There is a perfectly reasonable explanation for why no one in the U.S. has been busted in Panamagate

[KamaAina]

Mossack Fonseca does not have an office here. There are a bunch in China, a few in Europe, and several in various tax havens scattered around the globe.

http://www.mossfon.com/contact-our-offices/

[Jarqui]

1. Or the US and certain other countries have defamation laws ..

that might concern local media until they have better evidence

or

with the lack of offices in the US, the involvement may not be as direct - or buried deeper in the info.

They did find 3,000 US companies involved.

or

maybe it's because only one US publication, McClatchy, got a copy so far.

Could be a few reasons. It's too early to conclude much.

[enlightenment]

2. Las Vegas.

A "subsidiary" that is controlled by M-F.
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/documents-tie-offshore-holdings-law-firm-las-vegas-office

[KamaAina]

4. And Wyoming as well.

Wyoming has become a center for shady shell corporation activity in recent years.

http://www.mossfon.com/about_service/mf-group/

We offer research, advice and services for the following jurisdictions: Belize, The Netherlands, Costa Rica, United Kingdom, Malta, Hong Kong, Cyprus, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Panama, British Anguilla, Seychelles, Samoa, Nevada, and Wyoming (USA).

[Wilms]

3. Looks like they camouflaged an office in Vegas.

The law firm tried to block the subpoena by denying that its Las Vegas operations, run by a company called M.F. Corporate Services (Nevada) Limited, were part of the Mossack Fonseca group.

The firm’s Panama-based co-founder, Jürgen Mossack, testified under oath that “MF Nevada and Mossack Fonseca do not have a parent-subsidiary relationship nor does Mossack Fonseca control the internal affairs or daily operations of MF Nevada's business.”

But secret records obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung and more than 100 other media partners raise new doubts over that sworn testimony.

Not only do they show that the Nevada subsidiary was wholly owned by Mossack Fonseca but that, behind the scenes, the firm took steps to wipe potentially damaging records from phones and computers to keep details of their clients from the United States justice system.

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/04/03/19506/offshore-law-firm-runs-trouble-las-vegas

[KamaAina]

6. "the firm took steps to wipe potentially damaging records from phones and computers"

Maybe the FBI can crack their iPhones.

[Vinca]

5. I've heard there is a list of Americans, but it hasn't been released yet.

[underpants]

7. We have our own tax evasion industry here

Read that in a story earlier today.

[moondust]

8. There are other firms like MF.

I don't have their names but I've read/heard that some of them do business in the U.S.

[KamaAina]

10. I just realized that MF is the perfect acronym for these mo-fo's!

[Katashi_itto]

9. Give it time. It's still early. A number of US Politicians are going to be exposed.