i assume that the money laundering process is supposed to work as follows:
<vhs haver puts vhs on sale, mafia mofo buys it at a high price to get a clean asset in exchange for his dirty money, later he will sell it again at a similar price to cash out his money
but now i realise that the idea is more likeöy to be the following:
<mob nibbas put a pseudo-valuable fake collector item on sale, then buy it from themselves under a different identity, now the money is clean cause selling a vhs is not a crime