Correct. What is going to do all these folks in, is the concealment of illegal actions. If it was OK/Legal, there was no need to conceal. Additionally, there is the tax element. Did anyone deduct it as a “business expense”, was it included in assets, payments put down on organizational balance sheets as a liability? Did the receiving party document it as income from said party?
This could get good, unless the fix is in.
Some of the big financial cover up scandals of the past were busted open by the process of a thorough audit.
Oddly enough, this could explain why Mueller has loaded up his team with a number of experts in money laundering.