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Here's the thing: If Linden Lab's Lindex is used to cash out money that was obtained fraudulently, I do not see how they could hold a resident culpable and make them pay for a problem that rightfully is their own.

If the fraudulently obtained funds were withdrawn from someone else's rendition of Lindex - fair enough. The person running that exchange is responsible. That appears to be the spirit of the Risk API - since it is not even referenced in the Terms of Service or Community Standards which people are expected to read.

The trouble is that people who do not use the Risk API, such as individuals and entities which are businesses in Second Life, are fined for these things with no prior warning from Linden Lab, and no way to protect themselves. That is simply assinine, and I find the state of affairs indefensible.

The best bet would probably be to deal with withdrawal limits on the Lindex Exchange to assure that large amounts cannot be withdrawn. Wait. They are already doing that, right?

Further indefensible.

So what are we left with?

The people paying for service are being fined for the problems of the service.

I am all ears on how that previous sentence could be considered wrong. It would help if Linden Lab actually said something official instead of going the normal route of silence. Maybe they can use their new press corps for that, as they do not seem to be able to get their blog to tackle the tough issues that do cost people real money.

Do I want to damn them? No, I don't. I want them to fix it so we stop seeing it happen. I'd go to a meeting of theirs if I thought that it would help solve the problem, but that doesn't help.

What I do know is that if they can't fix problems like this, they are helping their competition.

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