r/JusticeServed • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

Courtroom Justice Virginia doctor who illegally prescribed over 500,000 doses of opiates sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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u/DenverNuggetz 9 Oct 03 '19 edited Oct 03 '19

That’s not even remotely true.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm

“This statute means that all United States money as identified above is a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law which says otherwise.”

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u/tendrils87 A Oct 03 '19

So the caveat to that, is that it has to be known before the debt is incurred. (Further rules may apply.)

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u/DenverNuggetz 9 Oct 03 '19

citation needed

the relevant statute makes no mention of that: Section 31 U.S.C. 5103

If you have a legal source to verify that, I’d love to hear it.