[67524] in Cypherpunks
"European Union Bank"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon Oct 7 12:18:39 1996
To: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 1996 11:09:11 EDT."
<3.0b19.32.19961007110838.00a115a0@panix.com>
Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 11:50:53 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Duncan Frissell writes:
> > in the world, 24 hours a day. A U.S. official said, "The
> > bank is being investigated for violating U.S. laws with
> > open solicitations on the Net, which is at best for tax
> > evasion and at worst for money laundering."
>
> I hate to tell the Feds but the internet is more of an international
> publication than "High Life" (the BA inflight mag) or the BBC World Service
> mag (whatever it's name is these days.
>
> International publications can advertize offshore accounts and investments.
Be that as it may, but I wonder about the whole thing. EUBank's web
server appears to be firmly ensconced in Washington, D.C. -- not
exactly where one would expect their records to be kept, eh?
Perry
