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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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To serve as a front

Is it like off-shore banking?

Customers secretly placed orders with the company, which served as a front,
  

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Hi, Is it like off-shore banking? Customers secretly placed orders with the company, which served as a front , A serves as a front for B. This means that people deal with A, but do not realize that really B makes all the decisions and has all the control.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is it like off-shore banking?
  • Customers secretly placed orders with the company, which served as a front , A serves as a front for B.
  • This means that people deal with A, but do not realize that really B makes all the decisions and has all the control.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Is it like off-shore banking?

Customers secretly placed orders with the company, which served as a front,

A serves as a front for B.

This means that people deal with A, but do not realize that really B makes all the decisions and has all the control.



Clive
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If a company (or anything) serves as a "front" then it serves to present a legal face which hides some illegal activity.
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