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by vilhelm_s
2867 days ago
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No, this is not what Backpage was prosecuted for. If you look at the indictment in your link, the money laundering counts for Backpage were: Counts 53-62, Concealment Money Laundering
"conduct ... a financial transaction which in fact involved the proceeds of ... unlawful activity knowing that the transaction was designed ... to conceal and disguise the nature ... of the specified unlawful activity" Counts 63-68, International Promotional Money Laundering
"transported ... funds .. with the intent to promote the carrying on of ... unlawful activity" Counts 69-93, Transactional Money Laundering
"engage in a monetary transaction in criminally derived property" The point is that all of these require an underlying unlawful activity. Prostitution is illegal, and therefore it is also criminal to handle money in a way that hides that it's related to prostitution. But selling porn is legal, so the chain payments would not violate the same laws. |
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