Will Criminals In This Industry Bring It Down?

[Greg B]

Originally Posted by Hammer

Greg, this industry was started by criminals, many of whom are now living in Panama and other places where they continue to be criminals and avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

The question I have for you though is, why would criminals bring this industry down? The gambling industry is alive and well and has been for thousands of years and it's always been run by criminals.

Hammer, I remember when this industry started and from whence and it wasn't criminals. Some were hustlers for sure as soon as they found there was money to be made but I remember back in the 80's when we used the various intranets and such to send nude pics around. That was just us geeks sending telram images of pin-ups.

That graduated and got more sophisticated. The crooks came in when funding for developing projects couldn't be had. Gangsters had investment capital and crooks rolled in. Let us not mince words here, the criminal element is alive and well and part of the landscape. The problem is how long can one be a criminal until one can mask it and have themselves accepted as legitimate?

I've studied organized crime extensively. Had to for my jobs. It goes wayyyyyy back to even the 1700s. Gangs are nothing new and the tactics basically the same. The problem with the internet is that the criminal act done today only has a life as long as people are unaware of it. Like those Nigerian email scams. It's obvious to anyone with half a brain they're bullshit but the general population falls for that shit like a dumb blonde in heels. Even when the evening news tells people they're scams they still fall for it. Why? Because inherently people are easy to bullshit.

Now, when people catch a scammer they can blast it all over the internet. More victims join in and soon a ripple becomes a tidal wave.

So today's criminal often becomes tomorrow's respectable businessman.

Talk about wolves in the fold!