Posts tagged shell-companies

#5 The Laundromat: How Trump’s Atlantic City Casinos Became Money Laundering Machines

GriftMatrix Money Laundering The Receipts April 21, 2026

Trump didn’t fail at the casino business. He succeeded at something else entirely. His Atlantic City casinos racked up 106 Bank Secrecy Act violations and the largest fine in history for anti-money-laundering failures. The Taj Mahal was a laundromat.

#2 The Test: Trump Tower Was Open for Business and the Mob Came Shopping

GriftMatrix Money Laundering Organized Crime The Receipts April 14, 2026

Trump Tower opened in 1983 and immediately became a magnet for dirty money. Baby Doc Duvalier, Russian mob operative David Bogatin, and mob-connected gambling kingpin Robert Hopkins all bought condos with cash through shell companies. BuzzFeed found 1,300+ suspicious shell company purchases totaling $1.5 billion across Trump properties. He never asked where the money came from.