if two men can get married, why can't one man marry two women

  • @antonvernooy6186
    @antonvernooy6186 3 роки тому +3

    great doc i want more

  • @holitinne
    @holitinne 3 роки тому +32

    If HBO combined Big Love and Bernie Madof into a series.

  • @NickHurrBoi
    @NickHurrBoi 3 роки тому +5

    Greed always take these type of guys out.

  • @ethan60645
    @ethan60645 3 роки тому +2

    Anyone else get a 60 second ad with no skip button? Never seen that on yt before

    • @oldbatwit5102
      @oldbatwit5102 3 роки тому +1

      I don't get any ads on youtube.

    • @shravansays
      @shravansays 3 роки тому

      Nope 30 sec. Is the limit

    • @ethan60645
      @ethan60645 3 роки тому

      @@shravansays it was a fedex ad and there was literally no skip button. Refreshed the video and it was fine just never seen that before

  • @esraeloh8681
    @esraeloh8681 3 роки тому +15

    Imagine being so thick, that you make a half BILLION dollars, & decide to just keep going until the inevitable letter of the law catches up with you, I mean, that's never work again for 6 lifetimes money......

    • @hindugoat2302
      @hindugoat2302 3 роки тому +5

      greed knows no limits...
      its not enough to have multiple mansions and 20 companies and a private jet...
      its never enough

  • @ismailnyeyusof3520
    @ismailnyeyusof3520 3 роки тому +4

    One major lesson is that governments should never be allowed to get involved directly with business using taxpayers money. It’s a great way for fraud all over the world and is known as a great fraudulent opportunity by people all over the world.

  • @markfrellips5633
    @markfrellips5633 3 роки тому +15

    Feel like for a quicktake, this spent ages stressing the "lifestyle of the rich and famous" and none on the scam

    • @plexoduss
      @plexoduss 3 роки тому

      Right? I still don't know what that's all about. Bloomberg did a clickbait.

    • @TheThora17
      @TheThora17 3 роки тому

      I don’t really need to know how numbers were fudged between numerous companies by a staff of lawyers and accountants- boring! No thanks!
      The interest lies in how greed, even more so(!), consumed a polygamist….

    • @festusbojangles7027
      @festusbojangles7027 3 роки тому

      @@TheThora17 no you are wrong

  • @gdnygma490
    @gdnygma490 3 роки тому +20

    These Quicktakes are amazing ... actually good content coming from the MSM

  • @user-xk2ot7eg7f
    @user-xk2ot7eg7f 3 роки тому +16

    There are SO MANY thieves out there walking on Earth....

    • @TLK22
      @TLK22 3 роки тому +6

      Starting with the government.

  • @Tactical_DZ
    @Tactical_DZ 3 роки тому +4

    I've been in Utah most my life, never heard of this until today. Fascinating information about these folks. Thanks for sharing.

  • @OctavianTech
    @OctavianTech 3 роки тому

    Love these investigative pieces

  • @preparedsurvivalist2245
    @preparedsurvivalist2245 3 роки тому +8

    Known him for decades and he said he did nothing wrong so it must be true. Thats the defense? No wonder he was convicted.

    • @chrischong6613
      @chrischong6613 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah he got the wrong defense lawyer.

  • @Matisto1
    @Matisto1 3 роки тому +21

    Is there a reason why the focus of the lawsuit is focusing on Lev (the migrant) instead of Kingston who got his sentence reduced for cooperation?

    • @MayorSom
      @MayorSom 3 роки тому +9

      Easy rational: AG probably knows it is easier to convince the jurors that this 'foreign' unscrupulous biz man corrupted an All American Mid West.

    • @YaUwAk247
      @YaUwAk247 3 роки тому +4

      Seems like someone rolled over.

    • @Matisto1
      @Matisto1 3 роки тому +5

      @@MayorSom Yeah thats what I thought, it shows the racism thats part of the justice system.

    • @djeieakekseki2058
      @djeieakekseki2058 3 роки тому

      He stabbed the guy in the back.

  • @MayorSom
    @MayorSom 3 роки тому +6

    Bloomberg Quicktake FTW

  • @Da_king_of_all_men
    @Da_king_of_all_men 3 роки тому +12

    I can't get my mind to understand why polygamy is illegal when all parties agree.

