The proper name for it is "Money Laundering"
It is a simple laundering technique that was possible under the old rules.

>>she was trying to make a fast buck

Sorry, I wish it were true it was just shady people.

The returns were statistically impossible, and against all human nature.
AND it was a known money laundering technique at the time.
AND her broker got into big trouble for laundering money
AND she quit after making an even $100k
(nobody who has that kind of success would quit)

The chocolate cake is gone, and the one kid with chocolate frosting on their face is saying they did not do it.
Who ya gonna believe? The kid, or your eyes?

The funny part of her getting away with it is that it is just so thinly disguised - a very amateur payoff.

It is exactly equivalent to finding her walking out of the park with a briefcase full of $100 bills.
To believe otherwise is just wishful thinking.