• Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    1 day ago

    The Money has to go somewhere. If it’s a bank transfer, then the police can follow it and arrest the receiver.

    If it’s a mugging where they take you to the ATM, then having the bank app on the phone is irrelevant as it’s just card+pin

    There’s a reason in France the crime rings are kidnapping cryptobros: they can get millions, they can get them immediately and it’s way harder to follow the money

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      10 hours ago

      I know that, so do criminals, which is why they either open fake accounts with stolen personal information, or ask someone to “lend” their account, which they use, draw all the money and then pay the account owner. That still leaves a partial trail, but police often has more pressing crimes to investigate

      Welcome to Brazil, where crime is 5 steps ahead most of the time