The Coincidence
By F’nAround Investigative Unit
© 2025 – All coincidences are protected under free speech
Sometimes, a story doesn’t start with a bang.
Sometimes, it starts with a retirement.
A judge steps down. Mid-case. Quietly. No press release, no fanfare.
And next thing you know, he’s working at Resolute Systems, a “neutral mediation” firm.
https://resolutesystems.com/resolute-welcomes-judge-john-curry-ret-to-our/
Naturally, being the diligent watchdogs we are, we got curious.
Who owns Resolute?
Turns out, Resolute is owned by Veritext.
And Veritext? Owned by Leonard Green & Partners, a private equity firm.
That’s interesting, we thought. So we did what anyone would do after being stonewalled by the state for the 10th time in the past: we followed the money.
Leonard Green is backed by BlackRock.
And BlackRock and Vanguard have what can only be described as an incestuous financial relationshipshared investments, revolving doors, and overlapping control over nearly every major institutional lever.
Now here’s where it gets strange.
We happen to be involved in a case that by pure coincidence involves retaliation against a witness’s family, financial suppression, fraudulent conveyance schemes, deceptive valuations, and a slew of SEC complaints and unannounced federal issues all wrapped in a very strange pattern of media silence.
And layered beneath it all? Manipulation of the regulatory system often in unethical or racially biased ways to protect incumbent players and shut out challengers.
So just for kicks, we looked at Hyatt Hotels another institution deeply embedded in Illinois politics.
(If you know, you know. If you don’t, ask the Governor.)
Guess who some of Hyatt’s largest institutional shareholders are?
If you guessed Vanguard and BlackRock, congratulations you’ve seen this movie before.
Then we looked at the platforms throttling our podcast and burying our investigative posts.
Same players.
Then we looked at the social networks manipulating analytics every time we posted about witness intimidation or cannabis corruption.
(Pro tip: Want to see if sites are tampering with your reach? Hide tracking codes.)
Same players.
Then because we were already neck-deep in coincidences we looked at the banks retaliating and using financial pressure against a witness.
Same Players Own Them Too.
So let’s recap:
• The judge that was overseeing our case? Now working at a firm backed by BlackRock and Vanguard.
• The hotel chain tied to political insiders? BlackRock and Vanguard.
• The tech platforms muting our message and retaliating against a minor? Vanguard and BlackRock.
• The banks manipulating financial data? BlackRock and Vanguard.
We don’t know what it all means.
We don’t know how it got this orchestrated.
We don’t even know why this pattern keeps repeating.
But we do know what a duck looks like.
And this thing is waddling, quacking, and leaving feathers all over the state and this case.
And while we were connecting these dots, our own independent journalist Brittini Flatley just happened to be finalizing a multi-part memoir and exposé on political-corporate corruption, systemic retaliation, and multi-layered control structures across Illinois and beyond.
Another coincidence that it aligns so perfectly?
Maybe.
But if you’ve been following this saga, you know:
We don’t deal in fiction.
We deal in documents, receipts, and a relentless hunt for truth.
If you think this is normal, it’s time to ask:
Who profits from your silence?
Because it’s looking like the same few investors profit from everything else.
But what happens when that profit is finally at risk?
