Laundering money isn’t a get rich quick scheme.
You start with cash and end up with less cash, the launderer ends up with that “less” part.
Trump doesn’t have cash. He was doing the laundering.
Comment on Trump Spurned by 30 Companies as He Seeks Bond in $454 Million Judgment
geekworking@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t worry. The Russian Mob will give him bailout money just like they did for his failed casino and property business. They just need to figure out the best way to launder the money with a regulator watching the business.
Clent@lemmy.world 8 months ago
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think they mean until Russia figures out how to loan Trump the money without the regulators figuring it out.
These days it seems to be about selling things that don’t have an inherent price, like artwork (or sneakers). I throw some paint at a canvas and put it up for sale for $1M. Someone buys it, but we have an understanding that I’ll do sometime for them, and if I don’t I’ll have to buy special pants for the rest of my life.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean its not like the court wont know where the bond is coming from.
If he could get away with some shit like that he would have already tried.
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Because if there’s something the mob is bad at, it’s money laundering.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I mean you can be as cynical as you like, but before now, Trump did not have a court appointed (the judge in this case) monitor reviewing his financial transactions.
Its one thing to do money laundering and get away with it. Its another thing to effectively having been caught for money laundering, to do so under the observation of someone assigned to monitor you because you got caught. Trumps ability to do shady shit to get this bond is severely curtailed; its just a fact.
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
That’s a fair point, although I do wonder whether state actors – ie. Russia – could have ways of getting around that. It’s not like the transaction has to be directly to Trump, but to some front organization and of course laundered in dl r way