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Identity theft and credit card fraud are victimless crimes?

• codedokode 11y ago
  Stealing CC is bad thing. But why punish LR for this and not IT professionals who stole them? Or Visa who still cannot make secure payment system? Or Microsoft who cannot make secure operating system?
  • mikeyouse 11y ago
    Mens rea?
  • xenophonf 11y ago
    Conspiracy or facilitation are criminal acts because they're part of larger criminal acts (murder, fraud, etc.). From what I've read, LR knew that the monies passed through it were the result of crimes, and they knowingly structured their business so as to make it easier for customers who committed financial crimes to launder those monies. PayPal, Visa, and Microsoft do not knowingly structure their businesses or products around the facilitation of crimes, nor do they knowingly support criminal activities. Crimes happen in spite of their respective businesses, not because of them.