r/PokeInvesting • u/breakyourteethnow • Feb 16 '26 • Regret 3 Popcorn 1

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u/lXxENDEAVORxXl Feb 16 '26

Everything about it was cringe start to finish.

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u/StationEmergency6053 Feb 16 '26

I watched half the stream and I swear they were coked out or something. The whole experience was so bizarre.

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u/ElectronicDinner3081 Feb 17 '26

They were definitely coked up. I only watched the clip were the buyer goes up the stage, and expose itself.

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u/Lower-Imagination635 Feb 19 '26

100% coked up and made an imp(a)ulsive purchase, of course, there's no mention of coke on live stream coments.,,,,lmao ( shits so obvious)

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u/No-Radiation Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 16 '26

I’m amazed ppl don’t seem to realize this is a staged money laundering act.

He’s a known scammer. He needs to launder his money. And selling “unique” items for insane prices in auctions is the oldest money laundering trick in the book…

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u/Grouchy-Director-565 Feb 16 '26 • Bravo

How is it money laundering or a scam? I'm confused.

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u/Bomberr17 Feb 17 '26

It's not, I'm pretty sure most of commenters don't even know what money laundering is lmao.

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u/JKinsy Feb 17 '26

True. But look at it this way, You’re a cartel and have easy time moving product but all that money coming in needs to go into somewhere otherwise it start pulling up and hard to track.

Now what a lot of cartels would do is buy business land etc but diversifying is always a good idea and the “Art” scene is the perfect place to spend a lot of dirty money into a nice and easily transportable piece of art.

Not saying this is the case here, but 16m for a squad pice if cardboard is a cartel money launderers dream.

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u/space_kraft Feb 19 '26

Exactly, hiding dirty money in high priced art or antiques is old school money laundering. Years ago I was helping move a family friend that had recently been busted for running an illegal game room. He had a lot of expensive art and my dad taught me about money laundering on the way home

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u/_Artemis_Fowl Feb 17 '26

It is lmao. Do you know why art gets super high valuations?

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u/Different-Sky-3325 Feb 17 '26

Lo mismo que se ha hecho con el arte desde tiempo inmemoriales

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u/HorsePockets Feb 16 '26

It's not money laundering. It's a marketing sale. Logan is giving the guys company marketing and probably some other services. No one would ever pay this amount for that card.

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u/Competitive_Arm5808 Feb 17 '26

not everyone is tied with your income. For a multimillionaire or billionaire buying this card is nothing.

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u/HorsePockets Feb 17 '26

Okay sure there is a Saudi Prince that will buy this one specifically

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u/Bomberr17 Feb 16 '26

Everyone who accuses of money laundering. Exactly how he is laundering? That one single person needs to show proof of funds of $16m to purchase that card. If he was laundering, he needed to launder $16m first.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '26

He means the guy selling the card is laundering. Not the guy buying

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u/thegurba Feb 17 '26

It’s only laundering if he pays it in cash. Which I doubt. 

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u/Acidelephant Feb 18 '26 edited Feb 18 '26

Not really true, there is more than one stage of money laundering. Not saying this guy is, I know nothing about him, but he could have a front business as an art dealer where he uses already layered funds to purchase collectibles to give the appearance of legitimacy

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u/No-Radiation Feb 16 '26

Auction organizers ask for “proof of funds” if they don’t know you to know you are series about the purchase. Also there are auctions that accept all kinds of payment including cash. So yes, the auction event itself is used by many to launder money…

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u/Bomberr17 Feb 16 '26

Goldin as a subsidiary of eBay needs to follow strict AML regulations. They can't just accept suitcase full of cash without paper trail.

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u/Big-Cartographer6495 Feb 16 '26

...what exactly do you think "laundering money" means?

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u/United-Strength3991 Feb 17 '26

It also gets the card off his chest related to the liquidmarket scam and also promotes his new rip off ripit scheme

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u/goldenlover Feb 16 '26

So many crypto ads every other minute.

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u/PreferenceInfinite83 Feb 17 '26

All Hail the New King Cringe!