Ever been investigated for buying certain legal substances?

[grampajack]

That has been around since the 1980's to make it harder for drug dealers to spend profits. Any deposit, or withdrawal of cash over $9,999 is reported to the feds. Anyone buying a house, car, boat, plane etc. with over $9,999 cash money has to be reported too and results in an investigation. It can be less if the bank employees are suspicious. For example multiple $5000 withdrawals over a few months.

I don't understand why anyone would do this anyway. It'd be so much simpler to just have the bank make out a certified check to the seller. There is more paperwork involved at the bank to withdraw the $10K in cash than to have a check made out. You have to do each withdrawal $10K at a time and fill out paperwork on each withdrawal.

I believe that would be structuring.

 

[thump_rrr]

All it would take is a call to the authorities stating that you are asking this type of question.

 

[SwaneeSR]

There is nothing in this thread that is untoward or of interest to law enforcement or any authority.

This would be perhaps one online site the authorities have little to worry about since this the the high road. Not an angry site.

The first amendment is as important as the second. There is nothing uncivil about this thread. I have no problem with the question.

If the OP was a bad guy, with ill intent, he would not look here for info.

 

[joem1945]

used to buy nitrogen pellets for fertilizer real cheap. It was floor sweepings from a factory that made the stuff. $80.00 for 800 pounds. That was until Ok bombing. Made my lawn look like it was painted the darkest green you've ever seen. Stood out a block away.

 

[GBExpat]

I'm curious if anyone here has ever been personally been investigated for buying certain fully legal substances from a source like Amazon?...

Not that I am aware of ...

 

[Jim Watson]

I used to work in fertilizer R&D, including a project directed toward preventing use of fertilizer nitrates as explosives in the wake of Oklahoma city. So I have a nodding acquaintance with the field, although a bit out of date.

I googled around a bit. It is now hard to find bulk ammonium nitrate for sale such as used to be used by the megaton for farming. It seems you can get it by the bag for garden level application... or tanneroid. Investigated for buying 50 lbs? I doubt it.

There is an ammonia and ammonia derivatives plant a few miles from here. They list straight ammonium nitrate only in "industrial mining products." Their nitrogen fertilizers are urea (46%N) and UAN (urea - ammonium nitrate solution, 28%N.)

A friend is working part time at the county co-op this spring. I will look there, they do not have a www with products listed.

 

[22-rimfire]

Seldom is someone aware that they are being investigated until the ball drops. Then it's too late if they have a strong case. If you are questioned about something by law enforcement, you still don't know if YOU are being investigated.

As far as the $10K thing, you are reported to the feds for transactions that equal or exceed 10K. Yes, it was done because of drug dealers as I understand it.

 

[Robert]

This really has nothing to do with firearms.