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Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money | Spotify
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2023
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Because then you can show the government the paper trail back to Spotify showing that the money came from "legitimate sources of income"
The government isnt stupid, someone getting paid in bitcoin isnt doing nothing for it.