Drug Dealing Relative

fishybusiness

Looking at the OP's previous posts, life has been a bit rough on him, and now he is staring success in face, albeit on the wrong side of the law.

Tells its own story imo........

Robisere

paddy's_mum wrote: »

Personally, I don't care if this thread is an alter ego or a wind-up or based on jealousy or pretend moral outrage.

If there's even half of one per cent of a grain of truth in it, I'm backing the OP all the way in trying to bring a halt to someone's participation in what is an absolutely filthy trade.

^^^^^^^^ THIS!
I totally agree. Disregard the obvious jealousy, disregard even the possibility that the OP is trolling and the OP's previous.

If you have ever seen the results of drugs and their effects upon a family, a neighbourhood and everyone else involved, you would not be so dismissive. If there is some truth in this story, the OP is absolutely right to report it. But bearing in mind the details about the baby, is that not a great cover for someone involved in dealing? On that basis alone, I would also involve the local DSS Childrens Services.

There is also the possibility that this dealer's activities are already the subject of police investigations.

comeandgo

If he has managed to put the cash through a business for him to buy a car and house in two years his business should be vat registered. Suggest to HMRC that they should visit.

Loz01

This might not be as ludicrous as people think, my friends ex is a drug dealer and he also bought a 95 grand house for cash and has never been investigated for any kind of money laundering.

Red-Squirrel_2

Loz01 wrote: »

This might not be as ludicrous as people think, my friends ex is a drug dealer and he also bought a 95 grand house for cash and has never been investigated for any kind of money laundering.

Well yes, drug dealers do exist, and they often get away with it for a long time and make a lot of money.

Its stuff like the graphic designer faking invoices and the choice for the business front that he actually doesn't know how to do that make it obviously fake.

Robisere

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

Well yes, drug dealers do exist, and they often get away with it for a long time and make a lot of money.

Its stuff like the graphic designer faking invoices and the choice for the business front that he actually doesn't know how to do that make it obviously fake.

My last career after disability forced me to stop work as a workshop foreman, was as a designer and printer of many kinds of stationery, books, posters, flyers, entertainment packs and prospectuses for independent schools. I qualified for this by hard educational work using my own savings. I would certainly have been able to design and print invoices and any other genuine-seeming 'company' documentation. Given the knowledge, expertise and materials, it is not difficult. Someone comes to such a designer and says "I want this done, like that -" and pays, the designer does it. He does not have to know whether the work he is doing is pukka or not. Would I have done it? Not without investigating the "company" involved. Which probably means no. But everything and everyone has a price.

Refurbishing alloy wheels was a lucrative trade even during my own time in the motor trade, and is even more so nowadays. The OP does not just say that (the alleged dealer) " doesn't know how to do that..." - he states that he has someone working for him who presumably does know how to do it.

Red-Squirrel_2

Robisere wrote: »

My last career after disability forced me to stop work as a workshop foreman, was as a designer and printer of many kinds of stationery, books, posters, flyers, entertainment packs and prospectuses for independent schools. I qualified for this by hard educational work using my own savings. I would certainly have been able to design and print invoices and any other genuine-seeming 'company' documentation. Given the knowledge, expertise and materials, it is not difficult. Someone comes to such a designer and says "I want this done, like that -" and pays, the designer does it. He does not have to know whether the work he is doing is pukka or not. Would I have done it? Not without investigating the "company" involved. Which probably means no. But everything and everyone has a price.

Graphic designers don't produce invoices. They might design a logo and a layout that the business owner then uses to print their invoices on to, but they don't keep producing each one after the initial work is done!

Starrystarrynight1

If this thread isn't a wind up, the OP could report the person in question to HMRC for money laundering, as well as the Police for drug dealing. Laundering money through a business bank account usually becomes fairly obvious to anyone looking when the receipts don't seem to tally with outgoings, eg 10 invoices for alloy wheel refurbishment but no outgoing payments for equipment/materials/paints etc or a restaurant paying in receipts for 500 covers a week but outgoing payments show haven't purchased anywhere near enough ingredients for this amount etc etc.

The OP could also report this man to Crimestoppers anonymously.

Robisere

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

Graphic designers don't produce invoices. They might design a logo and a layout that the business owner then uses to print their invoices on to, but they don't keep producing each one after the initial work is done!

That is exactly what I did: as a designer and printer the cost of goods included a large percentage for the design of the goods. All the buyer had to do then, was produce an invoice by inserting the drive into their own computer, input details such as date, description of goods/services, cost breakdown and VAT (if applicable)

The implication in my post, that I continued to produce invoices after the design process, was incorrect, I should have stated that I designed and printed only certain materials, not invoices. However, there were times when I did produce an invoice: for my own services, of course.

I trust that ends the hair-splitting. I simply wished to prove that a graphic designer was capable of printing invoices, if asked. Because I know that I was capable of doing so.

Red-Squirrel_2

Robisere wrote: »

That is exactly what I did: as a designer and printer the cost of goods included a large percentage for the design of the goods. All the buyer had to do then, was produce an invoice by inserting the drive into their own computer, input details such as date, description of goods/services, cost breakdown and VAT (if applicable)

The implication in my post, that I continued to produce invoices after the design process, was incorrect, I should have stated that I designed and printed only certain materials, not invoices. However, there were times when I did produce an invoice: for my own services, of course.

I trust that ends the hair-splitting. I simply wished to prove that a graphic designer was capable of printing invoices, if asked. Because I know that I was capable of doing so.

Then what on earth was the point of your post in the first place?

Not that it isn't always fascinating to get yet another story about the life and times of Robisere of course!