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Posted on 5/6/20 at 4:01 pm to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 5/6/20 at 4:01 pm to SidewalkTiger
In all seriousness regarding the Lady of the Lake incident, I thought all of his actions were with family members of players who had long since left LSU, and involved him needing a third person to filter the money through, with most coming back to him.
Is there actually any evidence of foul play with Alexander?
I was under the impression that his embezzlement was primarily for personal gain and opportunity to act like a big shot. Any association with LSU was incidental through his personal friendships with those people and the need to act like a big money booster.
Is there actually any evidence of foul play with Alexander?
I was under the impression that his embezzlement was primarily for personal gain and opportunity to act like a big shot. Any association with LSU was incidental through his personal friendships with those people and the need to act like a big money booster.
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 4:03 pm to luvdoc
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I was under the impression that his embezzlement was primarily for personal gain and opportunity to act like a big shot. Any association with LSU was incidental through his personal friendships with those people and the need to act like a big money booster.
You were under the correct impression
Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:13 pm to luvdoc
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Is there actually any evidence of foul play with Alexander?
I honestly wasn't even aware of these allegations until recently. Not sure if there have been any updates in the past few months, but just searching around I came across this pretty comprehensive article from June.
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Who benefited from the scheme? We don’t know. Yet.
We don’t have the same evidence that Alexander sent the money back like the Daveys did. He might have, it’s just that we don’t have a trace of the transactions. It seems likely that the money was unrelated to Vadal, and Funes merely needed another person to launder money through, rather than try to use the funds to acquire a lineman for LSU.
Now, it’s possible that’s what he was doing. It just seems more likely he was using Alexander the same way he used the Daveys, sending money out to a third party who would then funnel the money back to him, in an attempt to launder the money he was stealing from OLOL.
It’s impossible to cut through the haze and tell exactly how much trouble LSU is in because no one knows when the transactions occurred. LSU, of course, denies knowledge of the transactions, as does Les Miles.
There’s no reason to think there is a formal investigation going on right now, or even an informal one. LSU became aware of some shady things going on at OLOL that may have implicated LSU, and they forwarded the information to NCAA compliance, like they are supposed to. There’s no indication we’ve gone anywhere past that pro forma act of compliance.
This does not mean that LSU has nothing to worry about. Of course they do. The most likely scenario is that Vadal Alexander’s father took money from Funes and either had or was going to funnel the money back, like the earlier scheme. But “most likely” is not “definitely happened.” This could have been a payment to entice or reward Vadal for attending LSU.
LSU’s Exposure in the Our Lady of the Lake Scandal
Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:16 pm to paperwasp
Hell yeah, we paid a quarterback who'd already retired from the NFL by that point and an average right tackle.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:32 pm to SidewalkTiger
The money went to the embezler not Vadal's dad. The embezler is in prison.
The NCAA is not investigating LSU Athletics.
The NCAA is not investigating LSU Athletics.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:48 pm to WilliamTaylor21
That is the most Aggie thing ever. That is what we all think about when we think of Aggies.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:49 pm to WilliamTaylor21
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Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:58 pm to paperwasp
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The most likely scenario is that Vadal Alexander’s father took money from Funes and either had or was going to funnel the money back, like the earlier scheme. But “most likely” is not “definitely happened.” This could have been a payment to entice or reward Vadal for attending LSU.
Seems unlikely with Alexander enrolling in 2012 and the wire transfers occuring in 2014-15. We probably won't know all the details of Funes' scheme until much later as treasury dept. investigations aren't noted for transparency, but I wouldn't expect that to stop someone like "Simple Dan" Wolken from shitting out clickbait trash articles
Posted on 5/7/20 at 2:12 am to Jebeco
Posted on 5/7/20 at 5:25 am to SidewalkTiger
This is Aggy.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 6:35 am to Hugh McElroy
Some rando criminal launders money using the parents of x LSU athletes has nothing to do with LSU athletics. We are the ones who turned him in idiot
Posted on 5/7/20 at 6:36 am to Hugh McElroy
Sounds like a former player who didn't get the playing time he thought he should get has an axe to grind to me
Posted on 5/7/20 at 7:19 am to Hugh McElroy
This has all been Investogated
Posted on 5/7/20 at 7:22 am to Poker Dough
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Sounds like a former player who didn't get the playing time he thought he should get has an axe to grind to me
This story has nothing to do with players
Posted on 5/7/20 at 8:15 am to SidewalkTiger
This story is nothing in regards to LSU athletics
Posted on 5/7/20 at 8:35 am to Hugh McElroy
LOL at the OP for taking noted troll Dan Wolken seriously.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 9:17 am to mhc4tigers
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This has all been Investogated
This story has nothing to do with players
This story is nothing in regards to LSU athletics
I don't think anyone knows any of this for sure yet, unless I'm missing something.
The (albeit older) article from the LSU SBN site said that at this point there’s no indication either way, but that anything is still possible.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 9:30 am to paperwasp
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I don't think anyone knows any of this for sure yet, unless I'm missing something.
The (albeit older) article from the LSU SBN site said that at this point there’s no indication either way, but that anything is still possible
This was all money laundering, the only connection to LSU is perhaps Funes met the families at LSU events.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 9:33 am to Hugh McElroy
Emmert aint going to let shite happen to LSUPosted on 5/7/20 at 10:42 am to Hugh McElroy
Article in the link was factually incorrect.
In fact, BLATANTLY incorrect.
Vadal Alexander had already graduated and was not a 'current' member of the football team.
In fact, BLATANTLY incorrect.
Vadal Alexander had already graduated and was not a 'current' member of the football team.
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