Re:Money-Laundering Practices in the Online Scam Industry
by soco on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:13AM
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The underlying is one thing and the overlying another thing. It's one thing to not declare your money and thus be tried for tax evasion only, and another thing putting said money in financial tricks (as we both know that's the only goal of mixers) in order to commit tax evasion. If you want, think like the difference between murder and manslaughter - which also have many degrees and associated crimes like assault, arson, rape... we always try for those as well.
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Re:Money-Laundering Practices in the Online Scam Industry
by smeej on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:25AM
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> (as we both know that's the only goal of mixers)
Do "we" know that's the only goal?
I've reported every digital currency-related gain or loss I've ever had on my taxes, but that doesn't mean I wanted the guy I bought my llama wool socks from to be able to trace my whole holdings. I know how easy it is to do. I learned how to do it in an afternoon.
Believe it or not, some of us just really don't think the world needs an indelible record of what kind of socks we wear, not because we actually think anybody will care, but because we reject the principle that buying socks should require a data record for third parties.
We might be weirder than you, but that doesn't make us dishonest cheats.