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No, it doesnt. But why do you need e-citizenship? Estonia is a terrible corrupt country. I lost a sh..oad of money there and have seen a total breakdown of any

No, it doesnt. But why do you need e-citizenship? Estonia is a terrible corrupt country. I lost a sh..oad of money there and have seen a total breakdown of any administrative function. Since "e-residency" is used a lot by criminals, Estonian banks likely wont give you a bank account, since they could be cut of from the banking world if they are involved in fraud and money laundering. The government does not care about these crimes, trust me on this one. Why would they? It brings in income. Also see: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252487074/Estonian-police-and-border-services-need-better-IT-to-block-criminals-from-becoming-e-residents https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252487074/Estonian-polic...

joshspankit 6y ago
Oh I don’t, I was just fascinated with the whole idea when they implemented it.
- newdude116 6y ago
  It it lipstick on a pig. It does not offer any new solutions. Open a Ltd in UK or IE. They speak English, much less corruption.... Estonia is "crime-r-us"
joshspankit 6y ago
“The National Audit Office said the scheme – which has given e-Residency to 63,000 people from 174 countries – has made €10m more in revenue since its launch in 2015 than its total cost of €15.7m. However, the audit also revealed that 95% of the revenue it received came from just 65 e-residents.” Definitely widened my eyes a little! Thanks for the link
type0 6y ago
Estonian corruption problem is overblown, it's a tiny country that does as best it can to profile itself to small companies. In reality the money laundering scandal involving swedish banks is completely on the different level, that's a huge criminal syndicates in east being friends with Scandinavian bankers. You might not be able to bribe that many, in contrast I'd say southern Europe is corrupt for real, some places in Italy, Greece, Spain etc.
- newdude116 6y ago
  "Estonian corruption problem is overblown" Crime is their business model. If you want to do a scam or whatever, do it in Estonia. Trust me, nobody will ever bother you. I could elaborate, but you would not believe me. Your could probably run a bank there that does nothing but money laundering. Trust me, the financial supervision will be the last one to bother.

joshspankit 6y ago

Oh I don’t, I was just fascinated with the whole idea when they implemented it.

newdude116 6y ago
It it lipstick on a pig. It does not offer any new solutions. Open a Ltd in UK or IE. They speak English, much less corruption.... Estonia is "crime-r-us"

joshspankit 6y ago

“The National Audit Office said the scheme – which has given e-Residency to 63,000 people from 174 countries – has made €10m more in revenue since its launch in 2015 than its total cost of €15.7m. However, the audit also revealed that 95% of the revenue it received came from just 65 e-residents.” Definitely widened my eyes a little! Thanks for the link

type0 6y ago

Estonian corruption problem is overblown, it's a tiny country that does as best it can to profile itself to small companies. In reality the money laundering scandal involving swedish banks is completely on the different level, that's a huge criminal syndicates in east being friends with Scandinavian bankers. You might not be able to bribe that many, in contrast I'd say southern Europe is corrupt for real, some places in Italy, Greece, Spain etc.

newdude116 6y ago
"Estonian corruption problem is overblown" Crime is their business model. If you want to do a scam or whatever, do it in Estonia. Trust me, nobody will ever bother you. I could elaborate, but you would not believe me. Your could probably run a bank there that does nothing but money laundering. Trust me, the financial supervision will be the last one to bother.