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On the recordFebruary 14, 2017
That is so important because in the vast majority of these cases, once the money has been wired, it is gone forever, and it is very difficult to trace.
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Emphasizing the challenge of tracing wired money in fraud cases.

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