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Cyberlaundering: The Risks, The Responses, Sarah N. Welling, Andy G. Rickman Apr 1998

Cyberlaundering: The Risks, The Responses, Sarah N. Welling, Andy G. Rickman

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This Article discusses the potential use of electronic cash for money laundering and possible government responses to the problem. Parts I and II provide an overview of electronic cash. Part III explores the effects that electronic cash can have on money laundering. Part IV explains through a series of hypotheticals how "cyberlaundering" can occur. Part V analyzes the federal government's response to the threat of money laundering with electronic cash. Part VI concludes the Article with suggestions.