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Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by Lorin on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:46PM (#24033741)
Isn't 'tumbling' literally a money laundering operation?
Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by jdxcode on Sunday August 02, 2020 @10:54PM (#24033779)
yes, and it proves GP's point about crypto enabling crime. It's trivial to implement.

It's just a ledger kept outside so there is no link between the money going in and the money coming out.

Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by shiado on Monday August 03, 2020 @01:28AM (#24034476)
Money laundering involves the intentional hiding of the origins of funds obtained through criminal activity. Attributing the source of funds as being criminally obtained is difficult if tumbling is done effectively. If tumbling was reason enough to be suspected of money laundering, so would splitting a $100 at a gas station.
Re:US travel firm $4.5M ransom negotiation open chat by ric2b on Monday August 03, 2020 @06:21AM (#24036016)
Not necessarily, if the source of the money is legal and you're tumbling it just for privacy reasons, it's not money laundering.