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Except there’s a very large gap between:

* corrupt entity A gave me $X

And:

* corrupt entity B bought Y from me at price $Z at essentially market value.

The amount to return in the first case is obvious. The second is much less clear (since the cash was essentially fungible)



The market value is skewed by the fact that the money is tainted. To put it differently: if real estate wasn't as effective a vehicle for money laundering, prices in places like Vancouver wouldn't have skyrocketed. So while technically people paid "market value", the number is meaningless




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