Scriven: Major US banks blackballed True Glory Brands over false drug suspicions
Tyler Scriven · Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Business Compete With Amazon · Joe Lonsdale · Mar 15, 2024 · at 9:57
Tyler Scriven describes the financial obstacles faced by True Glory Brands founder Kevin before Scriven acquired the Atlanta-based hair care retailer.
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“And one of the things that I learned in the course of acquiring the business was that he had been blackballed from virtually every major bank in the United States. And the reason for this, Was because they all presumed which is boldly false, obviously, but presumed that he was engaged in money laundering or some sort of drug activity.”
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