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[-] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

"La casa de las carcasas". All Spaniards know it.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 7 points 2 months ago

They expanded, they also have shops in Italy now. In big shopping malls, where the rents are insane.

There's no way they can afford the rents just by selling stupid phone covers.

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[-] dumbass@leminal.space 9 points 2 months ago

The country town my sister lives in had their post office shut down because they were using it as a distribution warehouse for their meth business and most probably money laundering but 100% was running a meth empire from the local post office.

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[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

JP Morgan Chase, Comerica, Bank of America, etc

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

I know this great money laundering scheme in town. You take filthy money and they turn it into clean tamales. Abuelita has the slickest game in the county

[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We have a local chain of antique shops, very high-end

Never see anyone come or go

[-] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

We're lousy with antique shops here, but there is this one that is only open two days a week, for a few hours. They just sell thrift store quality junk and discounted (new) disposable kitchenware. They start cleaning 30 minutes before "closing time" and don't let you in the store.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

There is a possibility that all of their real business is online and they just keep the storefront open with the crap stuff so they can claim to be a brick and mortar store.

[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Unless they're a distributor or operating under a different name online I can't seem to find anything

Their 3 separate ornate stores in a town with a population less than 20k do not direct anyone online

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

We were excited to learn of a new restaurant opening, an all-day breakfast and lunch place, like an upscale Denny's with a liquor license.

Hmm. That sounds more ghetto than summer lazy patio time with friends should.

Anyway, they finished setting up 4 years ago. At most I see 2 cars in the lot on the way past and no one seems to ever be inside.

Either they're laundering serious cash or they're somehow bankrupting a restaurant in an area that needs an option other than pizza and subway.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

...have you ever gone?

[-] PassingDuchy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Sometimes it's just a passion project by crazy people. My town has a shack on a busy non-walkable intersection without even parking spaces that sells only angel figurines. Let me be clear, this isn't general angel knickknacks, this isn't specific saints, it's angel figurines ONLY. You will find no bless this house signs. No Christmas tree toppers or ornaments. Not a single holiday decoration, religious or otherwise. You won't even find Jesus on the cross.

Angel. Figurines. Only. I always assumed it was a front for something until my mom helped with some taxes for them. No, it's just one crazy couple who are obsessed with the sanctity of the angel figurine. They feel very strongly about it and asking if they do garden angels now that spring's coming up and you'd love to patronage them is apparently offensive enough for them to take their taxes elsewhere lol.

[-] tipicaldik@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

we have what seems like about 15 mattress stores along one stretch of road, and we also have a store that sells nothing but bar stools. I've often thought that about those places...

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

There was a podcast episode about this. I want to say freakonomics or similar.

Iirc, the margins on mattresses are crazy. People will comparison shop, not realizing that many of the stores are subsidiaries of the same company. Stores often don't have the exact mattress (different models at different stores making pricing matching impossible) so you're down to making gut decisions.

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[-] skulkbane@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

As a kid there was a pizzeria everyone at school said was a money laundering operation, no one knew of anyone who bought pizza there and it was always open... thinking about it now, the town had about 10 000 people living in it, and there was 6 pizzerias and that particular one was in a very odd place and no signage and i have never seen a menu form them anywhere

[-] Lasherz12@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Mattress Firm

[-] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

My town has a population of about 2,000 people. There are five dedicated car washes within a 10-mile radius of my house, with two more under construction.

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[-] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Sweet shop right next to my old college. Never once saw anyone go in, it was never open, yet always fully stocked.

[-] MycelialMass@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

If its never opened wouldnt they not sell anything and therefor always be stocked?

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[-] Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Used to be a Pizza place in my home town that had $1 large pizza on Wednesday no limit, they were the worst pizza in town, but they were packed every week. It went on for years then they got shut down turns out they were using the increase in foot traffic to cover people coming in to buy drugs.

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[-] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 6 points 2 months 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.

[-] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 6 points 2 months ago

In my country, it’s the casinos. They naturally receive cash predominantly, and can easily launder millions. Everything else is small potatoes.

[-] Shieldtoad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Why would a town with less than 15000 inhabitants need 3 laundromats, 3 hand carwashes and 2 mattress stores? The 4 nightshops are also shady.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

The first two are businesses that basically run themselves, you only need someone to show up if something breaks, so it's perfect for someone sitting on a commercial lot.

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[-] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

Only one? All vape shops are money laundering fronts, until proven otherwise.

[-] konalt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months 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

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

There was a dog grooming salon in Nottingham with curtains over the windows. Other than the woman who ran the place, no one (or dog) ever went in or came out that we saw.

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