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		shocks on May 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Liberty Reserve Founder Arrested, Site Shuttered You mean exactly the same way that pound sterling and dollar are used for illegal things too?

lmm on May 26, 2013 [–]

I understood that large criminal transactions were generally done in CHF - larger-denomination notes available, and it avoids currency conversion costs when you're withdrawing from one Swiss account and depositing into another.

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