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Stealing the money => 10% of the work. Laundering the money and not getting caught => 90% of the work. The dude made a big fraud and got caught in 5 minutes.
by user5994461 10y ago
Stealing the money => 10% of the work.
Laundering the money and not getting caught => 90% of the work.
The dude made a big fraud and got caught in 5 minutes. That's amateur hour.
- lucasmullens 10y agoSure, but when 'big' is $100M, I wouldn't really call that amateur.
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- differentView 10y agoYou only become a pro when you actually get money.
- lucasmullens 10y agoAh, that's fair. Wasn't thinking literal definitions of pro/amateur.
- throwaway91111 10y agoReally? I'd agree if he weren't caught.
- astrodust 10y agoIt's amateur hour. There's a sort of paradox: It's actually easier to steal a lot more money. The problem is that draws eponentially more attention and the likelihood of getting caught grows to the point where it's pretty much guaranteed. If they'd done $1M nobody would have heard about it, nobody would bother investigating too thoroughly, and they'd just shrug and move on. The "pro" thing to do is to take your $1M and walk away even though you know there's more money at that tap. There's a lot of casino cheats that talk about their craft. The good ones work extra hard to give the constant illusion of losing money which helps them win a little bit more without drawing too much attention. There's a whole art to knowing where the line is and not crossing it, flying completely under the radar. That's what professionals do.
- cityhall 10y agoThe real professionals are the ones who don't talk about it.
- yoaviram 10y agoIf he wasn't caught, I doubt we would have heard about it.