Shell Game: 2,000 Firms Based In One Simple House by NPR STAFF
source: http://www.npr.org/2011/07/02/137573513/shell-game-2-000-firms-based-in-one-simple-house&sc=...
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July 2, 2011
There's an address in Cheyenne, Wyo. — 2710 Thomes Ave. — where 2,000 companies are based. But it's not a skyscraper. Or even an office complex.
It's a basic, 1,700-square-foot brick house.
And it's the subject of an investigative report by Reuters called "A Little House of Secrets on the Great Plains."
One of the reporters on the project, Brian Grow, says it looks like a typical home — until you go inside.
"Lo and behold, the corporate suites for the companies that are registered at that address are in fact cubbyhole mailboxes, floor to ceiling in the main room," Grow tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered
There's an address in Cheyenne, Wyo. — 2710 Thomes Ave. — where 2,000 companies are based. But it's not a skyscraper. Or even an office complex.
It's a basic, 1,700-square-foot brick house.
And it's the subject of an investigative report by Reuters called "A Little House of Secrets on the Great Plains."
One of the reporters on the project, Brian Grow, says it looks like a typical home — until you go inside.
"Lo and behold, the corporate suites for the companies that are registered at that address are in fact cubbyhole mailboxes, floor to ceiling in the main room," Grow tells Guy Raz, host of weekends on All Things Considered
