I know money from drugs, robberies, stolen goods, etc is “dirty” but, how does anyone know it’s dirty? Why can’t you just spend your money?
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Al Capone was the mob boss of all of Chicago at one time. Over time, he got all of the police on his payroll. They took the money or they lost their jobs. He provided booze, gambling and prostitution.
Every time one of the authorities would try to bust him, he would always be one step ahead of them due to informants and a system of tunnels underneath the city. The way that he finally got arrested was by federal IRS agents, who were able to prove he was spending WAY more money than he had documentation of how much he was earning. This meant that he had secret income that he had not paid taxes on.
There is some slop in the system, so you don’t have to account for every dollar, but…getting caught with $10,000 in cash and no documentation triggers a red flag with the IRS. They may not investigate, but…maybe they will.
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