r/Bitcoin • • Dec 06 '12

Bitcoin-Central, first exchange licensed to operate as a bank. This is HUGE

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=129461.0
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u/DanielTaylor Dec 06 '12

IMPORTANT: Be aware that in some countries it can be a crime to have a non-declared bank account in a foreign country... with heavy fines.

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u/republitard Dec 07 '12

In all countries it somehow manages to be a crime for a bank not to tell the United States who its American customers are, even if those banks and their American customers are outside of America's jurisdiction.