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Filmmaker Claims Social Security Numbers Used to Trade Debt on Stock Exchange

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published June 13, 2026 · Stay Free with Russell Brand · What The Media Refuses to Admit About Karmelo Anthony... - SF729
Filmmaker Claims Social Security Numbers Used to Trade Debt on Stock Exchange
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"Your Social Security number is your bond number. That's the number that gets traded on the stock exchange and they're getting interest on top of interest on top of interest. That's why everybody's worth $400 or $500 million on average. And nobody even knows about it."
Mel Carmine, filmmaker and entrepreneur, claimed on Russell Brand's podcast that citizens' Social Security numbers function as bond numbers traded on stock exchanges, generating enormous wealth without public knowledge. He asserts that individuals could be worth hundreds of millions on paper through this hidden system, and presents evidence in his documentary Strawman of people allegedly paying bills using their Social Security numbers.
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