-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Nick,
> > I'm not even sure that issuing > > anonymous cards is legal in Latvia. > > The thing is, Paul, that as far as the banks are concerned, the > cards are not anonymous. They have ID for one company or individual > who just happens to have thousands of cards. It is obviously > against the spirit of the law, but it is probably within the letter > of the law. And the banks obviously know exactly what is going on. So the issuer might one point find himself between the tax office and a hard place? And it might not even be Latvian tax office, but the one nearest to you (IRS or their "brothers-in-arms" from other OECD countries). > I also checked out netspend.com and they (together with ecount etc) > offer Mastercards with no ID requirements. From the USA of all > places. The world is full of wonders. > I agree with you that Latvia wants to be more Estonian (don't tell > the Latvians I said that!!!) and move away from offshore business > towards an open, onshore, low-tax trading economy. You are so outlawed in Latvia now ;-) But, yes that is definitely the trend. Regards, Paul Vahur IceGold | http://www.icegold.com An Accredited Founding Member of the eCurrency Trade Association Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 6.5.8 Comment: From Paul Vahur's notebook iQA/AwUBPOyoxkkfcBeFLocdEQJthwCeKKO8Bh9ctDzlrs79/k+Dm+PTDAQAnjlk ZRogakEvM1VQfYeaCJSv968Z =0k5M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
