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JoMomma , to Washington, DC in Justice Department Announces Surge of Resources to Fight Violent Crime in Washington, D.C.

Is there a lot of violent crime in DC? I mean, except for when agent orange gets those dumb kids all riled up I guess

ghostdoggtv , to Ukraine in Justice Department Transfers Approximately $500,000 in Forfeited Russian Funds to Estonia for Benefit of Ukraine

Even with Republican interference in Congress, Russia can't stop this type of transfer without bringing down banking connections within NATO, meaning it's almost Article V o'clock.

ikidd , to Ukraine in Justice Department Transfers Approximately $500,000 in Forfeited Russian Funds to Estonia for Benefit of Ukraine
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Well, problem solved.

gregorum , to Not The Onion in Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Wildlife Trafficking Charges as Part of Yearslong Effort to Create Giant Hybrid Sheep for Captive Hunting
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This article is crazy. So, in 2013, this guy imported dismembered parts from a highly-endangered breed of giant Central Asian sheep from Kyrgyzstan and didn’t declare it. Then, conspiring with at least 5 other individuals, sent it to a lab, cloned it, and birthed a new one. He then proceeded to hybridize it with other sheep to create some sort of gigantic Übersheep that he could sell in great number to private hunting ranches at a premium where, presumably, rich idiots could could pay to… hunt them?

Anyway, since the original giant sheep from Kyrgyzstan are endangered and protected by international conservation law, US Endangered Species Act, and Montana state law, not to mention the various import laws, interstate livestock shipping laws, and laws regarding cloning this guy and his cohort violated, he’s facing a ton of felonies at the state and federal level, at least.

originalucifer ,
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i kinda gotta give them credit for having a solid plan. i mean, thats some serious follow-through..

but hunting sheep? sheeeeeeep?

gregorum ,
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Gigantic mutant Übersheep!

frickineh , to Not The Onion in Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Wildlife Trafficking Charges as Part of Yearslong Effort to Create Giant Hybrid Sheep for Captive Hunting

Captive hunting is literally the dumbest, most cowardly shit anyway, and trying to do it with an endangered species really ups the dickbag factor by a whole lot. Throw the whole man away.

Oh, and don't google the type of sheep he was trying to breed. Like 75% of the pictures are hunters posing with dead ones.

Amoeba_Girl , to Buttcoin in If you $100m-fraud on the blockchain, you $100m-fraud in real life
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A dark day for free speech...

dgerard OP Mod ,
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INNOVATION

V0ldek , to Buttcoin in If you $100m-fraud on the blockchain, you $100m-fraud in real life
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You see, this is the one instance where I am completely on the grifter's side.

So is code law or not? How dare they prosecute him for the undeniable immutable truth of the blockchain? They even passed a resolution in their stupid DAO that they wouldn't!

I fucking hate libertartian hypocrisy of actively opposing any and all regulations, but running to the Man when they get screwed. You setup the stupid game, you're responsible for the stupid prices. If anyone should be sued here it's the fucks that created Mango with this vulnerability and allowed this hack in the first place. That shit isn't even real money!

Absolutely childish behaviour, reminds me of people in fucking elementary school that would run crying to the teacher after losing a bet because "they weren't for real" and "just kidding". I guess I shouldn't expect more from a community whose basically first order of business was calling backsies because they were on base or whatever the fuck.

dgerard OP Mod ,
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it's even better than that - Avi had previously filed suits against other DeFi entities for market manipulation. The DoJ used this fact as evidence that he knew damn well that what he did here was illegal.

Eisenberg also fits certain libertarian stereotypes.

some_guy , to Monero in Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Samurai Wallet Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering

Good. All these mixing services have no purpose for existing beyond laundering ill-gotten gains.

FlyingSquid , to News in Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses
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This is where I'm supposed to write "this is good news for Bitcoin," right?

TechNerdWizard42 , to News in Founders And CEO Of Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Arrested And Charged With Money Laundering And Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses

If you don't submit to America's heavy handed surveillance laws, you're screwed. Time to make that stop.

thesmokingman ,

If the owners knowingly aided spearphishing and other business email compromise laundering, that’s not cool. That has nothing to do with any surveillance laws, either. Assuming there is evidence that proves this, then they should go down. If the evidence is just “yeaaaaahhhh they knew what it was used for,” that’s bullshit and falls into your complaint. Based on similar prosecutions, the feds wait to prosecute this stuff until they have actual evidence that shows the defendants knew they were directly supporting crime (assuming we’re not talking trumped-up narcoterrorism charges). As a security professional this narrow band, assuming all of my assumptions are true, is legit and should be prosecuted. You should not enable spearphishing and ransomware because that makes lots of problems.

If my assumptions don’t pan out, ie there is no direct evidence linking them to that narrow band, sure, it’s a shitty prosecution.

darkcalling , to US News in Turns out the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation

Lol. When you're supposed to be spreading propaganda for the CIA and destabilizing China but really you're just pocketing most of the money and running various scams instead and they finally notice.

yogthos OP ,
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It's as if these sorts of operations don't attracts the most principled people. 🤣

OhHiMarx ,

I feel like this is the actual purpose for most CIA funded activities, they were just too obvious about it

culpritus , to United States | News & Politics in Turns out the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation
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How's it Gong Epoch Times?

Falun on hard times?

yogthos OP Mod ,
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*slow clap*

BurgerPunk ,
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Falun Wrong kelly

booty , to United States | News & Politics in Turns out the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation
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surprised-pika the one run by a cult??? laundering money????? no way

OgdenTO , to United States | News & Politics in Turns out the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation

Aren't all anti-communist activities money laundering schemes?

yogthos OP Mod ,
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basically yeah

MasterDeeLuke , to US News in Turns out the Epoch Times was a giant money laundering operation
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Turns out, China actually kicked them out for a reason. Who could of guessed.

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