teethalarm t1_ja9sb7s wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Reply to comment by Spiritual_Jaguar4685 in Eli5 Why can't we refreeze thawed food? by Pef421-

Aren't micro organisms also made from cells? Wouldn't they also be destroyed during the freezing process?

teethalarm t1_j241e4i wrote on December 29, 2022 at 2:37 PM

Reply to Eli5: Why are matress and laundromat stores often used for laundering money by Jojojoost010

I haven't heard the one about mattress stores. The one about laundromats is plausible, but you aren't going to be able to launder much money through a laundromat. They may be an almost exclusively cash business, but it's not as much as you think.

I work at a bank, and the laundromats we work with bring in less than 1000 a week. The guy who owns the laundromat also has vending machines and a car wash that is included in the deposit. If they suddenly started bringing more than that, us bank tellers would immediately be suspicious. A mildly successful restaurant will easily bring in 1000+ a day in cash, it would be less suspicious if a restaurant was bringing in larger quantities of cash than usual, especially if they said something like their card reader is broken or they have some special that is really taking off.

teethalarm t1_iyfd71k wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:48 PM

Reply to What do you miss about being a teenager? by gabigata5

Not having bills or any real responsibilities. Also that my back didn't hurt.

teethalarm t1_iyfcg4s wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:42 PM

Reply to You win $1B but in exchange you can never use social media again, are you interested what would you do? by a1bells

Seems like a win win to me.

teethalarm t1_iyfbzk5 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:39 PM

Reply to comment by mcgato in ELI5 why fraudsters like Anna Sorokin managed to deposit bad checks and immediately withdraw cash elsewhere without banks stopping it? by 6horrigoth

That's an interesting way to do it.

teethalarm t1_iyepvho wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:05 PM

Reply to ELI5 why fraudsters like Anna Sorokin managed to deposit bad checks and immediately withdraw cash elsewhere without banks stopping it? by 6horrigoth

Bank teller here. The kind of check fraud that I see the most often is that someone will steal account information, usually a business account, and then make fake checks using that account info. They will then deposit these checks. If it looks legitimate and the account has funds, bank tellers won't always look deep into the checks. Then the check clears and the person depositing it can withdraw it.