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If someone in the US sends crypto abroad, the recipient sells it, and sends fiat proceeds backβ€”are there legal or compliance risks?

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Answered 01/Nov/2019

No. You’d be okay, as long as you do it for yourself. The worse that can happen is that you will lose access to banking.

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