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re: Would building a church be the perfect money laundering front?

Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:24 pm to
Posted by 777Tiger
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:24 pm to
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said he sells 10k mattresses a year.


Jody don't play around, baw
Posted by VADawg
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Member since Nov 2011
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:25 pm to
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I always thought a taxi company would be a good laundering cover.


Any cash intensive business works as a money laundering front. I've always thought that one of those gas stations/convenience stores that doubles as a check cashing business would be one way to do it.

I have seen a case where a guy was using a construction company as a laundering front for selling cockfighting birds.
This post was edited on 5/6/21 at 1:26 pm
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:26 pm to
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Mattress store based on all the ones around town that I never see customers in or around.


i know of a place that's having a big sale this weekend if anyone is interested, pm me.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:26 pm to
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Any cash intensive business works as a money laundering front.


used to own a dry cleaners, I referred to it as the world's biggest ATM
Posted by upgrade
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:35 pm to
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Any cash intensive business works as a money laundering front.


I don’t know anything about:

A. Running a business
B. Book keeping/accounting
C. Taxi cabs in general (expect for what I’ve seen on television)
D. Money laundering

But I assume even if it’s a mostly cash business, isn’t it easy to fudge the numbers if your business is a service provider rather than a retail?
I just assume it would be hard for someone to check your books if you’re audited and find mistakes in a business such as a taxi service, vs a business that has an inventory.
This post was edited on 5/6/21 at 1:38 pm
Posted by Nicky Parrish
Member since Apr 2016
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:36 pm to
It’s been working for centuries
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:42 pm to
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Thought popped in my head while discussing an idea of making smart collection plates with Bluetooth and WiFi capabilities so you can use a card or Venmo to tithe

As long as it tracks the payment to my kids names so I get the contribution discount on their tuition; I don't care how they collect it or what they do with it.
Posted by skidry
Member since Jul 2009
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:42 pm to
I’ve heard Bishop Paul Morton’s car insurance claim was double that of his mansion after Katrina.
Posted by GumboPot
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:43 pm to
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Would building a church be the perfect money laundering front?


Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:44 pm to
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I just assume it would be hard for someone to check your books if you’re audited and find mistakes in a business

As long as you never deposit the cash in the bank. One of their procedures will often involve adding up all of your deposits and seeing how that compares to the income you reported. There are additional steps after, but it's one of the initial steps they took on a friend's business
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:47 pm to
Well, if you were gonna wash a good deal of money, a fruit stand, fireworks, snowballs, etc.

You need to be able to move lots of cash on a steady basis
Posted by hubertcumberdale
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:48 pm to
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Would building a church be the perfect money laundering front?


Congrats, you discovered the reason churches exists
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:50 pm to
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One of their procedures will often involve adding up all of your deposits and seeing how that compares to the income you reported.


That's the entire point of laundering money. You clean it by reporting it as income so the point is to deposit it (from "legit" sales).
This post was edited on 5/6/21 at 1:50 pm
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
36014 posts
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:50 pm to
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All that cash in tithe plates that isn’t traceable plus a church doesn’t pay taxes

Ask this guy:


Posted by SouthernStyled
Member since Apr 2021
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:54 pm to
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guy said he sells 10k mattresses a year


$10k in mattresses maybe. No way that fricker sells almost 30 mattresses a day.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
16358 posts
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:54 pm to
I definitely phrased that incorrectly. Should have said as long as you never deposit more cash in the bank than you report
Posted by D Tide
Member since Mar 2012
503 posts
Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:56 pm to
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plus a church doesn’t pay taxes


I have heard this said and even said it before myself but what do people want church’s to pay taxes on?
They aren’t making any income it’s all donations
Posted by Old Money
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 1:56 pm to
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Would building a church be the perfect money laundering front?


Ask Clemson donors.
Posted by TutHillTiger
Mississippi Alabama
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 5/6/21 at 2:03 pm to
It was in Atlanta area for years
Posted by KYbamaboy
South Central Kentucky
Member since Dec 2010
385 posts
Posted on 5/6/21 at 2:07 pm to
Not necessarily money laundering, BUT, it worked for Cam Newton and Auburn!!
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