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It doesn’t sound like he did. Laundromats would have been ideal for this kind of, well, money laundering. In a pre-digital era, who’s going to check that the
by rgmerk 3y ago
It doesn’t sound like he did.
Laundromats would have been ideal for this kind of, well, money laundering. In a pre-digital era, who’s going to check that the number of cycles on the washing machines line up exactly with the takings?
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoAn auditor or private investigator, but granted, there's a lot of room for tax evasion - there's a reason a lot of businesses and contractors will gladly take cash, tax evasion being one, most digital transaction costing them money being another. It's fairly common in my country (NL) to see signs saying "please pay in cash" and "€0.25 surcharge if paying with debit card for amounts below €20"
- yurishimo 3y agoAround where do you live? Anecdotally, I don't see much of any of that in Eindhoven or the surrounding villages.
- planede 3y agoCorrelating with water and electricity bills could raise suspicion, but yeah, it's probably harder.
- bell-cot 3y agoMaybe? Pre-digital machines would keep no tamper-proof record of usage. And a good variety of machines in your laundromat (with varying appetites for water and electricity) could discourage all but the most fanatical of auditors.