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Many Columbia University students are worried about their use of Venmo, an app for making payments, to buy illegal drugs, Capital New York reported. A student believed to be a major drug dealer on campus, who used Venmo to accept payments, was arrested last week. Students now realize that they left a trail of their purchases through Venmo, making them much easier to identify than if they had paid in cash. The fears of students prompted this Gawker headline: "Don't Pay for Drugs With Venmo You Big Dumbass." The arrested student is rumored to be the anonymous author of a recent piece in The Columbia Daily Spectator, the student newspaper, in which he announced plans to leave the business and shared details of his work.
