𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐕𝐂𝐬: 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠: a series of transactions to eventually return it to its original place 𝐋𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠: multiple levels of transactions and investments to create a complex web, making it challenging for regulators to trace the money trail 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Money is moved through multiple jurisdictions with lax financial regulations, making it difficult to trace 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬: After receiving investment, the startup pays exorbitant fees for services to companies owned by the VC 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 : Large sums of money are invested, purportedly for business operations, but are instead funneled out through fake invoices, inflated expenses 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬: Creating shell companies or paper startups that exist only to facilitate financial transactions
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