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Another thing to shoot down that fantasy: someone makes a casual mention of illegal activity, and as soon as you complete the transaction they pull out their FB
by flatline 12y ago
Another thing to shoot down that fantasy: someone makes a casual mention of illegal activity, and as soon as you complete the transaction they pull out their FBI badge and arrest you on charges of money laundering, aiding a criminal, etc. People from localbitcoins have been targeted and subsequently busted this way, for doing no more than this guy.
- driverdan 12y agoRefuse to do business with anyone mentioning illegal activity.
- dublinben 12y agoCan you point to any stories of users of localbitcoins being busted in this manner?
- jerguismi 12y agoIt has been happening provably once: http://www.coindesk.com/localbitcoins-users-criminal-charges-florida/ http://www.coindesk.com/localbitcoins-users-criminal-charges... The rule of thumb is, if the person you are doing business with mentions intent of doing something illegal, you have to stop the transaction right away.
- flatline 12y agoI'm not even sure that involved drugs or anything - they got busted on straight up AML. I can't find the drug case now, I saw it within the last six months but any Google search just returns tons of SR hits...