White collar law enforcement is an illusion, backed by the occasional example.

There are 13k FBI special agents and most have case loads focused on things like "murder" than some e-commerce website with traffic numbers that don't add up.

A one hour cursory look on public clearnet hacking forums will surface hundreds of felonies by people with poor opsec, Feds scroll past them on a daily basis. It's not what they're after.

And no, the IRS has been trimmed to bones for decades, they probably audit <10 laundromats via water and power analysis a year, the same way Apple built literally two iPhone recycling robots (that do a thousand devices a year) but spend millions on marketing.

That's the harsh truth.

Where I live, THC is illegal, and its distribution usually ends with time served.

Interestingly, CBD (more accurately THC-less) stores are everywhere, taking prime locations in city centers, blaring thousands of positive reviews on Google Maps. Their top product is CBD oil (or rather, THC-less cannabis oil). Prices of their products are suspiciously similar to that of their illegal counterparts.

Yet when you pass in front of such stores, there's usually just a single person tending, sometimes with a friend because it gets boring as there's virtually no customer.

It's basically the caffeine pills + decaffeinated coffee product split, where caffeine is illegal.

Following the supply chain would not only find the laundering, but also the distribution and production of a substance considered illegal.

But cops stick to chasing dealers, and the fisc doesn't really chase businesses that seem to pay their taxes.

Second, just obviously spend a little money and time on those things? It’s a minor cost to run shitty ad campaigns.

The business doesn’t need to be good, it just has to look real. Do things a real business would do, except unlike a real business you will have a 100% chance of success.