Money laundering via BTC

[coldplay3r30]

Is it possible to do money laundering via bitcoin? I mean as no one knows if you have bitcoin and how much bitcoin do you actually own, it could be used to convert black money to white right? Or at least store your black money without much hassle. But there is the risk of its value but I think for people who have lots of black money and don't want to be caught, this risk might be worth taking for them isn't it?
What are your thoughts?

It is very likely that besides being very safe, bitcoin cannot be regulated by any country.

I think that such a choice is a very attractive choice for big criminals, in a country where the level of corruptors is very large. in interest, therefore there are still many countries that reject bitcoin to become a medium of exchange directly, in developing countries for example, it is solely to prevent corruptors from being able to save money from their crimes stored in bitcoin.

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[pedangrusak]

I also think so (about money laundering) when some officials or entrepreneurs who want to commit bribes or crimes that violate other laws by sending their money in the form of crypto to their colleagues are anonymous and this is money laundering too

[Hasbro27]

I don't think I can do money laundering by buying bitcoin and after that sell it and your money will be white and clean, the bitcoin in your wallet can be easily tracked by anyone by looking at the wallet address, so it will be useless if doing money laundering using bitcoin, this is only a personal opinion

[kaisa]

actually, bitcoin can answer money laundering problems, we know that blockchain is a transparency technology, everything is recorded and cannot be deleted. but bitcoin is still a mystery because of the owner's anonymity. all of that can be overcome through KYC, whereas we know that people who hold bitcoin still need to be exchanged fiat and fiat certainly has transfer limits in every country. I think money laundering with bitcoin is an issue.

[time2.coffee]

Bitcoin is many places is not considered a currency or money but is called a virtual service, so in some places, it's just considered as a commodity rather than as a currency. Of course I am sure governments will try to regulate and control if they see too much money is being drained from their country.

some of the governments already make efforts to put btc into law field. I wander how will situation maintain by the end of the year.

[jenongs]

maybe with technological sophistication and also with the existence of bitcoin currencies because this is not related to legal legality so that it allows people to embezzle money so that it is not detected by the relevant legal entity.

[GhostWithin]

Bitcoin is many places is not considered a currency or money but is called a virtual service, so in some places, it's just considered as a commodity rather than as a currency. Of course I am sure governments will try to regulate and control if they see too much money is being drained from their country.

some of the governments already make efforts to put btc into law field. I wander how will situation maintain by the end of the year.

In Russia government just speaks about it, there are real actions, but they are insignificant. The State Duma once again moved the consideration of draft laws. There is no certainty in China. The Chinese government banned crypto at the end of 2017, but now they are thinking about legalizing cryptocurrency

[NavI_027]

Is it possible to do money laundering via bitcoin?

Yup! Sad to say, technological breakthrough are now used by evil ones to have a smoother and more efficient way of scamming people. Here is an example which recently happened in our country: http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2018/04/10/bitcoin-scam-pnp.html . We, good crypto investors, are just lucky since our government didn't pass a strict regulation or even a ban as a form of precaution after this happened. I hope this kind of things will not happen again because I'm really threatened 'til now .

[katerinaliisa]

The market of darknet is the main source of funds sent to conversion services for laundering. The number of illegal services that could become a source of "dirty bitcoins" increased fivefold between 2013 and 2016. Sources of illegal funds entering the conversion services are quite centralized.

[KorakPawon]

this might happen, because bitcoin digital currency has the potential for money laundering, but we should not be too worried because in order to overcome it, PPATK has been established which monitors digital money transactions, one of them is bitcoin. In addition, PPATK is also drafting regulations to be able to oversee the use of digital currencies.

https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2017/12/19/19390561/ppatk-pantau-transaksi-bitcoin- because money-laun

[Andrew S]

Can someone and conducts such operations, but for what purpose are the money brought in and we do not know, because everything is anonymous.

[cryptokingmaker]

As long as Government official didn't find the route it is possible but once they start finding the route it is impossible to do money laundering through Blockchain. We can easily trace the transaction for which ID and to which address he sent can be traced easily.

[Kris34]

If you take into account the fact that you never know who invested and withdrew, then to some extent you can conduct money laundering.

[CoinEraser]

Can someone and conducts such operations, but for what purpose are the money brought in and we do not know, because everything is anonymous.

Apparently many people forget that Bitcoin is only semi-anonymous. Of course, if a normal mortal looks into the blockexplorer, it won't be able to recognize much, but there are already companies that analyze the Bitcoin blockchain and they can already tell quite well how which Bitcoins are used for what. People who want to use Bitcoin for money laundering seem to forget that. Of course there are such cases, but i wouldn't use bitcoin for such things. Sooner or later the goverment will be able to retrace what the Bitcoins were used for. 

[Aramazdi]

Of course it is possible to launder money via Bitcoin. Otherwise, Bitcoin cannot be considered the equivalent of a real currency, because the ability to launder money is a "feature" of every fiat currency.  

the cryptocurrency feature is very numerous, one of which is about very high confidentiality, and it will be a very attractive choice for criminals to commit illegal money laundering, so there are still many countries that reject bitcoin as a legitimate medium of exchange, because there are still many corruptors in developing countries that have the potential to use bitcoin for money from robbery

perhaps in the future the identity of bitcoin users must be detected to prevent misuse of bitcoin currency so that it does not become one of the supporting facilities for criminals.

[Entratish]

It is very much possible to do money laundering and lot's people already doing and earning money.

[Ms.Anna]

Open a company that takes bitcoin, and buy from yourself, getting legitimate income from your store.

[Pattart]

As long as Government official didn't find the route it is possible but once they start finding the route it is impossible to do money laundering through Blockchain. We can easily trace the transaction for which ID and to which address he sent can be traced easily.

Transaction on blockchain is transparent so that anyone can track and view transactions on the network, but can the government
know who owns that address? of course not, because anonymity is on the cryptocurrency so this will be difficult to trace..

[cetald]

The presence of bitcoins in a person can be checked if this person is of some interest to the inspection bodies. Relevant authorities can identify everything, including the presence of bitcoins.

[Larrycool]

Truly, Bitcoin aids money laundery especially in developing countries. Bitcoin transaction is kept on blockchain which allowed people to traced it, the transactions are never truly anonymous. Many illegal activities going through bitcoin but the evidence still there, including money laundering. However, my concern about sites offering to mixer bitcoin, so it can't be traced right? But, I don't think those mixer sites will easily accept money laundering. That's why some countries issued regulations about bitcoin and exchanges to prevent any kind of those transaction.