    • @ThumbDr
      @ThumbDr 3 роки тому

      It’s illegal??!!

    • @Da_king_of_all_men
      @Da_king_of_all_men 3 роки тому

      It is a crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment (according to Google)

    • @ji-di7zr
      @ji-di7zr 3 роки тому

      @@Da_king_of_all_men religion

    • @michaelf.2449
      @michaelf.2449 3 роки тому +1

      @@ji-di7zr its a legal problem who gets what in a divorce or a death?

  • @quiggleyscripple
    @quiggleyscripple Рік тому

    Lately, I've been wondering what Lamborghini is thinking about their brand now that EVERY SINGLE scammer in the world has one.

  • @xyckriz
    @xyckriz 3 роки тому

    man could have set a deadline to stop their crime. $100M is sufficient enough to run more legtimate companies and surround himself with law-abiding, morally upright, highly educated and highly intelligent management team.

  • @Shuker8964
    @Shuker8964 3 роки тому +3

    Novice here. Do weird things like polygamy always and only happen in Utah?

  • @boedillard8807
    @boedillard8807 3 роки тому +6

    I hate that expression - ultimately he paid the ultimate price. Wait, were his organs harvested while he was awake and without anesthetics? Nope - OK I guess her didn't pay the ultimate price. Did the tax payers get all the money back including their own legal fees - nope - didn't think so. Is he paying for his own imprisonment or will taxpayers be on the hook for $40K per year - Yep - thought so.

  • @danflores2346
    @danflores2346 3 роки тому +1

    Great story!

  • @DarkshadeMusic
    @DarkshadeMusic 3 роки тому +23

    9:20
    "he started wearing cologne"
    Smelling nice is a flex in the US? I didn't know.

    • @FabioTheGreat
      @FabioTheGreat 3 роки тому +1

      “Starting cut his hair differently”
      Not only smelling nice but also looking presentable.

    • @DarkshadeMusic
      @DarkshadeMusic 3 роки тому +3

      @@FabioTheGreat Such a strange comment to make. You'd think the US is filled with unkempt individuals roaming the streets.

    • @vandyninja13
      @vandyninja13 3 роки тому +1

      In the American interior west cologne is considered genuinely and bizarrely fancy lol... most men just smell like deodorant for better or worse

    • @Oleksiy777
      @Oleksiy777 3 роки тому

      @@DarkshadeMusic I believe there are millions of homeless in US. They say only in San Francisco area there may be up to 800 000 of homeless people. Don't think they have presentable look and cologne as their life’s first priority. This is not to say that this is US only problem. There is poverty all around the globe.

    • @ivanthegreatkenyan6647
      @ivanthegreatkenyan6647 3 роки тому

      🤣

  • @JunixKuizon
    @JunixKuizon 3 роки тому +3

    So how can they qualify as a third wife if polygamy is illegal to begin with?

    • @fantscher
      @fantscher 3 роки тому +1

      Well, they are just "married" in their own little cult world. For the gov they are single mothers which plays nicely into their pockets.

    • @JunixKuizon
      @JunixKuizon 3 роки тому +2

      @@fantscher correct! So technically, basing on official govt documents they are not married. As a matter of fact, their ceremony is illegal. So they should be able to claim govt benefits related to being a single mother like childcare subsidy and so on.

    • @fantscher
      @fantscher 3 роки тому

      @@JunixKuizon Dang it. Actually that makes sense 😂 the only differentiator being, that they share housing costs etc and are not actually taking care of the children all by themselves. So I guess they illegal part would be to not claim that part.

  • @Ali80076
    @Ali80076 3 роки тому +5

    what does polygamy have to do anything with his scam? could have just easily called him the Mormon who stole 500 million dollars

  • @rickstevens7292
    @rickstevens7292 3 роки тому +12

    wait, he got his PhD in engineering, yet they want to scam the system that gave him that degree? ok that's twisted...

    • @badmonkey2222
      @badmonkey2222 3 роки тому +5

      He was already a multi-millionaire when he decided to turn into a true scumbag, he was already a scumbag with three wives and 20 kids and had everything any man could want material wise before he wanted the world and that was his downfall, people are greedy and money is the root of all evil and that's just the bottom line.

