| Comment | But you've just demonstrated there that the bar is providing an actual product to actual customers - it's only the origin of the cash that is being disguised, and that wouldn't be picked up by an audit, so wouldn't be detectable without a proper stakeout and detective work.
This is also the case for e.g. tanning parlours and taxis- you have verifiable customers and services, you're just hiding the source of the cashflow, and doing it within business that are very difficult to observe - part of the attraction of tanning parlours is that they have opaque windows, and there's no way for an auditor to verify what product each customer actually bought, same as the pub.
Whereas these candy shops are sitting there absolutely obviously not having any customers, with big open windows of rotting stock visibly not being sold to anyone. It's just too shit a way to hide money laundering and especially given there's an alternative explanation that makes way more sense - it's the absolute bare minimum to create a 'real' business to prevent the building owner having to pay vacant business rates.
Sorry it's that boring. |
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