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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Every mattress store you’ve ever seen is likely a front for some shady shit.

[–] epicstove 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

You think the money is under the mattress?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Came to say this

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

It's way more than one shop. Meh, shop there anyway if you like anything they sell. Chances are your government is blowing ridiculous money on bullshit anyway. Pay cash too when you can. And do everything you can to resist digital spending tracking.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Nah they make good steak and shrimp and they don't bother me so Ima leave them alone. There are much bigger criminals to worry about in this country than shady local businesses.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

There are three recently opened smoke and vape shops in my village that are 100% money laundering schemes, they all sell American sweets as well for some reason

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

In 1991 two small businesses were busted for being fronts for illegal gambling parlors. 30 Cleveland cops were part of the bust. I lived next to both of them at one time. One was a t-shirt printing shop, I forget what the other was. A year later I moved into a neighborhood that had a pizza shop with a very nice sign, no windows and never seemed to be open. It was not uncommon to see a patrol car parked in front

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

YaYa's Flam Broiled Chicken. It's not good. There's never anybody in the parking lot. But you're telling me they could move to a bigger location? One that's a converted bank?? Banks have vaults. For all the laundered money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

Dan's Fan City

Charleston S.C.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago
[–] [email protected] 150 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

I keep thinking about the pizza store that was opened as a front for the mafia but did such good business that they quit doing the mafia thing and just sold pizzas full-time

[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s an Italian restaurant in Denver (Gaetano’s) that was opened in the 40s to give the mob wives something to keep them busy and to launder money. The mob is long gone, but the restaurant is still pretty popular.

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The "Water and Donut Store" where they get mad if you ask for donuts, say it's not the right time of day for donuts (all times of day/night are the wrong time, but there are always three or four stale, lonely donuts in the large glass donut cases) and have a station where you may, for a small fee, fill your water jugs with minimally filtered tap water. 🤨

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 week ago

say it's not the right time of day for donuts

This feels like it's taken right out of a video game.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 1 week ago (5 children)

We have a jewelry store in town that is by appointment only. During the day there's always a high end car parked at the back of the store but you never see anyone in there. When my buddy was getting ready to propose he tried calling to get an appointment and it went straight to voicemail with a message that said private clients only and then beeped. He left a message but never heard back. I've never met anyone who has seen anyone go in or come out of that place.

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