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As 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". Conspic
by toyg 3y ago
As 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.