[bravo22]

Bob has the same problem as Beth in showing the sources of his funds as being legitimate to justify his lavish spending on car rentals.

[creato]

I think the parent comment has this wrong. This isn’t about laundering a big pile of dirty cash into a pile of clean cash. It’s more a way for black markets to take credit cards by “renting” cars. But it only works up to a small scale and for individual customers.

It still seems risky for those involved because there is a paper trail linking the buyer and seller in the case the buyer gets busted.