</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Robison:
You sound like an honest guy. I find it hard to believe that a car dealer unwittingly participated in money laundering. Most times, the money launderer is not buying a striped $11,000 Ranger pickup for cash. It's usually an expensive car. If someone came in and wanted to buy a used $ 4,000.00 car for cash, I wouldn't think a thing about it. If he wanted a Bentely at $325,000.00, any "reasonable and prudent man" would suspect something fishy. If the dealer didn's suspect something, then I want to buy from him because he's not prudent. )</font>
Joe, let me give you an example of how the IRS sees money laundering.
A guy comes into a car dealership, a farmer looking fellow. Wants a new F250. Wants to pay cash. $35,000. Pays in hundreds.
Five months later he's busted for having 2 tons of home grown pot in his shed.
A year later the IRS comes to the dealership, asks how that truck they sold was paid for . . . . cash? . . . .where's the currency transaction report? . . . no report, you say?
The dealer would be lucky to forfeit the cash received in the deal. If they were unlucky someone there could face criminal charges.
You see, the Federal crime was taking the cash without filing a CTR. It didn't matter what they did or didn't know about the buyer.
Hope this clears the situation up.
