From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 17:52:10 -0800 (PST)
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: Legality of requiring credit cards?
In-Reply-To: <199612250205.SAA17605@mail.pacifier.com>
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jim bell wrote:
> At 03:29 PM 12/24/96 -0500, Brian Davis wrote:
> >On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:
> >Be especially carefully of structuring a $10,000+ transaction into
> >smaller transactions in an attempt to circumvent the reporting
> >requirements.  Doing so ("structuring a transaction") is a felony.

> Actually, this kind of stunt fully justifies whatever level of lethal
> punishment  that the public will one day direct at these thugs.  Look at
> what you just said, paraphrased by me:

[snip]

I was surprised at this "settlement" thing.  I'd sure like to get more
detail on that.  A pointer would be *most* appreciated.