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Without crypto they were the things to go to. And also many criminals make use of them

• arcticbull 5y ago
  I sincerely doubt most people who are today carrying out ransomware scams were wealthy enough 10 years ago to benefit materially from tax havens haha. If they were, they wouldn't be committing crime today.
  • loa_in_ 5y ago
    You shouldn't claim to know who does and who doesn't commit crime based on how wealthy are or were they.
    • arcticbull 5y ago
      It's more about rational self-interest. Do the wealthy regularly steal bread from the grocery store? Probably not. The risk-reward profile is all wrong - they have many much easier ways to make money. I suppose you're right that I don't know this for a fact, I'm saying the incentives are wrong.
      • loa_in_ 5y ago
        The way I see it, wealthy people have: more ability to evade being caught and they can operate on a scale that exceeds capacity of ordinary police. Their risks are also somewhat diminished because they have some way to persevere and something to fall on, even with a hefty fine. I imagine that there are people parking in illegal places every time because the fine is marginal to them. All I'm saying is that the way I see it, there's no correlation between wealth and affinity to crime.
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