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  • Sweden owes $1.5M to convicted drug dealers in bitcoin blunder

    tommikeletommikele
    DangDave said:
    Ridiculous! 

    What if the price of Bitcoin had gone down, would the criminals have had to pay them the difference? Not likely. There is no mention of any court having ruled one way or the other? Stupid story. 
    Yes ,it is very likely they would have had to pay the difference. It is not at all uncommon in the USA  that if seized assets are not sufficient to pay a fine, the government goes after anything else the criminals have. Happens every single day.
    CloudTalkinwatto_cobra

  • Sweden owes $1.5M to convicted drug dealers in bitcoin blunder

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    MplsP said:
    Another case of Bitcoin being used by criminals - shocking!

    This doesn't make sense - if they bitcoin were seized, they were the state's property, not the criminals' so any accrued value should also be the state's.  Either way, perhaps they should just file a bunch of procedural motions until the value drops again, then they're good.
    If you read a little closer paying attention to what it actually says you will find it makes perfect sense.

    The fine was denominated in Kronor, not bitcoin and was to be paid by selling the bitcoin. The state is entitled to exactly what they fined them. No more, no less. After the sale of the asset the excess funds are still the criminals property. Stupid prosecutors didn't think this one out very well.
    killroyCloudTalkinbeowulfschmidtwatto_cobra

  • Civil rights groups worldwide ask Apple to drop CSAM plans

    tommikeletommikele
    They have turned this into a bigger fiasco than the Maps screw up.
    DAalsethmacplusplus

  • Future Apple keyboard could have one key that can pop out and be used as a mouse

    tommikeletommikele
    If they ever did do this, imagine the hundreds of non-practicing patent trolls that would claim it was their idea first.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Card is 'bright spot' in credit cards, says J.D. Power rankings

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    felix01 said:
    My only complaint with the card is that Goldman Sachs won’t take electronic payments from my bank’s bill paying service. So the bank mails a physical check and that takes about a business week before it gets there and is posted.

    Even that was a hassle, prying an address out of Goldman Sachs customer service but I finally got it.

    Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Salt Lake City Branch Lockbox 6112 P.O. Box 7247 Philadelphia, PA 19170-6112
    What is the issue paying via the wallet app? It's an ACH debit from the account you designate.
    watto_cobra