Timeline for Is it possible to trace fraud committed via a service the bridges banking and bitcoin?
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| Jan 23, 2013 at 7:26 | comment | added | David Schwartz | Realistically, law enforcement probably wouldn't get involved. The operator of the Bitcoin service would be on the hook because the buyer would reverse the payment. Operators of Bitcoin services have had very little luck getting law enforcement involved when they get ripped off. (This is why such services don't exist. Scammers force them to raise their rates to cover fraud loss. That chases off legitimate users. And then the service's bank accounts get closed because of all the fraud. Game over.) | |
| S Jan 20, 2013 at 4:35 | history | suggested | Jan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Rewrote the scenario after reading the original author's comment.
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| Jan 19, 2013 at 22:21 | answer | added | Colin Dean | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 19, 2013 at 19:11 | comment | added | Jan | OK, I see, I have edited your question to make this clear. Hope this passes peer review. | |
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| Jan 19, 2013 at 18:20 | comment | added | user2657 | Im from another country, and here it is possible to buy bitcoins by transfering money directly from bank, using reference number/code. There is a company that does that. | |
| Jan 19, 2013 at 18:07 | comment | added | Jan | Please ask a clearer question and point out how it is bitcoin-related. To my knowledge there exist no bank account that automatically converts incomming fiat money (wire transfers) into Bitcoin. Independent thereof, if a person "buyer" sends fiat money via wire transfer and finds himself defrauded, he wants to trace the wire transfer to the bank account owner ("scammer"). Whether the scammer walks away with gold, bitcoin or USD cash is irrelevant if the bank cannot identify him. | |
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| Jan 19, 2013 at 17:48 | history | asked | user2657 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |