Person of Interest2011

Carl Elias:
The antique dealer cycles the dirty Russian money into his own accounts and waits for instructions. Then he heads to the auction house, where he's told to bid on a certain high-priced item, an item auctioned off by a seller representing HR. The Swede bids the highest, and all of that dirty money is deposited into HR's coffers, squeaky clean and laundered, and ready for digital distribution.

Joss Carter:
But I don't get it. They haven't laundered the money. They've just bought an overpriced baseball.

Carl Elias:
All the items HR auctions off may have been appraised for millions of dollars, but they're really just fugazis, fakes, worthless junk.

Joss Carter:
So HR gets Russian money for nothing?

Carl Elias:
It's a perfect system, till someone on the outside knows about it.