  • @drewjones3536
    @drewjones3536 3 роки тому +17

    "And for whatever reason he chose the latter" bad choice of a verbal filler lol

  • @BlastinRope
    @BlastinRope 3 роки тому +31

    Im convinced that this entire video was generated by an AI with the input (polygamist, biofeul, millionaire)

    • @Trigathus
      @Trigathus 5 місяців тому

      Yeah, if the AI was Armenian 🤣🤣

  • @ndungur254
    @ndungur254 3 роки тому +5

    They look like psychopaths @ 13:49. Fast money is dangerous. People forget to cover their tracks, next thing, back to being broke.

  • @brendandmcmunniii269
    @brendandmcmunniii269 3 роки тому +13

    Joseph Smith and Brigham Young would be proud of them

  • @n00dles79
    @n00dles79 3 роки тому +5

    Yeah okay a guy named Lev who looks like that and calls himself the lion did nothing wrong.

  • @simonphoenix3789
    @simonphoenix3789 3 роки тому +8

    In this day age when a guy can decide he wants to be a woman and two men or two women can marry each other, its really strange that we draw the line on polygamy... what exactly is so bad about that? If the women aren't being forced into it, it should be legal.

    • @joeking433
      @joeking433 2 роки тому

      It came about when our country was Christian and we didn't like that the Mormon cult was practicing polygamy.

  • @CalmDownJack
    @CalmDownJack 3 роки тому +3

    makes u just raelly hate polygamists. but it's almost like... being a criminal is more of an accurate way to refer to someone instead of their # of wives

  • @MrHalo80
    @MrHalo80 3 роки тому +6

    Smh they got too greedy 🙄 what’s wrong with just taking a few million and settling down. There was no need in keeping the operation going they got what they deserved tbh

    • @meluk6991
      @meluk6991 3 роки тому +1

      Quitting while you're ahead is not the same as quitting.

  • @liquidizer12
    @liquidizer12 3 роки тому +3

    Awwh comon man... Stop at like $50 million lol

  • @MRHARLEYWOLF
    @MRHARLEYWOLF 2 роки тому +2

    Started wearing Cologne lol hahaha 🤣

  • @bennyg2688
    @bennyg2688 3 роки тому +15

    That title is three punches to the face

    • @patw.6567
      @patw.6567 3 роки тому +2

      👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻

    • @originalunoriginal4055
      @originalunoriginal4055 3 роки тому

      Haha!
      As I read the title, I flinched in my head like 3 times!

  • @mylifeinvictus
    @mylifeinvictus 3 роки тому +12

    Who wouldn’t be seduced by fast cars, private jets, and yachts?! LOL

    • @clumsytriangle2436
      @clumsytriangle2436 3 роки тому +2

      people who aren't shallow

    • @empireone450
      @empireone450 3 роки тому +3

      @@clumsytriangle2436 oh please.. spare us the moral indignation

    • @Trigathus
      @Trigathus 5 місяців тому

      @@empireone450Based

  • @illougal_invader
    @illougal_invader 3 роки тому +1

    People who don't see what is happening here are blind.

    • @flori480
      @flori480 Рік тому

      Can you please expound what you mean? As I can think of a few theories but not sure what you mean.

  • @kcgunesq
    @kcgunesq 3 роки тому +4

    If the woman isn't married in any legal sense and she has 7 children, wouldn't she legally be a single mother of 7?

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 3 роки тому +1

      No. That would make her a spiritual wife defrauding government while her spiritual husband defrauded the government. That isn't bleeding beast that is becoming the beast. They ripped of the honest tax payers.

    • @kcgunesq
      @kcgunesq 3 роки тому

      @@genericamerican7574 serious question: does the law care about spiritual wives? Please understand, I've never been to Utah, so I don't know if their laws address this situation in a way different from other states.

    • @quantummath
      @quantummath 3 роки тому

      😅😅😅👌

    • @eldahalas7015
      @eldahalas7015 3 роки тому

      @@genericamerican7574 So what if woman makes these children from different man? How can it be proven ?

  • @ms.m3n
    @ms.m3n 3 роки тому

    It makes more sense for polygamy to go the opposite direction gender wise - to have separate breadwinners per kid.

    • @covenawhite4855
      @covenawhite4855 3 роки тому

      In Tibet their is a mountain tribe that practice Polygandy where a woman married 3 brother. The family herded sheep in the Mountains. And owned their own grass field to feed the sheep.

