This is a big deal for America. I can't count all the ways anonymous shell companies have undermine our health, security, and democracy ( #Manafort is a poster child for how shell companies do that). But let me take a quick stab at a few things https://twitter.com/FACTCoalition/status/1334618227490643968
How to hide your money when you sell opioids to Americans - start an anonymous shell company? https://thefactcoalition.org/tag/opioid/ 
Opioid Crisis | The FACT Coalition

https://thefactcoalition.org/tag/opioid/
How to access sensitive tech and defense info as a foreign country or just price gauge, cheat and steal contracts meant for small and minority-owned businesses? Start a shell company in the US and bid for a federal contract. https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2019/12/contractors-use-shell-games-to-hide-owners-cheat-taxpayers/
Contractors Use Shell Games to Hide Owners, Cheat Taxpayers

Contractors are defrauding the government and endangering national security by hiding their real owners behind shell companies, according to a recent watchdog report.

https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2019/12/contractors-use-shell-games-to-hide-owners-cheat-taxpayers/
Want to siphon off Medicare away from those who actually need it? You guessed it, start a shell company right here in the US. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shellcompanies-medicare/special-report-phantom-firms-bleed-millions-from-medicare-idUSTRE7BK0PY20111221
Special Report: Phantom firms bleed millions from Medicare

Articles in this series explore the extent and impact of corporate secrecy in the United States.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shellcompanies-medicare/special-report-phantom-firms-bleed-millions-from-medicare-idUSTRE7BK0PY20111221
In the US, it is easier to set up an anonymously-owned shell company than it is to get a library card in ALL 50 states. Congress, through the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act, is about to change this https://gfintegrity.org/report/the-library-card-project/
The Library Card Project: The Ease of Forming Anonymous Companies in the United States « Global...

As it happens, more corporations – anonymous and public – are established in the United States each year than in any other jurisdiction.

https://gfintegrity.org/report/the-library-card-project/
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