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I was wondering about this. I would think the most obvious path would be to find some other criminals (now you've got new risks) who don't care about the provenance of the coins, will pay cash for some coins at a discount, and you somehow launder that cash....

Could at least get a couple bucks from it, possibly.

>>duxup+(OP)
There are "local bitcoin trading" groups that do exactly this - convert bitcoin to cash at a discount. But obviously you can't do this for billions of dollars and you expose yourself to personal monitoring and capture.

>>duxup+(OP)
On the one hand, the mob would probably be happy to buy them for 10-30% face value. On the other hand, how do you contact a reputable mob boss?

>>duxup+(OP)
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>>hedora+D1
Yeah I think the odds of "how about you give me cash and I not turn you in" are ... possible.

Bitfinex was offering a reward….

>>lyricx+G2
The thing about Craigslist is now you need to meet folks / exchange ... you're only going to make so many of those transactions.

>>hedora+D1
More importantly, how do you stop them from contacting you after this transaction.

>>duxup+(OP)
Or weaponize the coins.

Take 10 BTC and give them to 100 groups/people you don't like. Investigators make their lives miserable for a while.

For normal people, that'd be ridiculously expensive but since they didn't pay for the coins and have 100k+ more they can't use, it's "free."

>>caseys+17
haha right! I would have bridged them to the Ethereum network and sent it to everyone with an ENS registered

>>hedora+D1
...If you have to ask...

>>caseys+17
I am genuinely surprised it has not happened already ( or maybe it did, but it did not make news ). If NK hackers wanted to get someone in trouble, connecting someone to one of the wallets listed by OFAC would be relatively effortless.

>>caseys+17
Wouldn't investigators look at the provenance address for one of those 100 transactions? That seems like a dangerous prank.

>>tannha+R
I'd bet there's a non-zero chance your exchange counterparty at one of these groups is an undercover cop.

>>caseys+17
I feel like you'd just be making 100 enemies...

They could easily point and say "dude I don't know who that was, here's those coins FBI".

>>giaour+Cl
They already knew that address though, they were waiting for them to convert the BTC to USD to find the person tied to the address. Still dangerous because the person you sent them to might give the feds your name.

>>caseys+17
That wouldn't work, the same way it wouldn't work to park a stolen Ferrari or a bag of cash in front of your house to accuse you of something. The situation would be cleared up pretty quickly.

>>vmcept+k9
Sort of like a Random Robin Hood.