  • @MrBarneyDinosaur
    @MrBarneyDinosaur 3 роки тому +8

    That title is like something from Mad Libs.

    • @aamon6396
      @aamon6396 3 роки тому +1

      biden is your president for 8 more years

  • @Yotrek
    @Yotrek Рік тому

    I get the feeling that known fraud is like known drug smuggling. We catch a very, very , very small percentage of the total fraud. Begs the question, in your life, how often is the hotel, business, commercial real estate, etc payed for and exists because of laundered money.

  • @claudeyaz
    @claudeyaz 3 роки тому +3

    does RICO not apply? Like literally family crime

  • @athirstyguy
    @athirstyguy 3 роки тому

    That title alone is a winner

  • @WallyTony
    @WallyTony 3 роки тому +2

    Amazing story

  • @MichelNabil
    @MichelNabil 3 роки тому +2

    This country is so corrupt

  • @dfpytwa
    @dfpytwa 3 роки тому

    Polygamist Mormons also control most of the domestic production of methamphetamine in north western AZ.

  • @wiskasIO
    @wiskasIO 3 роки тому +1

    Who doesn't want to be friends with a guy called "The Lion"? lol

  • @kin6701
    @kin6701 3 роки тому +2

    Shout out to Chris Jones at 13:33 for such great smooth reporting.

  • @joshuouy
    @joshuouy 3 роки тому +39

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      @marylloyd2877 3 роки тому

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      @marylloyd2877 3 роки тому

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      @Mavistyio 3 роки тому

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      @Mavistyio 3 роки тому

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      @sophiamacias4091 3 роки тому

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  • @dvukovic
    @dvukovic 3 роки тому +4

    What does poligamy has to do with his fraud? Why was that even relevant for the article?

    • @travismiller5548
      @travismiller5548 3 роки тому +3

      The fraud created 20 new wards of the state when moms and dad went to prison? I see your point.

  • @ozzydemir2325
    @ozzydemir2325 3 роки тому +2

    Sezgin Baran Korkmaz için izleyenler?

  • @McSpicyChickem
    @McSpicyChickem 3 роки тому +5

    The last time I was this early Bloomberg had a different logo 🤭🤭

  • @inferno0020
    @inferno0020 3 роки тому

    A story of the self-made man we are not asking for

  • @buddtwin2
    @buddtwin2 3 роки тому +1

    Horrible store tellers man I was falling asleep

  • @SixOhFive
    @SixOhFive Рік тому +1

    So theoretically they could turn human bodies into B100 fuel

  • @mysterysolver514
    @mysterysolver514 3 роки тому

    The governement sure does not like competition

  • @EwaRiro
    @EwaRiro 3 роки тому

    the MONSTER called FAME...😂😂🤣

  • @cupofjotv8195
    @cupofjotv8195 3 роки тому +14

    Lev didn’t call himself the lion, lev is close to the Russian word lef (lion) which is a common nick name for any leova. If I’m not mistaken the name means lion hearted or lion.

    • @annatemnyy
      @annatemnyy 3 роки тому

      Almost. Lev (лев) actually means lion in Russian. And it's used to be a pretty common name, Tolstoy's first name is Lev for example

  • @blankmedia01
    @blankmedia01 3 роки тому +7

    Why is polygamy illegal in the states?

    • @coreytaylor447
      @coreytaylor447 3 роки тому +6

      its a Christian country, and all Christian sects can agree that polygamy is bad in their faith. even the mormons have long since stopped practicing it and only a few splinter off sects of that church practice it illegally

    • @KingArthurWs
      @KingArthurWs 3 роки тому +3

      @@coreytaylor447 As an atheist, I could also get behind banning it.

    • @blankmedia01
      @blankmedia01 3 роки тому

      @@coreytaylor447 weren't most of the biblical Kings and holymen polygamous?

    • @coreytaylor447
      @coreytaylor447 3 роки тому

      @@blankmedia01 yeah, but later in the bible its said revelation was given and said not to do that anymore because a marriage is to be between one man and one women, which is also a lot of the justification for homophobia in major sects like the Catholics

    • @miken3963
      @miken3963 3 роки тому +5

      @@coreytaylor447 Tbh, Mormons only stopped practicing polygamy when it became clear that Utah will not become a State of the Union if polygamy remains legal there.
      The same with allowing black men to become priests. Mormons only started allowing that in the 1970s, when the public pressure to do so became unbearable.

