Re: Anonymous banking
From: IN%"unicorn@schloss.li" "Black Unicorn" 24-APR-1996 21:06:33.48 Thank you for the information.
Not too bad, but there are crackdowns on anonymous and pseudonym accounts. MLAT's exist with the United States. Austria has been the focus of careful investigations and a lot of diplomatic pressure. EC membership will require compliance with standards for client identification. The article is somewhat in error. Anonymous accounts are no longer easy to open and generally require the voucher of a local attorney.
Speaking of attorneys, is there any way that an attorney can serve as an anonymous mail forwarder? The user would give the attorney permission to look at anything suspicious (e.g., mail from a credit card company) to make sure no fraud, theft, et al were being committed. Would this be covered under lawyer-client confidentiality in the US?
In general adding a country to the money laundering offender list is a political decision and NOT demonstrative of a country's actual money laundering use. (Note that Vanuatu is not included, nor is Isle of Man). Mostly its a question of countries with corrupt officials who will look the other way, not of countries which strict banking privacy.
Fascinating.
This is nearly irresponsible reporting.
Reporters nowdays are getting so overloaded that they're taking information from whoever will talk to them. Look at what happened with the chips-in-Iraqui printer story. -Allen
On Sat, 27 Apr 1996, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
From: IN%"unicorn@schloss.li" "Black Unicorn" 24-APR-1996 21:06:33.48
Thank you for the information.
Sure.
Speaking of attorneys, is there any way that an attorney can serve as an anonymous mail forwarder? The user would give the attorney permission to look at anything suspicious (e.g., mail from a credit card company) to make sure no fraud, theft, et al were being committed. Would this be covered under lawyer-client confidentiality in the US?
Well, using attorney client confidentality to shield things otherwise discoverable just doesn't work. There are many mail forwarding services that don't use attornies. An attorney is going to charge you by the hour for this service. I don't think you really want to pay for it.
In general adding a country to the money laundering offender list is a political decision and NOT demonstrative of a country's actual money laundering use. (Note that Vanuatu is not included, nor is Isle of Man). Mostly its a question of countries with corrupt officials who will look the other way, not of countries which strict banking privacy.
Fascinating.
Common sense really. This is a fact of life when dealing with the political arms of the United States.
This is nearly irresponsible reporting.
Reporters nowdays are getting so overloaded that they're taking information from whoever will talk to them. Look at what happened with the chips-in-Iraqui printer story.
Yep.
-Allen
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