This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[Cletus Miller]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Good question. I don't know. There must be a difference between the nature of the accounts. Otherwise, why would they request info on 50,000 and only get 4,000?

TM

I would guess that the 50,000 number included closed accounts, small accounts, related parties and name variations. And having a big number of requests helps the DOJ look tough and the Swiss look like they were protecting a lot of accounts, at least to people not paying too much attention, so it's a mutually beneficial game, if I'm even only a little right.