The problem is that many people are already using this type of currency for
illegal transactions such as buying drugs, murder for hire and other criminal activities.
Not exact matches
According to recent reports, Intelligence Agencies in India have just issued an official report stating that virtual currencies
such as Bitcoin can be used for the funding of
illegal activities, by people who also move their funds through hawala
transactions.
Recent research from Germany's RWTH Aachen University sifted through bitcoin's blockchain to look at the «arbitrary data» — information unrelated to financial
transactions that users insert into the system — and found
illegal content,
such as links to child pornography, and copyright and privacy violations.
We may, but are not required to, decline a
transaction on your Account for any of the following reasons: (A) because of operational considerations, (B) because your Account is in default, (C) if we suspect fraudulent or unlawful activity, (D) we reasonably believe a
transaction may be challenged as
illegal under state or federal law (
such as casino gambling on the Internet), or (E) in our discretion, for any other reason.
In law
such rules are known as Bright Line Rules: rather than 20 million words of tax law, you simply declare «any financial
transaction whose only conceivable motivation is the avoidance of tax is by definition
illegal».
Let derivative
transactions go on where here is real hedging taking place; away from that,
such transactions are gambling, and should be
illegal.
Michele Lazarow — a Hallandale Beach city commissioner and activist who has helped pass numerous laws across Florida preventing pet stories from selling dogs that come from puppy mills — recounts the dreadful experience she had in 2004 after buying her dog, Alfie, from a pet store, which misrepresented where the dog had come from, thereby launching Lazarow on the path of crusader to make
such transactions illegal.
In money laundering, cash from
illegal origins (
such as smuggling narcotics) is fed into a business that then repays the money back to the criminal as a salary or consulting fee or some other type of seemingly legitimate
transaction.
According to the FSC, the measures outlined were intended to «reduce room for cryptocurrency
transactions to be exploited for
illegal activities,
such as crimes, money laundering and tax evasion,»
Gaurav feels that
such cryptocurrencies are being increasingly used in fostering speculative
transactions and
illegal money laundering.
FM @arunjaitley in his budget speech declared #CryotoCurrency is
Illegal in India, Govt will take action against
such Cryptocurrencies
transactions
Currently, Singapore, which is considered to be the Asian hub for finch and initial coin offering, does not regulate digital assets market, though the central bank watches for the activities that may pose certain risks,
such as money - laundering or other
illegal transactions.
Member units should fulfill their commitment to industry self - regulatory conventions, strictly abide by national laws and regulations, do not participate in any of the so - called «virtual currency» related to the concentration of
transactions or services for
such transactions, take the initiative to resist any
illegal Illegal financial activities.
illegal Illegal financial activities.
Illegal financial activities.»
South Korea's Financial Services Commission has enacted a series of rules which it hopes will «reduce room for cryptocurrency
transactions to be exploited for
illegal activities
such as crimes, money laundering, and tax evasion.»
On January 23, South Korea's Financial Services Commission confirmed that all traders in Bitcoin would need to do future business dealings though real - name bank accounts in order to «reduce room for cryptocurrency
transactions to be exploited for
illegal activities,
such as crimes, money...
The South Korean Financial Services Commission said that the new regulatory measures were intended to «reduce room for cryptocurrency
transactions to be exploited for
illegal activities,
such as crimes, money laundering and tax evasion.»
If a teenager starts experimenting with
illegal substances, for example, dictating her own curfews and social activities, and a mother refuses to or prevents a father from setting up appropriate consequences for
such behaviors, a dysfunctional
transaction between the mother and daughter develops.
«A broker from outside Québec who is not an OACIQ licence holder and who markets a property located in Québec, particularly by posting it on a website
such as Realtor.ca, commits in principle an
illegal practice offence under the Real Estate Brokerage Act.Therefore, this is not a new guideline since CREA was first informed back in April 2011 that the marketing of a property in Québec done through an intermediary constitutes a real estate brokerage
transaction that requires a person to be holder of a realtor's license issued by the OACIQ.»
Such «layering» can involve a
transaction where funds raised through
illegal activities are then converted into a bank draft, to pay for a property or mortgage.