Damn man has balls of steel. He should've gotten warning signs when he registered but failed to comply in 2018. He could've gone under for a bit of time and proceeded to continue after a period of time has passed. Well, not like I know how investigations go though. Still, it's pretty fair for him to get punished, his illegal activities have been ongoing for ~5 years after all. If the guy still got away even after doing that openly for 5 years, then I suppose investigative units should just quit their jobs.
Well, you know malls these days ain't what they used to be, and who knows what kind of management they have now. Sounds like there were some seriously careless managers at those malls if they allowed this dude to install all those ATMs.
He might have made a good offer to this malls. ATM machines only occupies a very small portion of floor area in the malls. So, I guess the mall management won't dig deeper on your legalities and papers to install your machine if you pay more for the rent.
Then technically, shouldn't the malls also be fined or something? I mean, they were technically part of illegal activity, whether it is voluntary or not. Plus, it wasn't only malls but convenience stores and gas stations.