giuliamonique
08-08-2007, 05:03 PM
I'm self employed, my job is photo retouching. I have a potential client in Cuba but because of the Embargo act they cannot pay me through paypal. My bank said it's possible for them to do a wire transfer and they gave me an international routing number I could give him. I informed them about my self employment and that he's from Cuba and all seemed fine but a friend of mine whos a business man says that as far as he knew it was illegal to do business with Cuba. Can anyone enlighten me with some information?
Doug Nelson
08-08-2007, 06:43 PM
Unless the work is for humanitarian reasons, you can face up to 10 years in prison and thousands of dollars in fines. This is assuming you're a US citizen.
giuliamonique
08-08-2007, 10:18 PM
Arg... guess I'll have to pass this client up. Atleast I got a bit of an education from having to look into all of this.
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ExclamPt
08-09-2007, 12:50 PM
Don't get me started about the Cuban embargo...
synthetamine
06-19-2008, 09:21 AM
set up a PO box in canada.
oh yeh, is necro-posting bad?
Doug Nelson
06-19-2008, 12:56 PM
oh yeh, is necro-posting bad?
Not bad, per se, I just want people to think twice about it. That's why I don't block it, I just add an extra step.