Special Report: A little house of secrets on the Great Plains

[rsmith6621]

CHEYENNE/ATLANTA (Reuters) - The secretive business havens of Cyprus and the Cayman Islands face a potent rival: Cheyenne, Wyoming.

At a single address in this sleepy city of 60,000 people, more than 2,000 companies are registered. The building, 2710 Thomes Avenue, isn't a shimmering skyscraper filled with A-list corporations. It's a 1,700-square-foot brick house with a manicured lawn, a few blocks from the State Capitol.

Neighbors say they see little activity there besides regular mail deliveries and a woman who steps outside for smoke breaks. Inside, however, the walls of the main room are covered floor to ceiling with numbered mailboxes labeled as corporate "suites." A bulky copy machine sits in the kitchen. In the living room, a woman in a headset answers calls and sorts bushels of mail.

A Reuters investigation has found the house at 2710 Thomes Avenue serves as a little Cayman Island on the Great Plains. It is the headquarters for Wyoming Corporate Services, a business-incorporation specialist that establishes firms which can be used as "shell" companies, paper entities able to hide assets.


http://news.yahoo.com/special-report-little-house-secrets-great-plains-113759191.html

[WhiteTara]

1. Great. I've been looking for a place

just like that to hide my millions :rofl:

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Just a coincidence that it's Dick Cheney's stomping grounds, I'm sure. nt

[ensho]

3. kick

nt

[liberal N proud]

6. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain

[bluesmail]

9. My first thought also.

[xchrom]

4. Recommend

[grasswire]

5. good work Reuters.

Investigative reporting! Share that story to someone by email so Reuters knows we think it's important.

[femrap]

7. K and R

Entrepreneurship in America....new ways to shuffle paper around.

We have reached a new low.

And only one employee? Geez.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, rsmith.