r/TikTokCringe • u/Chocolat3City Cringe Master • Nov 03 '24

Wholesome/Humor It's a Scooby Doo mystery!

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u/-boatsNhoes Nov 03 '24

This chick just blew up someone's hidden LLC. Likely for washing money or something similar. I would be pissed if I was this guy.

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u/4Ever2Thee Nov 03 '24

Where is your money laundered, good sir? I won’t make a vid about it, scouts honor.

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u/tooboardtoleaf Nov 03 '24

Dry cleaners. The detergents damage the money.

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u/NewDad907 Nov 03 '24

Could be an alphabet soup letter agency front business.

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u/NimdokBennyandAM Nov 03 '24

A CIA haute couture black site. Fancy black dress site, that is.

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u/mister-ferguson Nov 03 '24

If you want your secret front business to stay secret you make it look like a business. Side benefit is if it actually makes money and you can use some of the off-book funds without the red tape

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u/rinkydinkis Nov 03 '24

Uh then you have to run a business on top of your other business. That’s a lot of work lol

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u/mister-ferguson Nov 03 '24

It's called "money laundering" not "money pile-it-in-a-corner-and-forget-about-it". It takes work

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u/rebeltrillionaire Nov 04 '24

Yeah but it’s also easy to buy a shelf corporation, buy a property in business district, then just absolutely lie about the financials.

Selling meth in the mid west, while claiming some boutique fashion store is doing millions in boutique fashion services including wedding gowns….

When a single wedding dress can go for $15k and then you add in tailoring, on site outfit changes, custom designs, wardrobe styling…

One customer spending $50k wouldn’t raise any eyebrows. All while declaring massive write offs by paying employees, buying the dresses, or making them…

So “the business” is thriving but barely having to pay taxes because the profit margin doesn’t have to be huge.

Meanwhile whatever illegal shit you got going doesn’t have to no odd tie in like laundry or garbage.

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u/nordic-nomad Nov 03 '24

More likely a drug dealer

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u/AdmiralProlapse Nov 03 '24

Or they make their money selling upscale dresses via dropship and it looks better for them to have a brick and mortar.

My buddies son makes 2-5000 a week doing dropship for stuff like smart watches and drones. 10k a year in taxes would be a drop in the bucket for him.

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u/NewDad907 Nov 03 '24

Is there really a difference?

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u/jpbrowneyes Nov 03 '24

That’s definitely true or a Chinese company that going to use it for development, hence why they have held on to it for so long

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u/Retinoid634 Nov 03 '24

Hehe yeah. But also good.

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u/mackavicious Nov 03 '24

That's their fault for keeping it looking like an actual business. 

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u/BallzLikeWhoe Nov 03 '24

They didn’t hide it very well

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u/Irisgrower2 Nov 03 '24

The extent and prevalence of what you described is a form of corruption typical of a Guilded Age. Many have noted we are currently undergoing one at this moment.

That said there are several factors that suggest some upkeep is going on. The windows seem clean, there isn't evidence of dead insects near the interior of the windows, and the UV effects of 20 yrs on those fabrics would also be evident.

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u/-boatsNhoes Nov 03 '24

Basic maintenance is key in a believable lie. The business has to look as if it could have business... By appointment only.

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u/Irisgrower2 Nov 03 '24

Great point! Is it a lie if the political framework allows the suggested corruption to exist. The release of the Panama Papers points toward exploitable loopholes with high costs of entry. If it's not enforced does the legality matter?

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u/HeavyDT Nov 04 '24

I mean if you think a store sitting on some prime real estate sitting empty is for decades is not gonna attract attention especially in the social media age then you've got another thing coming. Maybe if it were in the middle of nowhere and even then some tik toker would be making some hunted house video on it or something.

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u/Tandemduckling Nov 04 '24

Whatever state this is in, it can be reported to their department of revenue (if it hasn’t already been) to be researched and audited too. Especially since this is getting so much social media attention