[HN Gopher] The rise of online ads as a money laundering and ter...
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The rise of online ads as a money laundering and terrorist-funding
tactic
Author : vincent_s
Score : 8 points
Date : 2021-01-07 21:45 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| gotem wrote:
| Seems false. I've spent $150+ on online ads and have never done
| anything related to money laundering.
| commandlinefan wrote:
| I thought about that back in the 90's - a drug dealer who wanted
| to accept credit cards for payment could easily set up a porn
| site with very little content, accept credit cards for
| subscriptions, and just keep track of which of their actual
| customers was associated with which subscription account.
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