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Re:$12M stolen from 1,400 convenience store ATMs across Japa... by Cyph0n on Sunday May 22, 2016 @10:15AM (#11748624)
Good point. It will also be way more difficult to regulate the spending habits of the group, which will draw even more suspicion.

And then you have a 100-player Prisoner's Dilemma, unless they organized the group in a decentralized manner.

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Re:$12M stolen from 1,400 convenience store ATMs across Japa... by ethbro on Sunday May 22, 2016 @10:20AM (#11748643)
Why regulate? You could have accepted BitCoin up front, assigned ATMs, then distributed numbers at the last moment.

Cash flows up, risk flows down. Seems to be the MO of most organized crime.

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Re:$12M stolen from 1,400 convenience store ATMs across Japa... by ryanlol on Sunday May 22, 2016 @10:26AM (#11748680)
>Good point. It will also be way more difficult to regulate the spending habits of the group, which will draw even more suspicion.

These 100 guys aren't a part of "the group" though, they're just random idiots hoping to score a quick buck.

The people actually running this in all likelihood aren't even in japan.

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