Bonus Episode 11 - “Everything around here is a front for something”: the Life and Times of Alexander Guterma pt. 3, feat. Boyd Beaver
Apr 11, 2024
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Boyd Beaver joins to discuss Alexander Guterma's connections to organized crime. Topics include Hoover's alleged sexual repression, government attacks on Purple gang, Guterma's deals with Trujillo, tax evasion, Howard Hughes connection, Lansky's tunnels, and speculations on Guterma's death. The podcast explores how everything is a front for something and how Guterma is a key to understanding a complex network of connections.
Guterma's criminal activities intertwined with the Purple gang and Hoover's alleged sexual repression.
Involvement of Roy Cohn as a fixer in Guterma's legal troubles reveals intricate relationships and betrayals.
Guterma's adeptness in evading scrutiny post-incarceration through structured financial activities and mysterious death in a plane crash.
Deep dives
Gutarma's Legal Troubles and Association with Criminals
Gutarma faces legal challenges after being charged by the SEC for financial irregularities in 1959. Linked with the desert in gang, he embarks on cascading criminal activities leading to charges of failure to file financial statements. Attempts to flee to Turkey amidst allegations, but faces prosecution for his financial misdeeds.
Sam Garfield and Mo Dalitz Involvement
Gutarma's dealings lead to entanglements with Sam Garfield and Mo Dalitz, resulting in a complicated series of events. Discussions about resorts international involvement and negotiations to navigate legal troubles ensue. Dalitz considers implicating Roy Cohn, reflecting the intricate web of relationships and betrayals.
Roy Cohn's Significant Role
Roy Cohn's involvement as a fixer in Gutarma's legal challenges highlights the complex interplay of legal and criminal elements. Cohn negotiates legal matters, implicates others to resolve the situation, and ultimately faces consequences for his actions.
Gutarma's Post-Prison Financial Maneuvers
Upon release from prison, Gutarma navigates financial challenges by claiming minimal assets while indirectly benefiting from business ventures. Engaging in structured financial activities, he eventually repays his debts, showcasing his adept ability to evade scrutiny and achieve financial stability post-incarceration.
The Intriguing Life and Mysterious Death of Alexander Guaterma
The podcast delves into the life of Alexander Guaterma, touching on his diverse ventures from real estate to Kentucky coal and his connections with mob-run businesses. Guaterma's involvement in organized crime, tax write-offs, and suspicious financial dealings, like drilling 'bad wells' for tax benefits, are highlighted. The discussion segues into his mysterious death in a plane crash, leading to legal battles over his wealth and speculations on who may have had motives to harm him.
Unraveling a Complex Web of Corruption and Crime
The conversation expands to explore the intricate web of corruption, crime, and interconnected networks involving Guaterma and his associates. References are made to World Commerce Corporation, intelligence mishaps, and anti-communist ties, shedding light on the deeper layers of Guaterma's involvement. The podcast emphasizes the far-reaching implications and horrors of Guaterma's story, intertwining financial crimes, Gateskeeping journalists' portrayals, and the nexus of organized crime with exuberant details and a call for deeper exploration into the complexities.
[originally published on Patreon Jan 25, 2022; for the retarded theory that Guterma was a tulpa, see Penny Royal's episodes]
Joined again by @Boyd_Beaver, today's the final episode on Alexander Guterma, where we discuss how Guterma fit into the Moe Dalitz / Roy Cohn connection. We discuss how exactly how sexually repressed Hoover supposedly was, the DoJ's attacks on the Purple gang / Desert Inn gang, and another Howard Hughes connection. Then we discuss Guterma's deals with Rafael Trujillo, and speculate on why the government's documents on this are still redacted.
This leads us to Guterma's arrest and conviction for a variety of crimes. Interestingly, the feds wanted Guterma to snitch on capital flight from the Soviet Union. Then, we cover how Guterma structured his offshore wealth to hide it from the feds. Guterma tried to break into Resorts International, and then got into Kentucky Coal, doing essentially the same tax writeoff schemes as they did with oil decades prior.
Then we get into underground tunnels - specifically Meyer Lansky's secret tunnels in Michigan. From there, we go Galaxy Brain and discuss how everything is a front.
Then, Guterma died in a plane crash in 1977 and go over all the connections we still didn't cover (the WCC, Fassoulis, Handsome Johnny), and how Guterma is a skeleton key for the eldritch monster we're up against.
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