This is partly covered in an episode of the animated series in which the Batmobile is booby-trapped and Batman is taken for a joyride. The designer and mechanic for this vehicle runs a secret garage, and the parts and funding for the vehicle are all run through shell companies that get shuffled around every now and then. The compromise happened because the villain dug through enough garbage to find the receipts and trace down the companies.
What gets me is, they didn't notice that all those shells are actually divisions of WayneTech and its (presumably extensive) holdings? It's not at all hard to find out that Nestle, for a real life example, owns around 8000 brands, and most of them are food -- some of it, food meant for animals. But they also used to own Alcon, a company that makes eye care products. Why? I have no idea, probably part of some portfolio of brands they bought from another company. They sold Alcon off to another holding group in order to focus on foods, it seems.
It gets difficult when people are tracing specific materials and devices, but Bruce Wayne could potentially do that same thing, trading different companies around to keep people on their toes. Real world fact: If you're on the board of a multinational corporation, chances are you're on the board of more than one multinational corporation (these people are very into each other, you could say, and their memberships reflect that). Recommending a buy on a bundle of brands, or to bundle several brands in a purchase, when your decisions have been very profitable so far, is going to be pretty easy to do.
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Date: 2014-04-19 12:20 am (UTC)What gets me is, they didn't notice that all those shells are actually divisions of WayneTech and its (presumably extensive) holdings? It's not at all hard to find out that Nestle, for a real life example, owns around 8000 brands, and most of them are food -- some of it, food meant for animals. But they also used to own Alcon, a company that makes eye care products. Why? I have no idea, probably part of some portfolio of brands they bought from another company. They sold Alcon off to another holding group in order to focus on foods, it seems.
It gets difficult when people are tracing specific materials and devices, but Bruce Wayne could potentially do that same thing, trading different companies around to keep people on their toes. Real world fact: If you're on the board of a multinational corporation, chances are you're on the board of more than one multinational corporation (these people are very into each other, you could say, and their memberships reflect that). Recommending a buy on a bundle of brands, or to bundle several brands in a purchase, when your decisions have been very profitable so far, is going to be pretty easy to do.