/wanted for questioning

Anyone see the episode of Breaking Bad where Walt was pulling money out of the clothes dryer? Was that a euphemism for money laundering, or is there an actual benefit to washing stolen money?

wasn't just stashing it in there like a cubby hole, I might add. A single bill had gotten stuck on top of those raised notches like a stray sock...

Walt may have just been trying to make the money look a little more 'circulated'.

Well, it wasn't DIRTY money, anyway....

Port director Hector Mancha says every dollar seized is one less more dollar available for criminal government organizations.

FTFT

Maybe try asking this guy....

C18H27NO3: Walt may have just been trying to make the money look a little more 'circulated'.

That's what I thought. All those forgery movies do that.

well i think they leave out if you are going to laundry the money don't use fabric softener.

i swear this is like a long running Elephants turd.

That's the way the Tide rolls.

I guess he wanted to be rich, but not filthy rich.

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SOUNDS LEGIT.

Almost made a clean getaway.

StoPPeRmobile: C18H27NO3: Walt may have just been trying to make the money look a little more 'circulated'.

That's what I thought. All those forgery movies do that.

Uhhh... wasn't it because the money was just fished out of the pool?

The Arm & Hammer of the law washed out their deeds.

cash 100 dollar bills money generic economy

If you use fabric softener, is it still hard currency?

There's no Joy in crime. I expect a Cascade of discipline to follow.

StoPPeRmobile: C18H27NO3: Walt may have just been trying to make the money look a little more 'circulated'.

That's what I thought. All those forgery movies do that.



Don't forget the poker chips.

Well, did he try to cross the border with it? If not, he did nothing illegal. Its possibly illegal, but, $50k seems pretty small time for laundering. More likely, it was money he saved up over time and was going to smuggle it back to help his family.

Pray 4 Mojo: Uhhh... wasn't it because the money was just fished out of the pool?


Was it that episode?

/Since the pool-money incident occured at the end of that one episode, maybe the next opens with the laundering scene, giving us 6 whole days to forget what happened...
//Yes, thats the ticket...

Also, I wonder where the cops are going to store the $25k while this case gets processed.

Port director Hector Mancha says every dollar seized is one less dollar available for criminal organizations.

Lemme see... yep, the math checks out,

Also... as law abiding citizen who routinely travels across state lines with large amounts of cash... stuff like this scares the crap out of me.

Cops'll steal your money... and get away with it

iron_city_ap: Well, did he try to cross the border with it? If not, he did nothing illegal. Its possibly illegal, but, $50k seems pretty small time for laundering. More likely, it was money he saved up over time and was going to smuggle it back to help his family.

Remittances are the easier way to transfer money from the US to Mexico. There are some fees involved, but you don't run the risk of confiscation, loss, or robbery.

D_Evans45: Pray 4 Mojo: Uhhh... wasn't it because the money was just fished out of the pool?


Was it that episode?

/Since the pool-money incident occured at the end of that one episode, maybe the next opens with the laundering scene, giving us 6 whole days to forget what happened...
//Yes, thats the ticket...

Not for sure on that... just the way I remember it. I'm still trying to get over my annoyance at waiting a year to see the second half of this season... so I haven't been watching Tivo or re-runs...

iron_city_ap: Also, I wonder where the cops are going to store the $25k while this case gets processed.

Put all $10K in the evidence locker with that 5lbs of weed from yesterday.

iron_city_ap: Well, did he try to cross the border with it? If not, he did nothing illegal. Its possibly illegal, but, $50k seems pretty small time for laundering. More likely, it was money he saved up over time and was going to smuggle it back to help his family.


I doubt it, all the wetbacks around here money order their dough home into Mexico on a regular basis, like pay day. Some check cashing places are like Guadalajara around here on Friday afternoon. No proof, but given his name, the situation (huge amount of cold cash hidden in detergent), and the destination, I smell cartel.

king of vegas: Port director Hector Mancha says every dollar seized is one less more dollar available for criminal government organizations.

FTFT


Thanks for taking care of that for me, king of vegas.

I'm tired.

The Ghost of Tom Ace: There's no Joy in crime. I expect a Cascade of discipline to follow.

Dish laundering?

No Cheer at All for this Biz Method. Ultra Fab Sun Surf and Tide for Gain. (Don't bring me Downy.)

