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Paying the ransoms is almost always legal in basically all western countries unless the recipient has been sanctioned. > As a company you cannot just buy a lar
by walletdrainer 11mo ago
Paying the ransoms is almost always legal in basically all western countries unless the recipient has been sanctioned.
> As a company you cannot just buy a large amount of crypto and randomly send it to someone.
You can totally do that, why wouldn’t you be able to?
- yreg 11mo agoBecause its fraud. You cannot just take money out of the company, you have to put something in your books.
- walletdrainer 11mo agoSo you obviously put “ransomware payment” in the books.
- yreg 11mo agoWhat invoice or receipt do you include?
- walletdrainer 11mo agoThat’s something you don’t actually have to do anywhere I know of. Sure, in the US, you want to have those things to prove your expenses to the IRS, but it’s all pretty freeform. You could just document the ransomware payment process with screenshots, for example. Besides, if you ask, I’m sure the ransomware group will send you a very professional-looking invoice and receipt. Normally, you’d be going through an IR company anyway, who would invoice you and handle the payment process on your behalf.