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Old Feb 11, 2014, 10:50 pm
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ps9a
 
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Originally Posted by happy9zz
who will buy those gift cards by cash?
Somebody who doesn't want to answer questions about why he or she is always carrying/depositing so much cash-- drug dealer, prostitute, bookie, somebody who just won a lot of money from a bookie, waiter, bartender, owner of an all-cash business who hides income to avoid taxes...

It's also probably a very easy way to get around annual U.S. tax free limits on giving to individuals/family members.

... And it would probably be a convenient way to get around the $10k limits of currency one brings into and out of many countries.

Maybe we need another thread on using Office Depot for money-laundering

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