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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 8140286, member: 116145&quot;]Hypothetically of course, I would think with money laundering there&#039;s no need to ever deliver an actual item, just an auction record and a record of &quot;payment&quot; for same to launder / legalize the illegal money.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Wired - </p><p>1. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/17/cyberlaundering-funds-terror-internet-fake-transactions-cashless-society" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/17/cyberlaundering-funds-terror-internet-fake-transactions-cashless-society" rel="nofollow">Fake ebooks and overpriced eBay listings are fronts for digital money laundering</a></p><p>The proceeds of crime are increasingly laundered online, using methods ranging from improbably expensive ebooks and eBay listings to cryptocurrencies such as ZCash and thousands of micropayments through online transaction systems (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/17/cyberlaundering-funds-terror-internet-fake-transactions-cashless-society" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/17/cyberlaundering-funds-terror-internet-fake-transactions-cashless-society" rel="nofollow">The Guardian</a>). Research <a href="https://www.bromium.com/company/up-to-200-billion-in-illegal-cybercrime-profits-is-laundered-each-year-comprehensive-research-study-reveals/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bromium.com/company/up-to-200-billion-in-illegal-cybercrime-profits-is-laundered-each-year-comprehensive-research-study-reveals/" rel="nofollow">indicates</a> that around $200 billion is laundered online every year, of a worldwide money laundering total <a href="https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/money-laundering/globalization.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/money-laundering/globalization.html" rel="nofollow">estimated by the UN</a> to be in the region of $2 trillion. Other &#039;cyberlaundering&#039; tactics for erasing the criminal origins of money include using Uber to book &quot;ghost journeys&quot;, booking Airbnb rooms that will never be used and buying and selling expensive, tradeable items in games including FIFA and CounterStrike.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-180518" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-180518" rel="nofollow">https://www.wired.co.uk/article/wired-awake-180518</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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