Jackson Stephens, meanwhile, proposed, developed, and financed a plant for hazardous waste facilities, called Waste Technology Inc, beginning in 1979. This project became a bottomless pit as a money loser, so at one point, the financially-strapped Stephens made a deal with Indonesian Mochtar Riady of the Lippo Group to set up a money-laundering operation in Arkansas. Stephens and Riady had previously formed Stephens Finance Ltd. in Hong Kong in 1976. | Jackson Stephens, meanwhile, proposed, developed, and financed a plant for hazardous waste facilities, called Waste Technology Inc, beginning in 1979. This project became a bottomless pit as a money loser, so at one point, the financially-strapped Stephens made a deal with Indonesian Mochtar Riady of the Lippo Group to set up a money-laundering operation in Arkansas. Stephens and Riady had previously formed Stephens Finance Ltd. in Hong Kong in 1976. |