from Patrick McKenzie | by Patrick McKenzie

They keep violating Stringer Bell’s dictum on the wisdom of keeping written notes of a criminal conspiracy. t.co/fk4obj0mx1

“I’m in your server, committing crimes!” said the Internet native *money laundering reporting officer*, *in writing*, *to their management chain.* (Not an actual quote but goodness look at the actual quotes.)

Do you understand why lawyers and Compliance are utterly without a sense of humor? This, this is why. It would not be good behavior if were described more discretely! But this raises the legal risks *much more than you would think* and makes government much less likely to settle.

One difficulty with making white collar prosecutions stick is that proving mens rea tends to be difficult, because who would write down… Oh. t.co/jYEGp9E510