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This reminds me of the story of the man who put hidden compartments in cars [1], or the man who trained people to beat polygraph tests [2]. Whenever someone te

by ipsin 5y ago

This reminds me of the story of the man who put hidden compartments in cars [1], or the man who trained people to beat polygraph tests [2]. Whenever someone tells you about All the Crime They Are Doing, I think you should assume that you are dealing with an actual cop, stop doing business with them, and cut off all contact. [1] https://www.wired.com/2013/03/alfred-anaya/ https://www.wired.com/2013/03/alfred-anaya/ [2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/indiana-man-accused-of-teaching-people-to-beat-lie-detector-tests-faces-prison-time/2013/08/31/a7cbe74a-08ea-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/indiana-man-accused-of-...

ComputerGuru 5y ago
That first story you linked to of insane.
- trhway 5y ago
  "when Anaya had glimpsed more than $800,000 in cash. The prosecutor contended that seeing such a large sum was tantamount to seeing drugs, since Anaya surely must have deduced the source of the money." like back in USSR - honest people can't possess such money.
  - ComputerGuru 5y ago
    He got a sentence twice the length of the actual drug runners!
    - quickthrower2 5y ago
      Unlike the dealers, he didn’t make a deal
nroets 5y ago
Except true criminals also like to talk. For example, before Covid I did at lot of Couch Surfing and related stuff. [1] One of my hosts illegally sold MJ for extra cash. He was very careful how he communicated with his supplier and not to flaunt this income. But he basically told me all these things on the first day I met him. https://www.cycleblaze.com/profile/nicroets/ https://www.cycleblaze.com/profile/nicroets/
- seibelj 5y ago
  The point is, if you are conducting shady business, and your potential customer immediately begins spouting off about all the crimes they have done and how you are now assisting them with their crimes by transacting, you should run away!
  - ixacto 5y ago
    Agreed. 2 of my friends dads growing up successfully grew/sold weed back when it was illegal. Noone went to jail, but there was never any mention of how they got money.
- mc32 5y ago
  Also apparently J Epstein told everyone he wanted to impress about all the illegal things he did. He even bamboozled a a greedy bamboozler out of 100MM[1] by telling him how they would make more illegal money and then J Epstein made it disappear from where it would not be retrieved and now this guy is still in jail for all kinds of financial crimes. [1]https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffre...
- morpheos137 5y ago
  >except true criminals like to talk. The ones that get caught do.
- imbnwa 5y ago
  In my early 20s I was desperate for a roommate after the last one disappeared into the ether. Last minute and desperate, I took on this woman and her partner who turned out to be an ex-con from Florida who gleefully googled his prison photo in front of me and recanted tales of days gone by, both prior to and during his prison stint. He tried stealing one of my hard drives on their way out after multiple domestic calls over the course of a summer and said "Oh I thought it was one of mine" as an excuse
- franga2000 5y ago
  To be fair, that's barely a crime. Maybe not legally in many places, but still, selling weed is a far cry from the crimes KYC was established because of.

by ipsin 5y ago

ComputerGuru 5y ago

That first story you linked to of insane.

trhway 5y ago
"when Anaya had glimpsed more than $800,000 in cash. The prosecutor contended that seeing such a large sum was tantamount to seeing drugs, since Anaya surely must have deduced the source of the money." like back in USSR - honest people can't possess such money.
- ComputerGuru 5y ago
  He got a sentence twice the length of the actual drug runners!
  - quickthrower2 5y ago
    Unlike the dealers, he didn’t make a deal

nroets 5y ago

Except true criminals also like to talk. For example, before Covid I did at lot of Couch Surfing and related stuff. [1] One of my hosts illegally sold MJ for extra cash. He was very careful how he communicated with his supplier and not to flaunt this income. But he basically told me all these things on the first day I met him. https://www.cycleblaze.com/profile/nicroets/ https://www.cycleblaze.com/profile/nicroets/

seibelj 5y ago
The point is, if you are conducting shady business, and your potential customer immediately begins spouting off about all the crimes they have done and how you are now assisting them with their crimes by transacting, you should run away!
- ixacto 5y ago
  Agreed. 2 of my friends dads growing up successfully grew/sold weed back when it was illegal. Noone went to jail, but there was never any mention of how they got money.
mc32 5y ago
Also apparently J Epstein told everyone he wanted to impress about all the illegal things he did. He even bamboozled a a greedy bamboozler out of 100MM[1] by telling him how they would make more illegal money and then J Epstein made it disappear from where it would not be retrieved and now this guy is still in jail for all kinds of financial crimes. [1]https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffre...
morpheos137 5y ago
>except true criminals like to talk. The ones that get caught do.
imbnwa 5y ago
In my early 20s I was desperate for a roommate after the last one disappeared into the ether. Last minute and desperate, I took on this woman and her partner who turned out to be an ex-con from Florida who gleefully googled his prison photo in front of me and recanted tales of days gone by, both prior to and during his prison stint. He tried stealing one of my hard drives on their way out after multiple domestic calls over the course of a summer and said "Oh I thought it was one of mine" as an excuse
franga2000 5y ago
To be fair, that's barely a crime. Maybe not legally in many places, but still, selling weed is a far cry from the crimes KYC was established because of.