Money Laundering 101
The owner of the restaurant bought the established business to cover his crimes. To launder money successfully, the waitresses shouldn’t have even been aware that it was taking place. And they weren’t, except for Laura.
“If I’m a drug kingpin, the last thing I would want is one of the waitresses having any idea what I’m doing. You essentially want it to be a legitimate business,” explains Professor Kerry Myers, who specializes in forensic accounting and money laundering at the University of South Florida.