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From what I can gather, it is a ring of people behind this operation likely getting a commission for each 'drop' back at base https://www.google.com/maps/place

From what I can gather, it is a ring of people behind this operation likely getting a commission for each 'drop' back at base https://www.google.com/maps/place/101+bowery+st/@40.7176021,-73.9952662,3a,75y,118.31h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sN51QLh9RTLH_2mI8Vqqh5A!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25988011d62a9:0x97fbd69389b47e3?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj1gc-NybzpAhXzknIEHQx6DXEQxB0wAHoECAsQAg&cshid=1589776133008319 https://www.google.com/maps/place/101+bowery+st/@40.7176021,...

jldugger 6y ago
So money laundering
- ficklepickle 6y ago
  Clearly the hotel business is a thin cover. One reviewer mentions dust as though the room hadn't been used recently. The reviews are incredible. https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Reviews-World_Hotel-New_York_City_New_York.html https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Revie...
  - Apocryphon 6y ago
    So that's where the Bowery King is in hiding.
jml7c5 6y ago
Told the police about it? Someone would be eager to chase that case.
- empath75 6y ago
  Cops aren’t ever eager to take on cases.
  - inquiryaccount 6y ago
    Yeah, they aren't interested in pursuing this. Phish on.
- billme 6y ago
  Appears local law enforcement already knows about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23222004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23222004
billme 6y ago
Appears likely that someone that has access to the hotel’s customer CC data might be behind this and the local police are aware of it too... “Not only is this hotel horrible, our guests had their credit card stolen and $500 worth of purchases made on it!!! Reporting this place to the police. Do not even go near this hotel. Total crooks, denied everything when confronted but they were caught red handed” [1] ...makes you wonder what is really going on. [1] https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Reviews-World_Hotel-New_York_City_New_York.html https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Revie...

jldugger 6y ago

So money laundering

ficklepickle 6y ago
Clearly the hotel business is a thin cover. One reviewer mentions dust as though the room hadn't been used recently. The reviews are incredible. https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Reviews-World_Hotel-New_York_City_New_York.html https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Revie...
- Apocryphon 6y ago
  So that's where the Bowery King is in hiding.

jml7c5 6y ago

Told the police about it? Someone would be eager to chase that case.

empath75 6y ago
Cops aren’t ever eager to take on cases.
- inquiryaccount 6y ago
  Yeah, they aren't interested in pursuing this. Phish on.
billme 6y ago
Appears local law enforcement already knows about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23222004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23222004

billme 6y ago

Appears likely that someone that has access to the hotel’s customer CC data might be behind this and the local police are aware of it too... “Not only is this hotel horrible, our guests had their credit card stolen and $500 worth of purchases made on it!!! Reporting this place to the police. Do not even go near this hotel. Total crooks, denied everything when confronted but they were caught red handed” [1] ...makes you wonder what is really going on. [1] https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Reviews-World_Hotel-New_York_City_New_York.html https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Hotel_Review-g60763-d267183-Revie...