Better call Saul!

I take it he didn't look up "money laundering" in the dictionary beforehand?

/He's not a nerd
//But he's not going to white collar resort prison. No, no, no! He's gonna go to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison.

slackananda: The Ghost of Tom Ace: There's no Joy in crime. I expect a Cascade of discipline to follow.

Dish laundering?

No Cheer at All for this Biz Method. Ultra Fab Sun Surf and Tide for Gain. (Don't bring me Downy.)

Perhaps a new day will Dawn for this man when the police ultimately Finish the investigation. I can't imagine how his Seventh Generation of kids must be feeling right now.

The Ghost of Tom Ace: Perhaps a new day will Dawn for this man when the police ultimately Finish the investigation. I can't imagine how his Seventh Generation of kids must be feeling right now.

This Cascade of detergents is a Wave of Joy!

Wait, I ripped you off there. Time to sleep and (r)Ecover....

slackananda: The Ghost of Tom Ace: Perhaps a new day will Dawn for this man when the police ultimately Finish the investigation. I can't imagine how his Seventh Generation of kids must be feeling right now.

This Cascade of detergents is a Wave of Joy! 

Pray 4 Mojo: Also... as law abiding citizen who routinely travels across state lines with large amounts of cash... stuff like this scares the crap out of me.

Cops'll steal your money... and get away with it

When I worked for a certain company that was always a concern in certain parts of the country.

Why is it the government's business if you have $10k or more? Do they declare it to us every time they waste $10k? I don't think so.

untaken_name: Why is it the government's business if you have $10k or more?

Because it is a limit to combat crimes like money laundering. If you don't acknowledge that you're moving large sums of money it is assumed that you are attempting to avoid anyone asking how you got that money in the first place, and thus that you probably got it through illegal means.

Do they declare it to us every time they waste $10k? I don't think so.

You would be shocked how much information is published that nobody bothers to read.

Gyrfalcon: iron_city_ap: Also, I wonder where the cops are going to store the $25k while this case gets processed.

Put all $10K in the evidence locker with that 5lbs of weed from yesterday.

Do evidence lockers have enough space for 5k in cash and 2lbs of weed?

iron_city_ap: Well, did he try to cross the border with it? If not, he did nothing illegal. Its possibly illegal, but, $50k seems pretty small time for laundering. More likely, it was money he saved up over time and was going to smuggle it back to help his family.

"...Chavez was arrested Monday when his southbound car was searched at the Bridge of the Americas."


"The Bridge of the Americas is a group of international bridges which cross the Rio Grande (Río Bravo) connecting the United States-Mexico border cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua." -- Wikipedia

I've never understood the whole "shuffling wads of American currency out of America".

It's like back when the Spanish took ships full of gold back to Spain. All that did was increase the amount of gold in Spain, devaluing gold and creating inflation. The French and English set out to trade and harvest and bring home goods.

It would make sense for launderers to be buying goods they can use or sell in the countries of production. It's how they used to do things but then even that got tricky.

D_Evans45: wetbacks

Classy.

untaken_name: Why is it the government's business if you have $10k or more? Do they declare it to us every time they waste $10k? I don't think so.

Couldn't have said it better myself!

So you "work hard for your money", then you get thrown in jail for it... go figure...

wildcardjack: I've never understood the whole "shuffling wads of American currency out of America".

It's like back when the Spanish took ships full of gold back to Spain. All that did was increase the amount of gold in Spain, devaluing gold and creating inflation. The French and English set out to trade and harvest and bring home goods.

It would make sense for launderers to be buying goods they can use or sell in the countries of production. It's how they used to do things but then even that got tricky.

youre not very good at knowing things.

Should have hired a consultant


or just looked up 'money laundering' in the dictonary

Just put it in a storage locker. It'll be fine.

Enigmamf: Because it is a limit to combat crimes like money laundering. If you don't acknowledge that you're moving large sums of money it is assumed that you are attempting to avoid anyone asking how you got that money in the first place, and thus that you probably got it through illegal means.

Yes, I know what they say. But that is presumption of guilt without evidence. That's not supposed to be ok. That's kind of my whole point.

fusillade762: D_Evans45: wetbacks

Classy.


Pipe down, beaner.