Internet Payment Processor Liberty Reserve Accused of Laundering $6 Billion 205
pdclarry writes with a followup to this weekend's story that Liberty Reserve, a huge international payment processor, had been shut down and its founder had been arrested.
"Liberty Reserve, apparently the Internet bank of choice for criminals, as reported by the NY Times, Wired and Business Week, has been accused of laundering over $6 billion dollars. Incorporated in Costa Rica in 2006, Liberty Reserve allegedly 'facilitated global criminal conduct' and was created and structured 'as a criminal business venture, one designed to help criminals conduct illegal transactions and launder the proceeds of their crimes,' Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in an indictment (PDF) unsealed today. Chatter on criminal web sites show a rising sense of panic as fortunes have disappeared in an instant."
Re:as opposed to the 300 trillion (Score:5, Funny)
Universal claims over the empty set are true. Now if he had written "Some honest prosecutor in America", you would have a point.
Six dollars billion dollars (Score:5, Funny)
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"..., so I listened to Slashdot..."
You're lucky to be alive.