I am coming back to this topic to highlight an interesting aspect related to Laurentiu Baranga, the Romanian head of AML Department (which is called here National Department for Preventing and Combating Money Laundering).
The guy is in the middle of an investigation as the prosecutors found out that he falsified his high school diploma, which is a diploma he obtained
at 32 years old. According to
Romanian press, the guy obtained a false highschool diploma (so excepting the fact that he obtained it at 32 yo, the diploma was also false).
After obtaining the diploma his political ascension was extraordinary. His only job until then was in a fabric where he was employed as
lathe operator. In 2012, when a political party launched a regional subsidiary, this guy became the chairman. Afterwards, he went to Senate then he became the chairman of his political party for a Bucharest subsidiary. In 2011 he managed to obtain a university diploma (which was also false) and he started to recommend himself as being a sort of Ph. D. Based on this title (probably), he got a job inside the National Registry of Classified Informations.
In Sptember 2020 the Prime Minister gave him the position of chairman of the AML Department and the press started to wonder how is possible for an ex-lathe operator, with no real job until he was 41 years old, with a falsified highschool diploma obtained at age of 32, with a false university diploma, to have such important positions.
Furthermore, he obtained another bachelor diploma from another university (what a smart guy hehe) then he tried to become bachelor of even one more university.
Now the prosecutor estimate that he prejudiced the State with 640.000 RON (~ 156.000$), being aware that the amount may be much bigger. At the moment the prejudice regarding the universities is unknown.
Long story short:
bitcoiners are forced to reveal their identities and finances in front of authorities managed by this kind of people! An underclassman like hacker or andulolika becomes the head of the AML Division of a particular country then it forces crypto users to reveal their privacy. Such guys force centralized exchanges to reveal their customers data to the govern. Such guys encourages the banks to freeze accounts of any transaction that may look suspicious to them and to contact AML for all the clients which had "suspicious" transactions.
What happens in Romnia may happen to many other countries. Beware!
These are the guys running the politics, the governs and the countries. They are corrupt and they accuse crypto users of corruption, tax evasion and other crimes. They don;t have any knowledge not just about crypto, but about their very jobs, they have positions offered through nepotism, based on false diplomas and they run the countries!
It;s time to stop them. Preserve your privacy! Be anonymous! Don't allow such hypocrites to rule your lives!
Arise, Cypherpunks!