Brought to you by my discovery that some people think that “the customer is always right” isn’t the slogan of a long-dead department store, but rather it’s an actual call the cops law.

  • Galluf@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m not seeing how that proves the transaction is clean.

    If I put money in a bank account, then transfer it to another account, then back to the same one, the transfer back doesn’t obfuscate anything. If it’s not caught on the initial deposit in the banking system, then I’m not seeing how any subsequent transactions matter.

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      1 year ago

      OK, well I disagree that it ‘doesn’t obfuscate anything’. Additional transactions are in a launder’s interest.

      But also consider that If unknown monies can just be returned, then a launderer can keep trying, with multiple institutions in multiple ways, until they are successful in investing it.

      • Galluf@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Then you shouldn’t let the transaction occur in the first place.

        Sure, that sounds like it’s best addressed with enforcement of the requirements before keeping the money.