[qingcharles]

It's hard to identify. I audited a Sheriff's account once because there was constant chatter that the funds were being misused. Out of an entire year I could only find one line item that was questionable (it was still a police item, but it should have come from a different fund).

What isn't clear is this: if say the Sheriff buys 100 riot shields from Company X, does his cousin own Company X and there is a kickback or a favor? I couldn't answer those questions because they would require a whole new level of investigation.

[lesuorac]

Pay the sheriff in crypto then ;)

If there's an outflow from Company X back to Brother back to Sheriff then there's some clear kickbacks!

[wkrsz]

unless the kickback takes form of cash or favors

[lesuorac]

Cash is for criminal activity so if the CEO is withdrawing large amounts of it then clearly he's committing some crime.

[wkrsz]

They'll figure something out, some ideas:

1. The cash doesn't have to be withdrawn all at once, it can happen over the course of months 2. The cash can come from earlier cash transactions, not withdrawal 3. Payment can be indirect: CEO donates to a non-profit that hires sheriffs family 4. Instead of kickback the CEO can repay the sheriff with another favor at future time

I hope we're not planning to outlaw cash and implement total invigilation of every transaction just to make corruption slightly more inconvenient.