Wot. This dude managed to get some kiosks in freakin malls without a business license? I'm not even mad, that's impressive.. impressive how the malls have been so careless to the point that they conducted business with some dude without a license.
I really don't know what this dude was thinking though. Did he really expect to not get caught? I would understand if he did everything online, but we're talking about physical bitcoin ATMs. Literally thousands of people pass by those ATMs by the daily LOL.
The term illegal means using unlawful activity, providing forged business licence also fall under this category.
I am pretty sure he might have also shown forged business license to the managers of these Malls plus a small percentage from the revenue generated by the kiosk.
Without the involvement of bribe and commission, you cannot operate illegal business so easily.