Professor Fact Checks Money Laundering Scenes, from 'Ozark' to 'Narcos' | Vanity Fair

“I teach money laundering, and this is my MasterClass.”

Jessie "I'm a drug dealer?" Saul "Ehh!, hundred times worse. You're a tax evader" hahaaaa

It's interesting that Hollywood is so good at creating money laundering scenes. Especially when they are so bad at portraying almost every other activity.

Her smirk the whole time. She knows things, she can’t share but really wants to.

Nice money laundering tips. Now the only thing I need, is to learn how to earn illegal pile of money in first place.

What's up with using a potato for the second camera?

In the 90's, we have this eye glasses chain store in Taiwan that was used as a front company by local mobs (which was somehow common knowledge). However, the glasses business is extremely lucrative as production costs are low, yet sell prices can be very high (which is why it was used for money laundering). The chain stores were earning more legitimate income than the mob was making that the mobs retired their illegal activities.

This woman has the most visually interesting office I've ever seen. That dope 3 dimensional art and circles on the cabinets are amazing.

I love when she mentions neighbor businesses that don’t appear to make money but stay open year after year. I’ve always wondered if those businesses and whether they are fronts. It’s a total possibility.

21:53 - Yep. I remember when a small pizza joint opened in front of my house. We tried it out once, but it was the worst pizza we've ever had. They never had any customers inside, but they lasted for months in what is a very expensive neighbourhood to own a business. Months later, the police came and sealed off the whole street. They went in and they started brining out enough slot machines to fill a small casino in Vegas. The pizza joint was just a front for an underground casino, which are illegal in my country.

She was my professor in college, and she is the GOAT. 100% the real deal. We actually learned about a lot of these scenes in class.

I lived in SF in the 90s. There was an old guy that had a small mom-and-pop store that had no customers. It was between Chinatown and Nob Hill, so near downtown and in the heart of the city. They actually kept the lights off to make it look dodgy and not enticing for foot-traffic. There were spider webs on the shelves and few perishable items. The old guy just sat and read the paper all day. SF has some of the highest rents in the world, so there was no way it was a viable business. It was so obviously a money laundering outfit.

I like how passionate she discusses about money laundering, and she likes how Saul Goodman outwits the Feds.

This just makes me think of all the money laundering that goes on in the modern art business. There was literally a blank white painting that sold for $15 million.

The Professor has mastered that stare that good teachers do to make you feel guilty and confess, even though you haven't done anything wrong lol

Having too much money is such a relatable problem I will never have

Vanity Fair - PLEASE keep all these series going, so needed during lockdown!!!

The way she validated ozark made me so happy 🤣

As a writer, I consider this video gold for research materials.

I use this clip with Saul Goodman all of the time. I live in Brazil and when you are teaching lawyers and investigators this has become one of the major subjects in the last 6 years and there is always new material to use. Very good and very well put together video. Congratulations and thank you. The English is clear and I can use all of this too for homework. lol.