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Evidence
rug dealers and other criminals prefer the Because of this, criminals often pay taxes on their
use of cash to other monetary methods so illegal income to deflect suspicion.
Dthat their actions cannot easily be traced.
The Internal Revenue Service (IrS), however, During the investigation of John Gretzky, the
monitors cash deposits into bank accounts, as well Highland Park detectives found twelve receipts
as land and car sales. on his desk; all of the other receipts for Tumbling
Water Land Development Company were kept in a
As a result, criminals may use a legitimate filing cabinet in Louise Mondelo’s office. Suspicious
business to disguise their deposits. The business that Gretzky may be involved in some sort of fraud,
pretends to receive more money in income than police confiscated the receipts for analysis.
they actually received from customers, then
the illegal funds are added to the company’s Investigators believe that John Gretzky may have
bank account. Later the business will transfer been editing receipts to reflect sums larger than
this money into the criminal’s account, typically those actually brought into the company in order to
minus a service fee, in a process known as ‘money cover up illegal income. They further believe he may
laundering’. have been fabricating other receipts and forging
Louise Mondelo’s name to them. Therefore, these
A business laundering money requires receipts for receipts were given to the forensic questioned
the additional income in the event of an IRS audit. document examiners for analysis.
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