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Against a Madoff perhaps, yes. But the point is rather that the FBI probably doesn't need to respect the rules outside of the US.
> But the point is rather that the FBI probably doesn't need to respect the rules outside of the US. That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works. They don't operate at all outside the US. :)
Ok. Do these guys that commit white collar crime not know how a passport works? If you have millions of dollars stashed in bank accounts WHY are you in the US? Why are you buying estates and testing out a new bmwI8 and spilling champagne all over? Why not get on a plane go to Morocco (a country with an extremely complex extradition process)? wtf. Even the guy running silk road was hanging out in SF now lives in a 4x6…
> Why not get on a plane go to Morocco (a country with an extremely complex extradition process)? Why don't people in poor countries just move to better countries? Why do people stay in the rust belt instead of moving to the coast? Why do people on the coast whine about rent instead of moving inland? Leaving everything you know is hard. To quote a famous quote > I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same pl…
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Good luck. It's pretty difficult with the various capital controls in place to get lots of money out of the US without attracting attention. The Governor of NY was run out of office and nearly prosecuted when some bank compliance officer when transferring a few thousand bucks to a escort service.
> Good luck. It's pretty difficult with the various capital controls in place to get lots of money out of the US without attracting attention. No it isn't, buy Bitcoin, store coin in brain wallet, walk across any border.
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Against a Madoff perhaps, yes. But the point is rather that the FBI probably doesn't need to respect the rules outside of the US.
The FBI don't operate outside the US. It would be the CIA if anyone.
Here's an article on using the FBI as more or less another branch of special forces: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/insid...
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> Although the expected value is still minuscule, it's an unquantifiable improvement (since we can't divide by zero). This isn't how it works, because the expected value, in monetary terms, is negative once you factor in the cost of the tickets. Statistically, it is a quantifiable unimprovement. That said, lots of activities have negative expected monetary value, like going to the movies, or going bowling. And it is…
> Statistically, it is a quantifiable unimprovement. What's the probability that someone on SSI will be a millionaire before they die? What's the probability that someone will become a millionaire by playing the lottery? Which is a larger probability? It's possible that many people aren't as dumb as we think.
Probability being on SSI makes you a millionaire: 0%
Probability playing the lottery makes you a millionaire: Very close to 0%.
Probability being on SSI makes you poorer: 0%
Probability playing the lottery makes you poorer: Very close to 100%.
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> a tax on lack of education I hear this a lot, but I think people know what a longshot is. Is this so much more stupid than throwing your money away on useless consumer junk?
>but I think people know what a longshot is. Gambling addiction and various mega-jackpot ticket-purchasing fervors are an indication that many people can't really comprehend the odds. A human can easily visualize 1 (the number of jackpot winners), but less so the scale of the 292,201,337 chances you have to lose (Powerball odds) If you had a contest where you asked someone to pay $5 to correctly choose a single grain…
In the interest of full disclosure, I probably spent $30 on lotto tickets last year.
> "It's difficult even saying that with all the people that I know behind me that I hurt." It is interesting to think about who he considers he hurt. The potential winners who relied on lottery winning to secure a future for their families? The lottery workers? He is a criminal surely, but isn't the whole lottery system a tax on lack of education and it just gives false hope to people and encourages gambling. He redu…
> a tax on lack of education I hear this a lot, but I think people know what a longshot is. Is this so much more stupid than throwing your money away on useless consumer junk?
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Good luck. It's pretty difficult with the various capital controls in place to get lots of money out of the US without attracting attention. The Governor of NY was run out of office and nearly prosecuted when some bank compliance officer when transferring a few thousand bucks to a escort service.
> Good luck. It's pretty difficult with the various capital controls in place to get lots of money out of the US without attracting attention. No it isn't, buy Bitcoin, store coin in brain wallet, walk across any border.
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> Good luck. It's pretty difficult with the various capital controls in place to get lots of money out of the US without attracting attention. No it isn't, buy Bitcoin, store coin in brain wallet, walk across any border.
Sure, but then you've changed the game into finding a way to purchase that much Bitcoin and also find a way to liquidate that much Bitcoin once you realize that few merchants accept it.
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> Good luck. It's pretty difficult with the various capital controls in place to get lots of money out of the US without attracting attention. No it isn't, buy Bitcoin, store coin in brain wallet, walk across any border.
How do you buy millions of dollars worth of bitcoin? Paypal?