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I can't see a situation in which I would keep the money. 1. I'm risking many years of jail for accepting it, the risk of getting caught is high, and the expect
by 93po 2y ago
I can't see a situation in which I would keep the money.
1. I'm risking many years of jail for accepting it, the risk of getting caught is high, and the expected return from not working while in prison/difficult work years after prison is very negative
2. It may not be a legitimate offer and instead someone setting me up and reporting me because they think I'm likely to vote the "wrong" way, and they want me off the jury
3. They're likely to visit me again to steal the money back/harm me after they're off the hook, and there's nothing I can do to stop them without admitting my own guilt to the cops
4. They're likely to blackmail me after having recorded the encounter
5. It's possibly stolen and traced money that I will get caught using and then investigated as to where it came from
6. It's really hard to spend $120k in cash without really obvious trail when audited that it came from illicit means
7. They're likely to get really upset if they don't manage to bribe everyone and it results in a hung jury/want their money back, which is the likely outcome if they don't manage to bribe every juror
There's really no feasible world in which this makes sense. But if I was really low income or desperate for money, I can see why someone would risk it
- tombert 2y agoI agree with all your points, and for the most part $120,000 of random cash would really just be a lifetime supply of gas and groceries. I mentioned in a sibling comment, though, that if I were as broke as I was in 2016, it might not have been quite as cut and dry with me accepting it. I was pretty desperate then.
- 93po 2y agoBut when under suspicion years later, and there's no record of you buying groceries for the past three years with your cards, or spending massively less than you should have, and no records of ATM cash withdrawals, it's painting a pretty clear picture of you spending money that you didn't earn. Your best bet might be pretending to become an artist and then selling paintings for cash at art shows, and then reporting said income and getting taxed on it. But these frequent large cash deposits trigger mandatory reporting by your bank, and if done frequently enough for a large enough amount of money, you might get people asking you questions
- tombert 2y agoYeha, I guess it wouldn't be a lifetime supply so much as a "getting an extra box or two of cereal every trip to the grocery store", since you'd still want to pay mostly with your regular income. Overall, probably a bad idea to accept the money regardless.
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