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.”
Yeah so cashiers still handle the cash in US with drawers and having to even out and everything. this is likely why you are getting so many u r crazy replies. I imagine the us will get like that eventually. Myself I almost exclusively use cc so im like an open book.
Eh… You think cashiers write down all bill numbers or something?
In my country, it happens that machines are handling paper money. Cashiers are just unauthorized to do it. I bet downvoters come from reddit
No, downvoters are just not paranoiacs.
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.”
Actual credible source please
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
GPS tracker, bunch of tweets, website that nobody knows…
I asked for a credible source and have yet to see one 🙂
Oh, you’re not naive, you’re just dumb and lazy.
Well, good luck with that.
At least I’m not paranoid delusional 🤷
Yeah so cashiers still handle the cash in US with drawers and having to even out and everything. this is likely why you are getting so many u r crazy replies. I imagine the us will get like that eventually. Myself I almost exclusively use cc so im like an open book.