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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just finished it the other day and I can't wait for Season 2 (hope there is one!).

Also, I'm a bit embarrassed to admit this, but this show is what finally taught me what money laundering is.  I mean, I knew what it was in theory before, but now I really get it.  So thanks Dead to Me.[/quote]

:D If you want to further your education, Ozark goes deep into it.[/quote]

I think Ozark is the best example of the concept of money laundering.  such a great show![/quote]

I agree, but I was still confused about it.  For instance, in Ozark, Marty has to do lots of repairs on the restaurant/inn in order to launder his money.  But he's still spending actual money to complete the repairs, so how is he able to keep the money?  Isn't he spending a lot of it?  [/quote]

I’ve never seen Ozark, but I can take a guess.  Let’s say the restaurant needs to replenish its dishware stock.  Whatever organization he’s laundering for owns the restaurant supply company.  Marty buys 1000 plates, which would normally be $2/plate, but the restaurant supply company charges him $5/plate.  He pays the $5,000 with $2,000 of legitimate restaurant revenue and $3,000 of dirty money (which has been put into the restaurant’s books by recording phones cash transactions).  The result is the restaurant is paying out what it would have spent anyway on the expense from its legit revenues, and the dirty money gets passed through to the organization clean.[/quote]

Meant to add that is why organized crime syndicates often own a variety of legitimate businesses through shell companies, to give themslves a wide variety of ways to launder money,[/quote]

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