Perhaps the era's most sophisticated scheme was found in the world of business. Developed by the Bronfmans in Montreal, it was intended to conceal the identities of their major American liquor customers during Prohibition. Exporting booze to the United States was quite legal as far as Canadian authorities were concerned. South of the border, however, it was a different matter. Hence, the need for a money laundering system. This scheme has a decidedly modern feel, including the use of false fronts called "trade names" for concealing the ownership of bank accounts. One such trade name was called "J. Norton". According to an RCMP report prepared in the early 1930s: "...Customers would remit funds through the medium of telegraphic transfers, bank drafts or personal cheques made out to this name..." Another RCMP report added: "...In some cases, money was wired directly to the name of J._Norton, Montreal, from various points in the United States. In other cases, American funds or cheques would be taken to [a branch of] the Bank of Montreal ... and a draft would be purchased in favour of J. Norton." The draft was then deposited into the account of a Bronfman-controlled company. Many years would pass before covert money-handling of the criminal variety matched the sophistication of the system developed by the Bronfmans