Imponderables: Best Served Cold...
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I have never shipped FedEx, but wouldn't opening someone's mail be breaking a law. I would think there would be some contract. The U.S. Postal Department could not do it. And then giving out names. I would think FedEx is the one in trouble.
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Originally posted by traveler:
I have never shipped FedEx, but wouldn't opening someone's mail be breaking a law. I would think there would be some contract. The U.S. Postal Department could not do it. And then giving out names. I would think FedEx is the one in trouble.
People posted in the comments of the article that FedEx has a clause that says they can open any package they want. Fantastic. Makes me think shipping with the US postal service is the way to go.
Posters are also speculating that the people named in the article might be named in some public court document. That would make some sense I guess. Still seems shady as hell for the article to plaster their names on there when those people had no clue what was going on.
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Originally posted by traveler:
I have never shipped FedEx, but wouldn't opening someone's mail be breaking a law. I would think there would be some contract. The U.S. Postal Department could not do it. And then giving out names. I would think FedEx is the one in trouble.
I would guess the opening part isn't protected for FedEx like it is for the USPS. Don't know if privacy laws would impact them either. Kind of like how the police can't search your car or home, but they can search a locker at a gym. At any rate, kind of scary.
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It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.
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I think 'cause it's private it can do what it wants...
As long as it's in writing ahead of time I guess. Makes you wonder what they could really get away with. Like would "FedEx withholds the right to murder you at their sole discretion when you send a package with us." work?
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I still don't understand how checks are evidence of anything. I mail checks to my landlord, phone company, and other bills. Who to say what these checks were for and why is it their business.
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I still don't understand how checks are evidence of anything. I mail checks to my landlord, phone company, and other bills. Who to say what these checks were for and why is it their business.
You've got me. Here's the link to the full article.
I'm not even sure why what he's doing is illegal. I mean I guess the government wants people who transfer lots of money like this to be registered just so they don't do anything shady. Really all he was doing was transferring money from one entity to another.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/feb/28/online-poker-naples-money-l
aundering-gambling/
For what it's worth it's my understanding that internet poker is only illegal in the state of Washington. There is no federal law against it that I know of. So, I don't think that's what he's being busted for. Especially since that would be the first case ever as far as I've heard.
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They call it laundering. It sounds like he is paying people their winnings. And some are professional and get paid to gamble for certain firms. I would call the guy an entrepreneur.
I get the idea that it is not the gambling so much as the large sums being transfered. There seems to be some law about that. I never had that worry.
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So, what's key in the definition I'm seeing on wikipedia is money laundering is trying to hide the source or destination of money "obtained from crimes". So, I guess we know what his lawyer is going to try to argue.
Still the part that really gets me is the people who had their names and check values listed in the article. That just doesn't seem right. At least it's some small news outlet and not cnn or the wall street journal or something big.
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I agree. Even with charges against this guy they have not charged anyone else and he has not been found guilty of anything. They state gambling over the internet is legal so I am not sure they have a good case. Naming people like that with no charges against them looks like the Feds are over stepping their authority.
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