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It's curious how HNers can simultaneously say "Serves those banksters at HSBC right -- finally, the government decides to fine them a billion dollars for launde
by patio11 13y ago
It's curious how HNers can simultaneously say "Serves those banksters at HSBC right -- finally, the government decides to fine them a billion dollars for laundering drug money" and then "Pfft, getting your bank accounts shut down for being in marijuana is a silly problem to have -- here, I'll describe a foolproof money laundering strategy which could get seen through by an eight year old. That should keep things square with the banks and their regulators, wink wink."
- gaius 13y agoTo be completely fair, HSBC didn't launder anything - they were used to launder money, and were fined for not detecting it. I do wonder if the average HNer hasn't really thought this through. It's no different from the govt fining Google because they didn't flag up people discussing drugs in their GMail.