A law enforcement agent is investigating the owner of a small grocery store thought to be involved in a financial crime scheme II is believed that the store owner is moving illicit proceeds, but it is not clear how it might be happening.

The agent is conducting surveillance on the grocery store and makes the following observations.

• Individuals occasionally enter the store and ask to speak with the owner, who meets with them and takes notes in a notebook he keeps on his person

• Individuals sometimes arrive at the store with small packages or bags and leave without groceries

• The owner periodically visits another store in the neighborhood that acts as an agent for a large international money services business

The agent has subpoenaed the bank account and transaction records for the grocery store Transaction patterns do not seem out of the ordinary given the type of business and the area and no suspicious transaction reports have been filed on the account. The store is a sole proprietorship and the owner is not listed as owning or controlling any other business entities.

Based on this information what is the MOST LIKELY conclusion of Ihe law enforcement agent?