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Can I ask a company for money in exchange for info on a bug
Suppose one found information about a large organisations software, for example Apple Pay, about their payment system that could cause very bad legal trouble for them. This could be related to to the ...
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Is it legal for an American citizen to obtain BRICS currency and then exchange those bills for U.S. dollars sometime in the future?
I would like to know if it is legal for an American to go to a foreign exchange bank in their area, exchange a certain amount of U.S. dollars to obtain the bills of the foreign currencies of the BRICS ...
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Can you initiate a lawsuit against Russia in the United States to recover seized assets?
Ever since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Russia has halted payments to international creditors and individuals holding assets like stocks.
Is it possible for an average person who happens ...
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Do any USA states require accepting US cash for payment of goods or services?
According to the United States Federal Reserve:
There is no federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or ...
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Is dyed money legal tender?
It is in the news that a bank distributed bank notes with dye on them, assumed to be Intelligent banknote neutralisation system (IBNS). It is reported that in one instance this was for mortgage ...
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Assuming a one trillion dollar coin exists, and is stolen, is there are sequence of events that could lead to someone legally owning it?
A funny (and seemingly legal, if absurd) proposal during the current debt ceiling debate is to mint a one trillion dollar platinum coin and deposit it with the Treasury to reduce the debt below the ...
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Is it legal to sell money? [duplicate]
Is it legal to sell money for a profit in the United States? For example:
Selling 100 rolls of pennies for $100 ($50 profit)
Selling 1,000 rolls of quarters for $12,000
Selling 1,000 dollar bills for ...
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A Penny for Your Thoughts: Can You Evict a Tenant for Paying Rent in Pennies?
A friend of mine owns an apartment complex in NJ (USA) with multiple rentable units and is having difficulty with a particular tenant who insists on paying his rent in coins (pennies, nickels and ...
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Is it legal to physically wash money?
I have some money that fell in a mud puddle. It got really dirty, and I don't want to put it in my wallet as it currently is. Is it legal to wash the money?
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Can a creditor refuse to accept a $2 FRN because he doesn't think they exist?
Like all Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs, aka "bills" or "cash"), the $2 FRN is "legal tender for all debts, public and private."
However, a lot of people don't know about ...
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Is it legal to buy unfit currency for less then face value
I currently have a business idea that I’m wondering is legal or not.
I live in the United States if I go to a foreign country and buy USD bills that have been buried and are presumed unfit.
BOA and ...
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Why isn't a casino forced to return funds lost by an embezzler?
If person A steals something, say a bicycle, and sells it to me (I have no knowledge that the bicycle was stolen) the law says I must return the bike to its rightful owner without any compensation - ...
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Is it legal to commercially sell U.S. currency for LESS than its face value
While wasting time on Facebook I ran across this advertisement:
"Get your hands on a $2 Bill in uncirculated condition for only $1"
In the back of my head, something's telling me it isn't ...
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Can you buy a luxury car with cash?
Let's say, hypothetically, you try buying a luxury car or expensive jewelry using cash (100 dollar bills in a bag!). Would that be legal? Will IRS or FBI or anybody come knocking on the door asking ...
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Destroying U.S. dollars and getting replacement ones
I remember reading a short story which involved a man trying to smuggle a large quantity of dollars out of USSR.
The soviet agents detain him at a border crossing, search all of his belongings, but ...
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