Money Laundering

Money Laundering

by PyroPete

With all the improvements in money-making security these days, it is becoming increasingly harder to get away with counterfeiting. Traces are put out on bills stolen from any kind of financial institution: casino, bank, QuickCash stores, vault trucks, and ATM's. That's right, even if you steal money from the ATM with a fraudulent card, they can still trace the stolen bills and catch you when you spend it. Even stores keep track of the bill numbers after the money is taken out of the register.

Money laundering is how criminals clean up "dirty" or stolen money. There are all sorts of ways to do this, most of which I don't know. However, one way I have developed a theory about, and it goes like this:

1. Once you have acquired your large amount of stolen cash, drive to the nearest state (besides the one you live in) and open a savings account* in a bank in a very small town. (We're talkin Hicksville USA here)

2. Drive back to wherever you live and go to a bank that you have not done business with at all, ever. This means if you used a Bank of America for the first part or have ever used one, Bank of America is out of the question. This holds true for all banks.

3. In the bank, you request to open a new savings account, and say you would like to have the funds transferred from another savings account, due to the fact you have just moved into town from out of state.

4. Give to the lady a name and a valid social security number that corresponds with this name. (I would reccommend just using your own information on account of this will probably not get you into any worse trouble than stealing all that money. Also, it won't be how you get caught, if you do.) Also, you must provide any other information you are asked. (Duh!)**

5. Give the account number for the account you opened recently with the stolen money from which you would like to open this account. Tell the lady you would like to close out that account.

*Savings account must be used here because checking accounts are often spent from and do not usually maintain high balances. It would look susupicious to open or to have a checking account of any amount worth worrying about in stolen funds.

**It is reasonable to assume that if you have already screwed up enough to be a suspect in the robbery, you're going to get caught anyway. Also, unless you are already a suspect, it is not likely in the least that the FBI should be looking at your bank records. Being interstate financial transactions, only the FBI (no local police officials) can trace your transactions for the purpose of arrest.

***Disclaimer: This reading material is intended for educational purposes only. I bear no responsibility for the uses of this material and hereby state that I do not condone, support, or encourage the activities discussed in this articles nor do i condone, support, or encourage any activity considered illegal by any nation in which this publication is available or the local governments residing beneath said nation.