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200 sats \ 1 reply \ @nerd2ninja 21 Oct 2023
Look aiding and abetting I get, but money transmitting means they took someone's money and facilitated in its transmission. Buying and selling Bitcoin should not fall under money transmitting because no money is transmitted!
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133 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 21 Oct 2023
Yeah it sounds like they were an in-between rather than selling their own bitcoin.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 21 Oct 2023
This is a reach, but is there such a thing as "intro to money laundering"? It's such a fascinating topic, but every time I come across something that teaches me something they are super sparse on details, because they don't want to give the bad guys ideas. (As if the fucking bad guys need ideas.)
The most interesting thing I've read about is money laundering by selling in-game items in MMORPGs, since there's no physical product that needs to be accounted for. But would be interested to read more about this topic.
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210 sats \ 2 replies \ @TheBTCManual 21 Oct 2023
I love it, never bet against people's ability to trade and seek out a profit for a service. What a bunch of legends, we should have groups like this in every city around the world, it would make life so much easier, especially in the cash-heavy economies
The more they push KYC on people and the costlier it becomes to comply as an exchange, then I'm sure both in-person and online p2p premiums begin to look like an attractive option.
I hope that nostr and classifieds help encourage more of this, be it cash to bitcoin or cash/bitcoin for goods and services and let the circular economy keep growing.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @0fje0 21 Oct 2023
There may well be such groups in other cities already, even if not yet at the same scale as in this story.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 21 Oct 2023
Probably, just would be nice if we could encourage more of it and grow it somehow,
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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 21 Oct 2023
Wow! This is some story.
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66 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b OP 21 Oct 2023
It's a fun one. $50 bills is a weird denomination. I feel like I haven't seen more than tens of them in real life - even having been a grocery clerk for a couple years.
https://www.404media.co/content/images/2023/10/bitcoin-exchange-5.png
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50 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 21 Oct 2023
Yes. I didn't see them much as a cashier either.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 21 Oct 2023
Maybe 50s are the new 20.
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @shyfire 21 Oct 2023
Yes especially since good wrenches are now $50
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12 sats \ 0 replies \ @om 21 Oct 2023
US gov: promised to redeem dollars for gold but rug pulled the whole planet in 1971
These guys: provided useful service honestly, never rug pulled anyone
Clearly these "laundering ring" should judge and imprison the US government rather than the other way around.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 21 Oct 2023
Does anyone understand how this works? They show up and the token is wrong, what happens?
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 21 Oct 2023
Presumably they just leave.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 21 Oct 2023
I mean that sounds appropriate if a random person tried to get in their car.
It seems like it has to be more important than that though.
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