[Oldeconomybuyer]

Pat Paddock:

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Would not be surprised if he was a professional money launderer for either drug lords or islamists. Vegas is the perfect place to do that.

[oh8eleven]

he mentioned that Paddock had a “secret life”
At one time in this country, all good Americans led "secret lives." It was no one's damned business - especially the government's - who we were or what we did.
Sadly, we'll never see those days again.

[Alberta's Child]

As soon as I saw some of the descriptions of his personal background I immediately thought he fit the profile of someone involved in money laundering, arms trafficking, drug dealing, etc.

[Williams]

I totally agree. The brother said many things that made me believe this is a very greedy and manipulative family.

[elpadre]

Why do I get the feeling that this looks more and more like a money laundering situation???

[x]

When I hear the words "accountant," "South Florida," "Las Vegas," and "casino" I think "mob connection."

That's probably not it, but you have to wonder how somebody who's father was a bank robber and in prison became a millionaire.

BLM would attribute it to "White privilege," but maybe the father stashed the money some place.

One thing about the father: he wasn't a desperate 1930s-style bank robber. He had a job selling garbage disposals.

APaddock Sr. was something of an entrepreneur himself: at various times, he ran a gas station and a bingo game, and sold used cars.

It wasn't need that made him steal, it was his pathology IMHO, so he probably had other funds hidden somewhere.

[Albion Wilde]

“Mr. Paddock was such a nice man,” the neighbor across the street told The Daily Citizen in 1960. “He was so attentive to his wife. He was so kind to the children, and he was always doing helpful things around the house.”

I used to live amongst the mafia. Neighbors said the same things about them when they were inevitably arrested—or died in a hail of bullets.

[Revolutionary]

Money laundering using gambling is quite common by drug lords; especially South of the border.