As Aiah read the packet documents he was impressed. The detail, the forward thinking; too bad Bettle was dead, he would have made a great addition to his team.
One file intrigued him, a file titled Financial Control. It discussed creating scenarios where certain money denominations would start trading erratically. There were multiple steps to this and it was not ready to implement. A new electronic money type would be established, or an existing one commandeered. Runs would be started to weaken world currencies and drive people to the security of the electronic currency, which would be designed to hold constant value. The new money type would need to be set up in advance, and trades made prior to the currency fluctuations to profit from the variations, but the overall goal was to drive people to the new MMG electronic money source. They would create market fluctuations in the Forex and commodity markets, profiting from the rise and falls. The fluctuations would drive people to use the new MMG non-fluctuating money type, creating a situation where there was less money held in world denominations. The initial goal would be to drive the world to less than 5 denominations, and then, eventually to one. This one new money type would be their electronic money type that would become a physical currency as well. The MMG would become the new world-bank. A monopoly on money, what a concept!
Aiah thought about it and he knew of one electronic money type that was already in existence, OPETRO, as it was called. It started in the oil industry, as Aiah knew well, created by the OPEC leadership to make transfer of funds easier between members and creditors. Each side would put money in at current exchange rates and the leave the funds in. Trading would be done using the electronic currency with no worries as to fluctuations in exchange rates.
This was modified recently to open it up to the world to set up to be a free electronic money exchange. Like the Internet, anyone could use it at no cost except for the cost of maintaining an on-line account. There would be a monthly fee for the account, just like a bank. OPETRO is now an international electronic banking system. Any money type can be moved in to purchase an OPETRO Share. Shares are then used to buy and sell electronically. The only time an exchange rate is used is when money is put in or taken out. This puts everyone on the same playing field. They put their denominations in and get their denominations out; the system takes care of the rest.
The goal of the Financial Control packet has a few layers. First is to create an electronic bank, then get as much money flowing through it as possible. The system would take in all denominations in trade for the electronic money credits. Sellers would pay a small fee, like a credit card; and people would pay so much for having an account, like a bank. Credit, debit, and on-line transactions are all covered. Money sitting stagnant waiting for use, invested by the owners, could be borrowed out at higher rates to create income.
Second, a Run would start to create weakness in Asian currency, all Asian currency. The money would fluctuate so much that the region would hardly be able to function because of the daily fluctuation of money. The rest of the world would watch as values would change 3 – 5% daily. Over time something you bought for 300 Yen on credit could dive in price to 150 Yen prior to you paying yours off. Companies buying with 120 days to pay would have no idea how much they may actually pay in equivalent money when the time came. The MMG controlled media would call for a one Asian currency to solve the problem. There would also be a drive to get all Asians to move to the new electronic money source; however that would not be expected to happen at this time. Businesses however, would be persuaded to use the electronic transfer system as they sell out of region. The discussion is to get the thought in place to get all to use the electronic system in the future. The Runs would continue to drive chaos until the end goal was reached.
Third, along with the fluctuations in Asia, a Run would start to create weakness in European currencies that do not use the Euro. The drive would be to get more countries to take on the Euro as their standard currency. In addition, the hope would be to see more international business done via OPETRO.
The final step would be to build the MMG electronic bank through world-wide business use and recommendations for the MMG to use, and then collapse world denominations making the MMG money type the world money system.
Billions in currency would go to OPETRO, as it would become a standard for business transactions world-wide, due to the media attention it would get in these 2 instances. Skimming off a few basis points of trillions of dollars, thought Aiah, I need to get control of this. Amazing how easy it would be to grow something like this when you have the backing of many of the world financial, media, and business leaders. Aiah had used OPETRO in some of his transactions but to capture control of the world money system, this was huge.
He knew it was OPEC, but he was not sure how it all worked. Aiah picked up the phone and called his financial contact. “Find out who owns OPETRO, I want it all, and I want to know now!”
As the new leader of the MMG Aiah’s response to Jeremy’s Bettle e-mail from the grave was short and sweet. Jeremy and Melanie read it together.
We understand that John Bettle has passed information along to you and we agree to keep our part of the bargain established with John many years ago. Nothing has changed on our side.
We are attempting to find out who is harassing you, certainly you understand that we would not put ourselves or the world at risk knowing you can expose everything. Please keep us informed of any additional trouble you may have so we can try to assist. MMG
“So, the only people in the world that would have any need to chase us are say they are not the ones doing it? Who else would know about this stuff or have any reason to chase us?” said Melanie.
The news unsettled Jeremy so much that he really did not hear her, or respond. He needed to research these packets further; there must be an answer in here. As he stood at the window looking outside he caught a slight reflection in the sky, like something winking at him. He watched for a while to confirm. So, he thought, they have drones watching us. His heart sank as he envisioned all those stake outs he had performed that he loved so much. Now things had reversed, he was now the prey. If this group was as strong as John had let them to believe he could easily be listed as the silent #1 most-wanted person in the world. What chance did he have if they wanted to kill him? He would be dead inside of a minute if that is what they wanted. What did he still have that was stopping them? While he and Melanie were out of the house someone appeared to have copied everything. Was their death just a matter of time?
He decided it was time to go on the offensive. He responded to the e-mail.
You can start helping by removing the drone that is watching us just north of our current position. I don’t believe the organization that John Bettle describes in the packets could be the position you are without knowledge of our situation. You are the only people we are a threat to, and someone is chasing us and you’re telling us you have no knowledge? Please. If you as leadership are not aware, you have a mole or a decenter in the group that is keeping this all from you.