  • @imagelush5146
    @imagelush5146 11 місяців тому

    How is she a third or fourth wife if thats impossible according to the gov. She is a single mother.

  • @jayjay9932
    @jayjay9932 3 роки тому +1

    Lev Dermen became rich when he made the movie with Borat Sagdiyev.

  • @janesmith9024
    @janesmith9024 3 роки тому +5

    The way they treat the many wives, the incestuous marriages, the uncles marrying nieces - it is all pretty unusual, never mind this rip off of hard working tax payers. His father should have controlled this better and stuck to their past pattern of keeping under the radar which does tend to work.

    • @judithrochin256
      @judithrochin256 3 роки тому +1

      Why would you suggest a way for this to continue?

  • @Greatkohaku
    @Greatkohaku 3 роки тому +1

    Me: How did they catch these criminals?
    Bloomberg: "The government eventually caught on..."
    Getting a little lazy here guys

  • @JOSEPHCHARLESCOLIN2025
    @JOSEPHCHARLESCOLIN2025 3 роки тому +2

    Greed ...Take Just 1 Million & live of the Interest Forever...Ok Maybe 2 Million

  • @gregcooks9
    @gregcooks9 3 роки тому +7

    The only thing I'm curious about is if the people that work at Bloomberg actually know where Utah is?

  • @MahnoorKSiddiqui
    @MahnoorKSiddiqui 3 роки тому +4

    Why highlight polygamy in this business fraud case what dose that have to do with anything at all...

    • @shravansays
      @shravansays 3 роки тому +1

      Maybe to show the nature of Cult (which is masqueraded under Polygamous family.

    • @Fakeslimshady
      @Fakeslimshady 3 роки тому +1

      Because no one here will admit it but Westerners are more triggered by polygamy than fraud. Which wouldn't be so hypocritical if these aren't the same people saying everyone has the right to love.

  • @leeroy855
    @leeroy855 3 роки тому +1

    Danm and I get caught up for J walking .

  • @VeteranJudy
    @VeteranJudy 3 роки тому +3

    Wait a minute. She is a single mother if it’s illegal to marry more than on person than yeah she is a single mother. Wth

  • @fajarreza1
    @fajarreza1 3 роки тому

    should be on a "Make It" series

  • @socialhostage8534
    @socialhostage8534 3 роки тому

    So how much do you guys pay for diesel in the US? 2 dollar subsidies for 1 gallon of bio-fuel. I thought you guys payed about 2 dollars for a gallon of fuel.

  • @amberveer_kang
    @amberveer_kang 3 роки тому

    glad they got locked up, awful car colour and modification choices.

  • @jrichieander6832
    @jrichieander6832 3 роки тому

    Isaiah was way too happy 😆

  • @sb9191
    @sb9191 3 роки тому +2

    It's funny how small time drug dealers from poor neighborhood get far more attention than these criminals despite making more damage to taxpayers.

    • @kingkhan4514
      @kingkhan4514 2 роки тому

      Because those animals are shooting and killing

  • @constantinerocky5352
    @constantinerocky5352 3 роки тому

    Lmaoooo never fuck with IRS

  • @businessaccount3177
    @businessaccount3177 Рік тому

    environmentally conscious ahh scammer💀💀

  • @jbone9900
    @jbone9900 3 роки тому

    So a mormon and mobster meet in a bar.

  • @Realelduque
    @Realelduque 3 роки тому +5

    This family is just in the wrong circles, if he was connected to Pelosi or an atheist from Harvard he would be applauded.

  • @aziris7257
    @aziris7257 3 роки тому +1

    Why is the title 'a polygamist'? Is polygamy considered evil now? "How A Man Used Biofuel To Steal $500 million" works just as well. 'Polygamist' would not have defined him.

    • @simonphoenix3789
      @simonphoenix3789 3 роки тому +1

      Aziris I was thinking the same thing. Can you imagine a news story headlined "how a homosexual used biofuel to steal $500 million" of course not. But somehow being a Polygamist is a label you can use to define them as if its something awful.