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If it was about potential for money laundering, they'd have gone after the Steam item marketplace way before random adult games. Valve has had to take action ag
by gs17 1y ago
If it was about potential for money laundering, they'd have gone after the Steam item marketplace way before random adult games. Valve has had to take action against it in the past: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-block-counter-strike-loot-key-reselling-to-fight-money-laundering https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-block-counter-strike-... , but AFAIK it's hard to actually solve.
- pyuser583 1y agoNot so much the potential for money laundering, as actual money laundering. Is there actual money laundering going on in Steam's item marketplace?
- gs17 1y agoYes, at least back in 2019, from the link: > However, worldwide fraud networks have recently shifted to using CS:GO keys to liquidate their gains. At this point, nearly all key purchases that end up being traded or sold on the marketplace are believed to be fraud-sourced. As a result we have decided that newly purchased keys will not be tradeable or marketable. Many users still suspect it happens, although it's hard to prove.