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“ Sooner or later, the temptation to spend became too much and maybe thinking he would never get caught in 1992, Kara decided to trade up from his modest $136,0
by Waterluvian 3y ago
“ Sooner or later, the temptation to spend became too much and maybe thinking he would never get caught in 1992, Kara decided to trade up from his modest $136,000 home to something much more fitting of a vending-machine millionaire.”
Well… what’s the point of stealing money if you can’t ever spend it?
- toyg 3y agoAs anyone who watched The Wire knows, thanks to Stringer Bell's pitch to Marlo Stanfield, "they turn your things against you, that's how they get you". Conspicuous consumption is bound to trigger alarms. The smart wealth makes itself as invisible as possible, and typically plans generational succession instead. If you really want to enjoy your riches, you better build all sorts of deniability layers first, or do it as part of retirement from the game. If this guy had dismantled the hack, left the job and retired to a Florida mansion, he wouldn't have been caught.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoOr moved abroad where they wouldn't ask questions; the challenge then is moving a lot of money across the border without customs asking questions. This is where cryptocurrencies have probably come in very handy, although, buying cryptocurrency using coins is probably difficult, lol.
- HarHarVeryFunny 3y agoOr you just move someplace where there's no extradiction agreement with the country where you committed the crime. Look at Ronnie Biggs, one of the "Great Train Robbery" culprits from the UK who then lived for years in Brazil.
- rsynnott 3y agoThere’s a wide gulf between a $136k house and a house that literally has an _indoor fountain_, if you’re trying to be somewhat discreet.