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Isn't every non-US country, and every bank in those countries, operating an "unlicensed money-transmitting service" as far as the US government is concerned? I'm a little curious about where the lines are drawn.


No, see 31 US 5330 and related code sections.


I don't get it: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5330 doesn't seem to mention anything relevant.

I also don't understand the downvotes. I'm asking a serious question because I'm curious - if this company was operated by a Russian citizen living in Moscow (or by an Albanian citizen in Albania, or a Swiss citizen in Switzerland, or even let's say by the North Korean government) - what would have happened here?




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