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by systemvoltage 1533 days ago
Still not detailed enough and doesn't make any sense.

Does Beth have cash? Is it in a bank account? You can't use cash on Turo from what I understand. If money is in bank account, it won't be "dirty". So, how can Beth pay for a rental on Turo?

As someone already commented, there is nothing special about Turo, you could just set up an ecommerce store and ship rocks around.

Can you please expand?

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> there is nothing special about Turo, you could just set up an ecommerce store and ship rocks around

Your analogy is correct. These serve similar functions. It’s just easier to pretend to rent a car than it is to ship rocks. (I disagree with OP about there being massive money laundering on Turo.)

I still have questions:

1) How is it "dirty" money when it is in the bank account? It is accounted for. Your tax ID / EIN is associated with the bank account and it is reported to IRS.

2) The ecommerce rock-shipping company would need to take cash and have to deposit in a checking account to be able to successfully launder money. So at this point, it cannot be an "ecommerce" company. It would need to be a hot-dog stand. Right?

> How is it "dirty" money when it is in the bank account?

Lots of dirty Russian money in bank accounts looking for invoices to launder against.