[Peace will be here soon]

Let me get this straight. If you withdrawl cash from your bank account ( clean money ), and then use that money to buy prescription pain medication illegally, you can be charged with money laundering. How is that ??? What am I missing here ?

[Steve0113]

If you withdrawl cash from your bank account ( clean money ), and then use that money to buy prescription pain medication illegally, you can be charged with money laundering. How is that ??? What am I missing here ?

As far as I know, money laundering consists of concealing the source of illegally obtained money. The charge makes no sense if it's his own (legally obtained) money.

[dts32041]

You forgot to pay the taxes.

Remember ;the drug laws usually float around taxes.

You can have a controlled substance as long as you pay the taxes.

Much like machine guns manufactured prior to the 1994 weapons act, which was what the Waco 83 were accused of, not paying taxes.

Same for the ruby ridge confrontation, did not pay the tax.

You can do anything you wish in this country as long as you pay the tax.

According to the libertarian philosophy, you can do anything you wish as long as the excise tax and duty is paid, they just dislike the income tax.

I agree with this also, legalize the drug and then tax the bejesus out of it, but eliminate the income tax, as far as the rest of the platform is concerned maybe maybe not.

[meyer]

Let me get this straight. If you withdrawl cash from your bank account ( clean money ), and then use that money to buy prescription pain medication illegally, you can be charged with money laundering. How is that ??? What am I missing here ?

Has he actually been charged? The article doesn't really say that, although the lawyer mentions the word "charge" in his statement (which was probably taken out of context). I also wonder if he actually obtained prescription meds illegally, or if he was prescribed the medications in increasing amounts. Regardless, its not money laundering.

I'll bet that ABC is giddy about this!

[DumpsterDiver]

Here's my guess on the money laundering:

Rush was paying cash to someone/dealer to illegally purchase drugs. Rush should've known that the seller was not going to claim that money as income so that makes Rush part of a "plot" to hide income from the Feds.

How does that sound?

[longtermmemmory]

Its a Barbara Streisand story. thie implication is that Rush's pulling of just under the 10000 mandatory reporting is a violation. HOWEVER, it is the BANK that is responsible for reporting the matter.

This was for the IRS to catch drug DEALERS who were moving literal mountains of money in the 80's.

Someone at ABC must have discovered ANY story about Rush means ratings.

(s) Next film at 11:00 RUSH LIMBAUGH ENGAGES IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. live footage of limbaugh jaywalking!!!!(/s)

[Axenolith]

If you withdraw repeated amounts of money just under 10K to purchase ANYTHING you are "structuring" your transactions to avoid reporting to the bootheel possesors...

[Swordmaker]

Let me get this straight. If you withdrawl cash from your bank account ( clean money ), and then use that money to buy prescription pain medication illegally, you can be charged with money laundering. How is that ??? What am I missing here ?

Isn't that UNLAUNDERING MONEY???

[dread78645]

How is that ??? What am I missing here ?

About 90 years of the police state.