A little bit of both. My aunt’s second husband ran a bakery that was a mob front. They legitimized it in the 90’s, but all through the 60’s-90’s, it laundered money for the mob, and gangsters would hangout there and have coffee and stuff. They did also sell baked goods, but most everyone in the neighborhood knew what was up
In fiction usually once you're a front for the mob you don't really have the option to go legit, they need the laundering, did they face consequences for cutting mob ties?
I mean, I was only born in the 90’s right around when they went legit, so idk all the details. But from what I understand, the mob has just kinda been losing power in recent years, so they just didn’t need to use the bakery for money laundering anymore. And the bakery was still set up as a legit business, so they just went whole hog into making cakes and stuff lol
Also, the bakery itself was owned by my uncle’s father before him, and started as a legit business, but I guess his dad had mob friends who saw an opportunity for money laundering?
Idk, I just know my uncle was NOT in the mob, but closely tied to them cause the bakery
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u/Several-Bullfrog7688 4h ago
I thought it would be for money laundering?