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by anigbrowl 4324 days ago
You don't. That's what minions are for :)

Seriously, most people would order this for delivery outside the US (where it's even less likely to be detected if passed at a bank or bureau de change). If they want to use it in the US, order it for delivery elsewhere and tehn smuggle it in.

Ordering for delivery by the USPS would be insanely stupid unless you had a very clearly document legitimate purpose. I'm a bit surprised Krebs didn't order some for himself - with his public standing as a security expert I'm sure his lawyer could work out a way for him to obtain some and then turn it over to law enforcment after assessing it.

Of course, it's quite likely that this is some sort of honey trap designed to attract less astute buyers from the world of organized crime/terrorism.

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"I ordered $100,000 in fake bills to assess their forge quality."

"As soon as I am done assessing the fake $75,000 I'll turn all $50,000 of it over to the cops. I wouldn't want to have $25,000 in fake bills lying around where someone might find them and wind up spending $10,000 in fake bills."

It would be a real problem if this $1,000 in fake money got out into the wild"