My mind was already crying uncle from all the shit Lilly just casually shared with me. I supposed it made sense. If you suddenly had multiple people who had no job or investments obtain financial windfalls, not just your relatives but even the government would be skeptical.
Money laundering usually followed a simple process. You buy something worthless, hire an "appraiser" then have them announce that it was worth a lot then sell the item. If anyone asked where you got the money from, it would be from the sale of that worthless item.
Paintings and real estate were both subjective in nature. Thus, it was very easy to create value out of nothing just by borrowing the words of an expert.
In today's world crypto functioned in the same fashion. While the original crypto currencies were backed by the technology as the government understood more that credibility began to fade.
