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You can't just say depositing money on a site is a crime, there were plenty of non-illegal things bought and sold at the Silk Road. Plus evidence of intending t
by llamataboot 13y ago
You can't just say depositing money on a site is a crime, there were plenty of non-illegal things bought and sold at the Silk Road. Plus evidence of intending to one day maybe buy something illegal is not evidence of having bought something illegal.
Tangentially related, in the cases where the USG seized offshore gambling sites, they returned deposits to the players, even though playing there was ostensibly illegal.
Granted offshore gambling is a little murkier than buying heroin in terms of legality, but see paragraph #1. Having funds at/on TSR is not a crime.
- badman_ting 13y agoThis is such a flimsy argument that I don't get why anyone bothers. I suppose heavy-arms dealers should keep a pack of Twinkies with them at every sale. Somehow it reminds me if the old myth that a cop has to tell you they're a cop if you ask.
- llamataboot 13y agoNot really. I have yet to see anything that would make depositing money on TSR an illegal act or proof of intent to commit illegal activities.
- interstitial 13y agoI agree it is a flimsy argument. I'm sure arms dealers do have plausibly deniable cover stories and legitimate or sympathetic transactions occurring as well. The funnier thing is we can't call this the Twinkie defense, because that is already taken.
- erikpukinskis 13y agoAdditionally, plenty of things for sale on the Silk Road are legal in many jurisdictions. Maybe I live in Spain and I was on there to buy cannabis seeds.