True story- About over 2 years ago, I was talking with a random stranger who turned out to work security at Stones. He told me (then) one of the biggest security issues at Stones was money laundering. I was like- WTH, but also found it interesting, he was casual about it like "no big deal". The scam is rather easy- bring in dirty money like 10k, buy chips, go play a table game for a short session of two hands and then cash out about most of the 10k in new clean cash from the cage.

To me, I question if this is really illegal or how can you press this as a crime? I can understand if its a pattern over time and you catch the same person or people doing it, but it seems like a really quick and easy way to launder money?

Any insight or opinion on this?

Quick Google yields-

Hawaiian Gardens, California: The Money Laundering Capital of the World

Northern California Casino Penalized by FinCEN for Ignoring Anti-Money Laundering Laws