Originally Posted by WiredGuy

On the face of it, some people might think its ok to operate two different business lines where one is shady and the other is clean without issues. All ethics aside, the problem comes up when one of the businesses starts to diminish or fail (likely the shady one), that's when morals and ethics starts to go away on the ethical side in lieu of trying to boost up sales again. That's when clients on both sides of the business lines should start to panic and when their transactions (ethical or shady) start becoming riskier.
WG