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>I'm asking for actual evidence or even a supportive argument for what you're saying It's hard to prove a negative, there's simply no evidence at all that anyo
by ryanlol 9y ago
>I'm asking for actual evidence or even a supportive argument for what you're saying
It's hard to prove a negative, there's simply no evidence at all that anyone has ever used videogame money to launder the proceeds of unrelated crimes.
The idea also sounds fundamentally unlikely as videogame currency markets are pretty small¹ and actually getting the currency sold is a long and risky process.
>I've heard for many years that money laundering is common with online currencies
It is. But when people have purpose built solutions like Liberty Reserve and Perfect Money, nobody chooses to waste their time and money on messing with videogame currencies.
>Bitcoin mixing is also pretty expensive but people still do it, and prior to bitcoin or bitcoin mixing existing presumably people were using a more expensive alternative.
Bitcoin mixing has historically been very cheap, right now it still is below 1% cost if you're mixing more than a couple of coins at a time.
¹even for WoW, I used to sell gold