http://bitcoin-brokers.org/, if its still operating, can be an important element in a thorough trade-craft of financial privacy. They act as brokers to enable non-AML/KYC purchase of bitcoin. Sellers escrow their bitcoin with the broker. Buyers deposit cash into seller's bank account at a branch teller, acquire and present proof of payment, via broker, to the seller. Assuming no dispute, broker releases bitcoins to buyer minus a reasonable commission. Because broker never touches any fiat they aren't technically an exchanger. Seller pays no commission (last time I checked) but is not anon to buyer (and of course broker).
On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:54 PM, grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/11/18/2146221/irs- > demands-identities-of-all-us-coinbase-traders-over-three-year-period > http://motherboard.vice.com/read/irs-demands-identities- > of-all-coinbase-traders-over-two-year-period > https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3222198-Petition- > for-Coinbase-Trader-Identities.html > https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/799401350824132608 > https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3222199-Memorandum- > in-Support-of-Petition-for-Coinbase.html > > In bitcoin-related investigations, authorities will often follow the > digital trail of an illegal transaction or suspicious user back to a > specific account at a bitcoin trading company. From here, > investigators will likely subpoena the company for records about that > particular user, so they can then properly identify the person > suspected of a crime. The Internal Revenue Service, however, has taken > a different approach. Instead of asking for data relating to specific > individuals suspected of a crime, it has demanded bitcoin trading site > Coinbase to provide the identities of all of the firm's U.S. customers > who made transactions over a three year period, because there is a > chance they are avoiding paying taxes on their bitcoin reserves. > Coinbase has a total of millions of customers. According to court > filings, which were first flagged by financial blogger Zerohedge on > Twitter, the IRS has launched an investigation to determine the > correct amount of tax that those who use virtual currencies such as > bitcoin are obligated to pay. But according to the documents, the IRS > is asking for the identities of any U.S. Coinbase customer who > transferred crypto-currency with the service between 2013 and 2015. > "The John Does whose identities are sought by the summons are United > States persons who, at any time during the period January 1, 2013, > through December 31, 2015, conducted transactions in a convertible > virtual currency," reads a memorandum written by Department of Justice > attorneys and filed on Thursday, November 17. >
