Top 10 Money Laundering Schemes

This movie is as much about business management as it is about different perspectives of the gangster world. Dons Michael and his father Vito trade screen time to show how the crime syndicate known as the Corleone family was founded and sustained. In Vito’s case, it was through the legitimate and successful cover of an olive oil importer named Genco Pura Olive Oil Company. And, knowing the mafia biz, it’s a fair bet Michael was overseeing some similar operations in his own time, even though he dreamed of cleaning up the family’s act.

Kicking off the plot to this film is an armored car robbery that’s particularly clever in the details because the money belongs to; you guessed it – a money launderer. And these thieves are especially ballsy, because they come up with the idea to sell the money back to him. But we all know criminals don’t always do business the conventional way. Before you know it, things escalate to an ambush and we’re embroiled in a cat-and-mouse revenge plot with the police involved.

The mafia has the biggest reputation for successful money laundering, so there’s no room for error in ensuring the competence of their employees. Well, somebody clearly forgot to mention that to mob man Max. This crime comedy is about what happens when down-on-his-luck boxer Bobby is tasked with securing a serious money laundering arrangement. Unfortunately, Bobby lets his overzealous friend Ricky tag along, and needless to say, things don’t go great.

It’s pretty creative to hide the illegal operations of the criminal underworld in the books of a law firm, but if any organization is brazen enough to do it, it’s the mob. Newbie associate at Bendini, Lambert & Locke Mitch McDeere is caught between working with the mob or snitching to the FBI due to the morally ambiguous conflict of attorney-client privilege. You see, he’s discovered the details of BL&L’s money-laundering scheme – which involved overbilling and mail fraud – and must decide how to escape the situation with his life intact.

Tony Soprano’s involvement in the mob’s ‘Barone Sanitation’ waste management business makes for an excellent place to hide money in and skim from, and is a throwback to the plethora of real-life mafia-owned sanitation services of a few decades ago. Tony also co-owns a pork store, and other ventures to help keep their money on the up and up. But a popular one on the show is the mob-owned strip club Bada Bing. That’s where the line between clean and dirty moneyis blurred.

The second season of this Netflix series is a complicated and scandalous web of money laundering that involves a slighted hot shot political player, a revenge plot, and U.S. relations with China. In order to sabotage Frank Underwood’s relationship with the Democratic President, influential businessman Raymond Tusk enlists a wealthy Chinese entrepreneur to channel money through the casinos towards Republican campaign fundraisers. Like classic whodunit theater, everyone’s trying to figure out in which direction to point their finger, and following the blame game is irresistible.

When you’re as rich and successful as Cuban immigrant-turned-drug kingpin Tony Montana, the best place to launder your money is through a bank itself. That is if your launderer doesn’t try to shake you down for more pay because of an IRS investigation, and then the police investigation doesn’t get you incriminated or incarcerated. To let you know how high he rolls, Tony’s laundering accusations were for $1.3 million, and his bail was almost four times that. Scarface is a baller.