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From: IronRaven cyberraven@********.net
Subject: Cash, Credit and Crime
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0400
At 17.26 06-30-99 -0700, you wrote:
>stick contains a computer chip which records the actual 'cash value' of
>the stick. The bank that ISSUES the stick keeps a record of the chip's

Then someone (your local mafia, yakuza or tong wholesaler) sets up a
counterfiter. Say, 100¥ worth of sterile cash for 150¥ worth of goods.
It's no worse than dealing with a fence for cash, simply because you can
use the stick anywhere without anyone else raising any eyebrows.


CyberRaven Kevin Dole
http://members.xoom.com/iron_raven/
"Once again, we have spat int he face of Death and his second cousin,
Dismemberment."
"Briar Rabbit to Briar Fox; I was BORN in that briar patch!"

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