from interviews with Kimberly Brill, Steven Holdren, and Kent Bailey; and court documents in USA v. Berkman including: Document 1061, October 3, 2017; Document 416, December 7, 2015; Document 1005, February 9, 2017, at 440–623.

99 Phalanx Trading: Kentucky Division of Corporation Business Filings, “Pha- lanx Trading LLC,” established 2009.

99 computers and servers . . . cars, a yacht, artwork, jewelry . . . drone parts: USA v. Berkman, Document 1005, February 9, 2017, at 96, 169, 177.

99 a Westwind jet: Interview with Kent Bailey.

99 FBI independently flagged: Ibid.

99 tried tracking the shipments: Interviews with Kent Bailey and Steven Hold- ren.

100 Bailey approached his boss: Interview with Kent Bailey. Derek Maltz, now retired from the DEA, declined multiple requests for an interview about the Le Roux case.

101 a man named Michael Lontoc: Lontoc was a member of the Philippines Prac- tical Shooting Team, which competes in the World Championships in non- Olympic shooting events. See Joaquin M. Henson, “Pinoy Shooters Gun for Honors,” The Philippine Star, September 6, 2011.

101 raided one of Le Roux’s call centers: Per interview with Kent Bailey. I also confirmed details of this raid with an anonymous former call center manager in the Philippines.

101 world tour would come to include: Interview with Kent Bailey.

101 British authorities had arrested: Details of this incident derive from inter- views with Kent Bailey and Kimberly Brill, as well as with an agent from the Australian Federal Police who worked on the Le Roux investigation.

101 through Robert McGowan: Interviews with Robert McGowan and Mathew Smith.

102 a former official at the Department of Justice: The official, with whom I con- ducted multiple extended interviews, was intimately familiar with the case. They requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak in detail about it.

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105 the Mou Man Tai: The boat, which would later become a key element in Le Roux’s story, was well-known around Subic, according to an interview with an anonymous friend of Bruce Jones. Other details regarding the Mou Man Tai derive from copies of the boat registrations I obtained, and interviews with Lachlan McConnell.

106 American contractor: This anonymous American contractor is the same ex- Navy sailor quoted in Chapter 6.

106 printed $100 trillion notes: See, for example, Nelson Banya, “Zimbabwe to Launch 100 Trillion Dollar Note,” January 16, 2009.

107 discovered the gold was fake: Multiple people described variations of these