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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Terrorists use Western Union, not Bitcoin
by
thejaytiesto
on 14/01/2016, 13:42:32 UTC
From
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/07/europe/paris-attacks-brussels-operatives/

The man, using the false Samir Bouzid identification card at a Western Union outlet in the Brussels area, wired 750 euros ($807) to Hasna Ait Boulahcen on November 17, the Belgian prosecutor's office said. Both of the publicized suspects -- the men going by the names of Kayal and Bouzid -- were at the store from which the money was sent.

Time to stop the stupid rumor that BTC is used by the bad guys. They're using WU.



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terrorsts use both bitcoin and wastern union

Of course, terrorists are going to use whatever they can find to do their evil acts, but we are talking about volume here, and to present Bitcoin as some sort of massive threat when it represents a microscopic amount of money being used to perpetuate those acts, it's laughable at best. FIAT will always be the most used weapon by terrorists, not BTC.