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[–] silasmariner@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's been a hot minute since paper trails were actually, y'know, paper

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Sure, it's not like shell companies don't exist and obfuscate real ownership or anything.

Pass the payments through a few shell companies, bingo bango, good luck finding the source if one of those companies in the middle and their records disappear entirely.