Actually he was producing counterfeit booze and tobacco in addition to not paying taxes on it.
What cracks me up is why someone capable of putting in the level of effort necessary to build an enterprise of this size would need to do it illegally.
The taxes and licensing and regulation are so expensive you can’t have a legitimate go at it and instead risk jail?
Taxes, licensing, and regulation always help protect established producers to the detriment of start ups.
‘It’s striking that the alcohol factory had exactly the same format set up for it as the tobacco factory”
Just shows you that the guy had a good business model.
Yes that is true.