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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, everyone comes from Reddit.

This is a Reddit clone.

That said, they do broadly track movements of physical currency. It's one of, or was one of, their primary tools against counterfeiting, tracking large cash robberies, money laundering, etc.

They might not know "This bill was held by Person X and they spent it at Y which spent it at Z" but they do know "Person X had this bill, and it showed up again in region A. If more with associated numbers also show up in the area Person X is most likely there."

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actual credible source please

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Besides over a century's worth of public records of investigations into financial crimes and bank robberies?

https://carnation-inc.com/blogs/money-handling-blog/how-does-the-government-track-marked-bills

https://hiphopwired.com/playlist/pooh-shiesty-federal-indictment-robbery/

https://www.fox6now.com/news/brown-deer-bank-robbery-milwaukee-woman-charges

This must be some zoomer blind spot because this is just common knowledge to anyone that grew up in a cash economy and had a proper taste in fine art (aka heist movies and pulp fiction)

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

GPS tracker, bunch of tweets, website that nobody knows...

I asked for a credible source and have yet to see one 🙂

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, you're not naive, you're just dumb and lazy.

Well, good luck with that.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

At least I'm not paranoid delusional 🤷