bexar, texas, but includes san
antonio will luce be included.
those who use an llc to buy or
sell real estate under a certain
value have to disclose the true
owner of the llc and their
source of income.
now this only pertains to those
who pay all cash, so if you get
a mortgage banks are already
required to under know your
client rules to find identity of
the buyers.
now, the overseas wealthy have
been increasingly turning to
real estate to hide their
fortunes.
>> real estate tends to be a
good vehicle to launder money
because it's very vulnerable and
there are no regulations in
place, until now, so someone
from russia or mexico or from
advance la who wanted to buy
residential real estate could
have done so without disclosing
who that person is.
>> the treasury says 25% of the
transactions in the pilot
program were suspicious.
one person made a $16 million
cash withdrawal from his bank
account and another moved $7
million around several south
american shell companies.