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> not a soul on HN would dream of carrying 11k in cash through an airport. I've carried over $11k through an airport dozens of times and occasionally carried $

by glenra 11y ago

> not a soul on HN would dream of carrying 11k in cash through an airport. I've carried over $11k through an airport dozens of times and occasionally carried $30k or more. (I used to be involved with a professional blackjack team. :-) )

dalke 11y ago
Building on that, here's an article from 1997 about the collision of professional gambling and civil forfeiture - http://www.blackjackforumonline.com/content/launder.htm http://www.blackjackforumonline.com/content/launder.htm : > I had approximately $30K on me, but luckily I was wearing it. > The airline x-ray detected approximately 100,000 dollars in cash and casino chips. and a 2014 article titled "Poker Players Get Robbed Under Guise of Civil Asset Forfeiture" - http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/17922-lawyer-for-poker-players-who-had-100k-stolen-by-iowa-police-officers-talks-about-case http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/17922-lawyer-for-poker-... : > The fancy legal term may be ‘civil asset forfeiture,’ but for a couple of poker players who saw Iowa police take $100,000 of their money it is just straight up robbery. > In April of last year, poker players William “Bart” Davis and John Newmerzhycky were driving west through Iowa with out-of-state plates after a poker road trip. In their car was a lot of cash,