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There are very strict rules for any regulated firm about the provenance of the funds, ultimate beneficiaries, client-assumed risk, KYC, etc.

These are not only for customer protection, but anti money laundering as well.

Small regulators often overlook the client risk part so as to attract foreign money (that's why most of these regulators will be OK with little to no restriction of derivatives). The anti money laundering part though is very important for these small regulators as they could be fined internationally and don't want the bad publicity.

You cannot just "accept money and trust its from a legitimate source".



Some of those funds were legitimate though? A $1B loan would have been fine, probably a fair bit more. How would she know where that line was?




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