My brother-in-law used to be an accountant at a large hotel in the San Diego area. He told me once that empty expensive hotel rooms could be "sold" to phantom customers, and that the bills could be paid in untraceable cash. After hearing that, I started a custom with my daughter - whenver we stumbled into a business establishment whose products or services were so bad that there was no reason for them to survive in business - "Money laundry!!"