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[–] 34 points 2 months ago (5 children)

There is debate with Theil and Graber in which Theil basically says that today paypal would be impossible to start, because all they did was actually money laundering. So yeah, it's crime all the way down for these people.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Are you talking about this quote (emphasis added):

    PayPal couldn’t have started in a post-Patriot Act world. We would have been accused of money laundering.

    because, if so, I think you have misrepresented it quite badly.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (3 children)

    Keep in mind this company literally put hits out on people and try to fucking stalk and kill them. It would be shocking if they were not laundering money.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Still a far cry from the accusation above!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    Is it?

    If the accusation was false would DOJ even being charges? I'm taking about when it was run by competent people, not right now.

    Also, since when those people cared about legality? They are infamous for doing highly illegal shit then using loopholes in law and believes to politicians to get away from trouble.

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