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[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't know about that.... The money you need to clean is typically cash. If you can transfer it through the credit card system or normal banking methods then wouldn't it already be considered "clean"?

[–]carn0ld03 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's not just laundering, but funneling as well. It's like the scenes in "Breaking Bad" where Saul launders and funnels Walt's ill gotten gains to his family through hundreds of other people "donating" to Walt's son's crowdfunding account. Organized crime families can just pay forgettable dullards like Ms. Brown to be low risk short term bagmen. If done smartly, none of those morons ever know enough about their operation to be a threat and if they demand more you quietly move on down your list of dumb dumbs while cutting that one off.

[–]specialsauces 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

tumbling bitcoins is a new form of laundering money.. when you have "stolen" bitcoins, for example, you can move them into a tumbler where they are intermingled with other bitcoins and then they are moved to another address transferring odd amounts to camoflauge the source of the coins.