Originally Posted by
chollie
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I thought the TSA comeback was more out of line than usual. This time they didn't even try to pretend that the agent stumbled on the 'bitcoins' during a normal screening process. They made it abundantly clear that they're performing both TSO and CBP duties and they are deliberately watching for large sums of money - currency, sequential checks and now 'bitcoins'.
So much for Bierfeldt.
What next? Suspicious amount of jewelry or something that looks like a pouch of diamonds or several high end watches will be cause for suspicion too? Are they going to check prepaid debit card balances or watch for suspicious quantities of gift cards?
That's already the norm with customs procedure around the world. If you can't prove the source of high value items, they are automatically presumed to be of criminal origins. After all, there are other legal means to transfer cash without carrying a huge amount of high value items through customs.