THELOGICALINDIAN - An eightbedroom affluence home in Canada has been listed for auction on the Beijing Craigslist website with an allurement amount of 1075 bitcoins
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With an Asking Price of Nearly $3 Million USD and Such a Narrow Marketing Strategy, the Listing Immediately Aroused Curiosity
Approximately one ages ago an ad for a affluence Canadian home was listed on the Beijing Craigslist website. The up-market home appearance eight bedrooms, six bathrooms, and is amid appropriate by the Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club in Coquitlam. The advertisement appearance an allurement amount of 1,075 bitcoins – about $2.9 actor USD.
With an allurement amount of about $3 actor USD and such a attenuated business strategy, the advertisement anon angry concern afterward its analysis by bounded British Columbia-based account outlet, The Tri-City News. Although no advice is listed pertaining to the property’s owner, the home is listed through Vallee Absolute State Abettor Group, with Eric Vallee listed as the absolute acreage abettor to acquaintance for inquiries.
The Tri-City News attempted to accomplish acquaintance with Eric Vallee, alone to be told that Vallee was out of the appointment for the week, about addition agent alleged Val Petrov was to handle all inquiries in the beggarly time. Val Petrov banned to altercate the acreage with The Tri-City News – who appear that Petrov abruptly stated: “I accept no comment” back asked about the property, afore anon absolute the buzz call.
The Emergence of Two Extremely Similar, Unusual Listings Seems an Unlikely Coincidence
The acreage is not the aboriginal affluence abode anchored in Coquitlam that has been advertised via an across Craigslist advertisement with an allurement amount quantified in cryptocurrency. Just aftermost month, a five-bedroom, five-bathroom ‘executive-style’ 5,000 aboveboard bottom acreage was apparent listed on the Hong Kong Craigslist website, with an allurement amount of 2,099 bitcoins – about $4 actor USD at the time. The realtor administration the listing, Mario Figliola of Sutton Centre Realy, told The Tri-City News that the advertisement was a joke. A few canicule after The Tri-City News letters actuality contacted by the administrator of Sutton Centre Realty, Derek Drew, who declared the advert as an “honest aberration that never should accept been made.”
The actualization of two acutely similar, abnormal listings announcement affluence Coquitlam homes on East Asian Craiglist websites seems an absurd coincidence. The Absolute Acreage Council of British Columbia told The Tri-City News that bitcoin cannot be captivated in assurance during a absolute acreage transaction, as basic bill anon sits alfresco of the authoritative guidelines activated to banks and government institutions. As such, Canadian absolute acreage sales in bitcoin could accident active afield of the Financial Transaction and Reports Analysis Centre (FINTRAC) advertisement requirements, bringing the amends of said acreage listings into contention.
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