{"id":1749571,"date":"2022-11-23T12:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749571"},"modified":"2022-11-23T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:03:58","slug":"hunter-biden-owned-financial-stake-in-digital-banking-platform-for-illegals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-owned-financial-stake-in-digital-banking-platform-for-illegals\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Biden Owned Financial Stake In Digital Banking Platform For Illegals"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunter-biden-owned-financial-stake-in-digital-banking-platform-for-illegals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1749571&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ePlata, a digital banking platform partnered with the Mexican government to enable migrants to send and receive remittances, has deep financial and personnel ties to Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The fintech startup describes itself as a\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/info.eplata.com\/\">multi<\/a>-balance, multi-currency digital wallet and payment ecosystem\u201d and was founded by one of Hunter Biden\u2019s long-time business partners Jeff Cooper. Documents unearthed from Hunter Biden\u2019s hard drive also reveal that the president\u2019s son held an 8.25 percent stake in ePlata through his company Owasco LLC, though it is unclear if he still retains the position.<\/p>\n<p>Several individuals who have financial ties to Hunter Biden, however, have recently been appointed to the company\u2019s Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14976\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14976\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14976\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.29.21-AM-300x241-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.29.21-AM-300x241-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.29.21-AM.png 622w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Email detailing Hunter Biden\u2019s investments: \u201cePlata: A mobile payments company focused on providing cross-border remittances to the unbanked (FYI, Owasco, LLC owns an additional 5.25% of ePlata\u201d on top of \u201capprox 3%.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emails obtained from Hunter Biden\u2019s hard drive prove the president\u2019s son was profiting off of ePlata, receiving a $20,000 wire transfer from the company in April 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14977\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.32.56-AM-300x216-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.32.56-AM-300x216-1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.32.56-AM-768x552-1.png 768w, https:\/\/warroom.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.32.56-AM-120x86.png 120w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.32.56-AM-750x539-1.png 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Screen-Shot-2022-11-23-at-12.32.56-AM.png 960w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHunter \u2013 this wire will hit tomorrow AM,\u201d reads the email.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>ePlata \u201coffers worldwide banking without the need for a traditional bank account,\u201d continues a company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britic.co.uk\/?p=813871\">synopsis, <\/a>which also raises concerns about the platform potentially being used for money laundering and other criminal activities including human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>While ePlata was launched in\u00a02016, in recent years it has made broader efforts to grow, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/eplata\/company_overview\/overview_timeline\">appointing<\/a> several Hunter Biden-linked individuals to its Global Advisory Board in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>ePlata also appears to have a financial interest in supporting mass migration to the U.S. given the company positioning itself as the premier platform for sending and receiving remittances. In emails obtained from Hunter Biden\u2019s hard drive, the company pitched itself as \u201cfocused on providing cross-border remittances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Remittances represent a key financial aspect of mass migration \u2013 both legal and illegal \u2013 as it refers to migrants sending funds from their current country of residence back to their home country. The payments constitute a massive industry worth over $150 billion annually in the U.S. alone and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/05\/22\/report-migrants-remittances-drain-150-billion-year-economy\/amp\/\">harm<\/a> America\u2019s economy, as the sizable sum leaves the country untaxed.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico consistently ranks as the top destination for outbound remittances from the U.S., and nearly 95 percent of inbound <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsoncenter.org\/article\/infographic-remittances-mexico-reach-historic-high#:~:text=Remittances%20from%20the%20United%20States,came%20from%20the%20United%20States.\">remittances<\/a> to Mexico come from migrants living in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>ePlata has made the controversial form of payment a cornerstone of its business, highlighting how the platform can be used for \u201ccross-border remittances\u201d on the front page of its website:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLabor moves around the globe, and when workers move so does their money. The global nature of labor often makes it difficult for someone to have a bank account in the country where they are employed. This is why ePlata allows you to transact in the currency of your choice and without limits across geographic borders. Is there any reason money transfers should be more expensive because one person lives in a different country? ePlata does not think so. With ePlata, simple, secure and inexpensive international transactions are now in the palm of your hand.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Contrary to traditional bank regulations, ePlata appears to make sending and receiving money easy for users, including illegal aliens,\u00a0given its lax <a href=\"https:\/\/info.eplata.com\/how-to-eplata-en\/#faq\">identification<\/a> requirements for signing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can then create an ePlata account by simply entering your name, address, email address and mobile number. That\u2019s it, no hassle, no pain, no cost. With ePlata, setting your money free is as easy as one, two, three,\u201d explains a summary of the platform\u2019s onboarding.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s emphasis on remittances comes amidst its 2019 partnership with the Mexican government whereby t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eleconomista.com.mx\/finanzaspersonales\/Remesas-en-tiempos-de-contingencia-utilice-la-tecnologia-a-su-favor-20200402-0110.html\">he Office<\/a> of the Federal Prosecutor for the Consumer, which falls under the auspices of the Mexican Attorney General, selected ePlata as one of two fintech companies it endorsed for citizens to send and receive remittances.