Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Geldbote

English translation:

Money runner

Added to glossary by Jeff Whittaker
Oct 22, 2007 15:26
16 yrs ago
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German term

Geldbote

German to English Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) Anti-virus protection
Zu den Verlierern im Cybercrime-Business zählen sicher die abertausend Geldboten. Angelockt mit Hilfe von Spam-Mails - die Traumeinkünfte von 5.000.- Euro im Monat und mehr bei minimaler Arbeitszeit versprechen - wissen die meisten dieser Geldboten nicht einmal, dass sie Geldwäscher für das organisierte Verbrechen sind. Jedoch lassen die Traumeinkünfte auf sich warten – im Gegensatz zur Kriminalpolizei.

I've done a bit of Googling and found other instances of the term, such as "Die angeschriebenen Personen werden mit >>lukrativen
Change log

Nov 8, 2009 22:36: Jeff Whittaker Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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Money runner

http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/Archive/2005/Feb/16-15905.html

http://www.br-online.de/bayern3/musik/hitcycling/archiv/arti...

Also, (cash) courier in a non-criminal sense

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Note added at 7 mins (2007-10-22 15:33:07 GMT)
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"Money Runner" for Mexican Drug Cartel Arrested by U.S. Agents..."
Peer comment(s):

agree Kcda : A more US way of saying "money courier" and maybe more suitable for cyberspace crimes in comparison to my suggestion :)
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agree Andrew D : money runner if they are aware of the criminal background and cash courier if they believe that it is in fact sincere and legal
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middle-man

To get the ball rolling... Lots of possibilities for this
Peer comment(s):

neutral Kcda : I believe it is more a "courier" who carries out the actual task rather than an intermediary.
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disagree Konrad Schultz : This remembers to "man in the middle", and the "man in the middle attack" is a terminus technicus in cryptology.
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money courier

It is essentially a popular way of expressing "money launderer" and not only specific to "cyberspace" Geld"waescher" is more the "launderer" and the "bote" a "courier" running errands. There could be a more specific term of which I am not personally aware of that only pertains to the cyberspace/virtual world!
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money remitter

"Typically, a remitter receives money from a customer to send to a designated location. Legitimate remitters primarily serve recent immigrants in the United States, who do not have access to bank accounts and who use the remitter to send money home to family members. The early investigations revealed that the industry in New York had been largely transformed by narcotics traffickers into a vehicle for sending drug proceeds to drug source countries, primarily Colombia. Drug money was delivered to the money remitter, deposited into bank accounts, broken down into amounts less than $1,000 (commonly referred to as ”structuring”) to avoid currency reporting requirements, and then wire-transferred abroad. The investigation revealed that the remitters, in order to conceal the drug source of the funds, were routinely creating false documentation to make it appear as if the immigrants were merely sending money to family members."

http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/070207ny.ht...
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