I am actually totally up for it. However, one thing bothers me. A future employer who does a background check on me will most likely find traces leading to this Web site, since the cheques will be made out to my name, and I don’t want to have a failed career because of this. Is there any way to get a non-retraceable bank account with a fake name, even though the site asks for proper identification (which can also easily be forged), or any way simply to avoid this coming up on a background check?
Dear Alex,
As my friend Bruce LaBruce once confided with what I would describe as world-weary pride, “Once you have sex on film, you become a social pariah.” I have been involved in explicit cinema as a writer and actor, but have always chosen employment where this experience works to my advantage, my motto being: who wants a fucking job where a job fucking isn’t an asset?
My tax accountant also makes a good point: “Porn is legal, fraud is not.” If you are concerned about background checks, “It is more likely that potential employers would take exception to fraudulent cashing of cheques, fake ID possession and subterfuge in general.” Ooh, I dunno about that. I mean, what was Clinton impeached for, a blowjob or a real estate scandal?
Regardless, “Anti-money-laundering rules mean it’s impossible for an individual to open an anonymous bank account in Canada,” says a friend in the investment industry. “That’s why mobsters, fraudsters and other high rollers open accounts in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and the Isle of Mann. Even these places will cooperate a little when foreign regulators come sniffing around. They also typically require large deposits before a ‘discreet’ account can be opened.” (Meaning you’d have to do about 100 videos before going this route).
If you incorporate a company to hold the bank account, the bank will still record your information because you’re a shareholder. “Using an un-incorporated company name is possible,” says Investment, “but the bank will still take her personal info, and she has to register the company name with the provincial government.” This I can attest to, having registered my own business. Believe me, the puerile thrill of seeing the name “Operation Snatch” on a debit card and cheques overrides any concern I may have had about respectability.
“Perhaps a crafty investigator and/or a court order can reveal payment records from Sellyoursextape, Inc. or show her personal tax records showing receipt of such payments,” Investment speculates, “but I’m not even sure that this info would be available in a routine police or CSIS search if she got a government job. I think she should be more concerned about a future interviewer recognizing her, like, ‘Hey, aren’t you Slinky McBuffbottom?’ than a typical HR search. But then it would reveal as much about the gotcha-er as the gotcha-ee, no? Having said all that, it’s funny how such information would come to light if she were running for office or became a CEO.”
How about processing the cheque through Money Mart? “Sure,” Investment says, “Slinky endorses the $1,000 sellyoursextape cheque to Money Mart, and gives Money Mart a post-dated cheque for $1,000 payable to Money Mart drawn on her bank account. Money Mart gives Slinky $650 cash.”
Ouch, and there’s still a chance that your association could be revealed if Money Mart’s books become public, like in a court proceeding. But of course, sellyoursextape.com’s cheques come from the corporation that owns the service, Daring Press, LLC. An HR person would have to cross-reference porn business brand names and the corporations or partnerships that own them. Bottom line? Being recognized by a manager/co-worker/interviewer is far more likely.
While you’re thinking it over, Alex, I’d like to recommend the Web site in question to readers, and reprimand in advance any employer who judges a person’s professional character for making an honest buck showcasing real and healthy sexual intimacy. This is some of the sweetest, nastiest, most heartwarming porn I have ever seen.
