• selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
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    7 days ago

    Money laundering. The orange cancer used the casinos to launder Russian funds. You can’t tell me otherwise.

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      Laundering is meant to hide funds by making your business look more successful than it really is. That just makes the bankruptcies colossally worse.

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      I think that was his goal, but then realized it took work ethic and expertise to run a casino as a front and he lacked both

      Real estate ended up being an easier method

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      Wouldnt that have made the casinos more profitable and less likely to fail? Its been awhile since I watched Ozark, but shouldnt the Russians have been paying to have their money laundered?