"Got some IDs, struck out on others," Avi says. "Basically, the heavyset Filipino gentleman is Marcos’s bagman. Responsible for keeping the famous billions out of the hands of the Philippine government. The Taiwanese guy—not Harvard Li but the other one—is a lawyer whose family has deep connections to Japan, dating back to when Taiwan was part of their empire. He has held down half a dozen government positions at various times, mostly in finance and commerce—now he’s sort of a fixer who does jobs of all sorts for high-ranking Taiwanese officials."