<\/p>\n<div>The head of Mexico\u2019s Consumer Protection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eplataofficial\/videos\/691860944554771\/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C\">Agency<\/a> also highlighted ePlata as one of the country\u2019s leading platforms for sending and receiving remittances during a presidential press briefing.<\/div>\n<p>Jeff Cooper, the founder of ePlata, and Hunter Biden have a long history of collaboration, including on some of the president\u2019s son\u2019s most controversial business dealings implicating Joe Biden exposed through his \u201cHard Drive From Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While pursuing <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/01\/hunter-biden-used-joes-vp-perks-to-pursue-deal-with-carlos-slim\/amp\/\">deals<\/a> with Mexican billionaires during Joe Biden\u2019s tenure as Vice President, Cooper and Hunter Biden exploited the privileges of the office \u2013 including White House Events, trips on Air Force Two, and meetings with Joe Biden \u2013 to lure clients.<\/p>\n<p>Cooper, who has appeared in photos with Hunter, Joe, and various Mexican billionaires, even joined Hunter on a February 2016 Air Force Two flight to Mexico.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14969\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14969\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AAB31697-6C88-4117-BA70-C80DFF5A55BF-300x200-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AAB31697-6C88-4117-BA70-C80DFF5A55BF-300x200-1.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AAB31697-6C88-4117-BA70-C80DFF5A55BF-768x512-1.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AAB31697-6C88-4117-BA70-C80DFF5A55BF-750x500-1.webp 750w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AAB31697-6C88-4117-BA70-C80DFF5A55BF.webp 1024w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cooper &#038; Both Bidens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hunter Biden and Cooper had previously worked together trying to raise funds from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim for their venture Ocho Gaming, which a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11398463\/Joe-Biden-involved-son-Hunters-foreign-business-deals-VP-claims-whistleblower.html\">whistleblower<\/a> recently revealed that Joe Biden was involved in as a \u201csilent investor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hard drive also reveals that as late as 2018, Hunter Biden and Cooper were still soliciting money from the Slim family with the assistance of Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpoke to my dad about \u2018Slim ask,\u2019 \u201d Hunter wrote Cooper after a visit from his father in Los Angeles. \u201cOh that sounds SO F\u2019ING GOOD\u201d replied Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>ePlata appears to still maintain\u00a0its links to Hunter Biden, appointing three individuals to its eight-person board in addition to Cooper who are linked to the president\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>Among the members of the advisory board is Vuk Jeremic, a\u00a0former President of the United Nations General Assembly who became a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9622767\/amp\/Emails-reveal-Joe-Biden-DID-meet-Hunters-business-partners-VP.html\">consultant<\/a> for Chinese energy giant CEFC, which partnered with Hunter on a multi-million-dollar oil and gas deal.<\/p>\n<p>Board member Miguel Aleman Magnani was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/at-least-14-of-hunter-bidens-business-associates-met-with-joe-biden-despite-presidents-denial\/\">engaged<\/a> in business deals with Hunter Biden which eventually led to him meeting then-Vice President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have brought every single person you have ever asked me to bring to the F\u2019ing White House and the Vice President\u2019s house and the inauguration and then you go completely silent,\u201d Hunter Biden wrote in an email to Magnani, alluding to his exploitation of his father\u2019s political office on behalf of his business partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know what it is that I did but I\u2019d like to know why I\u2019ve delivered on every single thing you\u2019ve ever asked \u2013 and you make me feel like I\u2019ve done something to offend you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--center ad-unit--inline\">\n<div class=\"ad-unit__inner\">\n<div class=\"ad-skeleton ad-skeleton--300-250 ad-skeleton--incontent-3 ad-skeleton--loaded\">\n<div id=\"pb-slot-incontent-3-mobile\" class=\"dfp-ad dfp-incontent-3 dfp-lazy-load\" data-google-query-id=\"CJ_S9N6rw_sCFf8OTwgd-agD6w\">Fellow Board Member Xin Wang is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhrpe.com\/show.php?catid=35&#038;id=146\">Managing<\/a> Director at BHR Partners<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Xin Wang is also on the board of ePlata, concurrently serving as a Managing Director BHR Partners, a highly controversial joint venture between an investment fund founded by Biden and Obama-era Secretary of State John Kerry\u2019s stepson and the state-owned Bank of China.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s son pledged to divest of his 10 percent stake in BHR Partners in 2019, which was notoriously birthed <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/10\/10\/6-facts-about-hunter-bidens-business-dealings-in-china\/\">less than two weeks after<\/a> Biden traveled to China alongside his father and then-Vice President, but\u00a0reportedly still owns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/records-show-hunter-biden-still-controls-10-stake-in-chinese-firm-despite-leaving-its-board\">10 percent<\/a> of the fund.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.6435-9\/69385140_2460869527466258_2570644970125918208_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&#038;ccb=1-7&#038;_nc_sid=730e14&#038;_nc_ohc=RbTeI35peQoAX8pBLjq&#038;_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.xx&#038;oh=00_AfAySp7yw4eo7BPrdyVitHeAf2qroVXbWSu7hRwnmGeZ_Q&#038;oe=63A5A873\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" width=\"1071\" height=\"1078\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">ePlata board.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to the aforementioned Hunter Biden links plaguing ePlata, perhaps the biggest conflict of interest is the fact that the company benefits from Joe Biden\u2019s failure to secure the southern border and continued enabling of unprecedented levels of legal and illegal immigrants to enter the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>As this population grows, ostensibly ePlata\u2019s profits through more remittances being sent and received increase, too.<\/p>\n<p>ePlata\u2019s expansion \u2013 which includes collaboration with governments in countries such as Mexico \u2013 also overlaps with the agenda of groups such as the World Economic Forum (WEF) and G20 to roll out \u201cdigital identity\u201d infrastructure worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Once in effect, these systems have often laid the groundwork for China-style \u201csocial credit\u201d scoring systems and even vaccine passports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ePlata, a 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