>be me>vector artist>working on this large advertising firm>from a third world country (Philippines)>be me>draw shapes, get paid>comfy life>be today>cops and swat teams and shit raided our building>apparently our business doubles as a high end prostitution agency AND sells methamphetamine>about 25% of our employees are complicit>the guy who taught me how to use illustrator is literally fucking Heisenberg>our print manager is a pimp by eveningwtf?
Not terribly rare; any field where lots of money changes hands for "creative" work is ripe for money laundering or being a front like this since you are essentially making money out of thin air as opposed to making/selling tangible products with a set market value...ad agencies, art galleries/ dealers, record companies, publishing...all of them have been used this way. Recycling and auto dismantling too.Also even where someone goes in legit, with advertising and related businesses that depend on a healthy business economy to thrive, when business takes a downturn its not uncommon for people to see dealing in drugs and other illicit activity as a lifeline to get them through a rough spot of no work...and when it pays better than the original business it's hard to walk away and go back to making signs or T Shirts or whatever.Ironically this is one valid answer to that thread where someone asks:>How are some people getting paid 191k and I barely get 65k a year in a large Midwest city anons
>>454709They didn't trust you enough to let you in on the good stuff. Clearly, that's what they thought of you!
