So I found out the other day that he is personally on a board of auditors that legitimately get to decide specific businesses for investigation. He asked me for suggestions the other day. I would love to hear some.

  • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    Non-profit health and human services companies. Crooked as all hell. It seems like a lot of them are working some sort of real estate racket and Medicaid fraud. A fun game is to look up a board of directors for these places and see how many of their "businesses" are registered to the Cayman Islands or something.

    Any insurance company, and especially workman's comp ones.

    MLM companies like Anyway or Herbalife.

    • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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      2 months ago

      Do you mean Amway, whose website specifically denies being a scam

      https://www.amway.com/amway-insider/common-questions/myths

      Thanks for specific companies, that’s what I’m looking for, not industries

      • CarbonScored [any]
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        2 months ago

        Any company that needs to reassure you they are not a pyramid scheme is just.. outing themselves, honestly.

  • SoyViking [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Small business run by Pell grant recipients that have operated successfully for at least five years in underserved areas.

    Edit: Seriously they should target either arms manufacturers or unproductive and socially harmful industries like gambling, predatory lending, debt collection, crypto scams or slum lords

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]
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      2 months ago

      Second slum lords. A big enough company will most likely have their shit on lock because they have a dedicated department for it, or will make the audit process really long and arduous for likely no results.

      On the other hand, slumlords are the perfect middle ground between tiny small business owners whose accounting isn't really complex, so everything is likely to be in order, and big companies who have the resources to exploit tax loopholes and not get in trouble.

      A slum lord is very likely to have enough units to make accounting complex, while not being willing to spend any money doing accounting well, so they'll cut corners and fudge numbers to evade taxes as much as possible

      • Hexboare [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        Real estate is also a huge money laundering sector because there's basically no KYC laws

    • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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      2 months ago

      I think investigation of how tax money is spent is different. He specifically looks into big companies not paying their taxes appropriately.

      • FloridaBoi [he/him]
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        2 months ago

        Companies that have presence in multiple jurisdictions and own a lot of subsidiaries who do a lot of inter- and intra-company transactions. Top three telcos as examples

  • chungusamonugs [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Not sure how rural you wanna go. But outdoor adventure companies. People who offer boat/jet ski/hunting trips/atv tours.

  • thebartermyth [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    Special purpose vehicles (SPV) and special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) - especially with 704(c) layers. It goes well with the new Form 7217. Also please get me a job lol

    • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]
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      2 months ago

      Well you sound like you know what you're talking about! He works for one of the Offices of Inspectors General, if you're actually interested.

  • REgon [they/them]
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    2 months ago

    I'd say BlackRock, but I have no idea if theres anything to point at with them.
    CocaCola company, whatever that is called.
    Nestle.
    Tyson foods.
    Tesla (of course) and twitter (I'm pretty sure the idiot has tweeted about not paying taxes) and SpaceX.
    Boeing.

    If he doesn't exclusively do large corps: Any construction company