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I don't know how someone devises a scheme like this and doesn't feel paranoid constantly. Doubly so while spending $788,000 on jewelry in one month. You think

I don't know how someone devises a scheme like this and doesn't feel paranoid constantly. Doubly so while spending $788,000 on jewelry in one month. You think $19,500,000 in one year would be enough, but I guess not. Criminals are stupid.

paulpauper 2y ago
nah stupid criminals are those who try to steal a bitcoin ATM. she was not stupid, just greedy
- rokkamokka 2y ago
  Unwise, then
RandomWorker 2y ago
In for penny in for a pound
goosedragons 2y ago
I guess being at it for 6 years and having no consequences? Kinda wild that if she had "just" lived a modest life stealing enough for an ok house and a nicer Camry she might have gone unnoticed.
SoftTalker 2y ago
Normalization of deviance. You get away with it for a while, and it becomes the normal state. Your sense of the risks you are taking is completely diminished.
elorant 2y ago
You don’t feel paranoid because the discovery phase is gradual. You don’t wake up one morning and find a loophole. It takes time exploring it from different angles. And that time provides you with the mindset not to worry about the consequences.
saulpw 2y ago
"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer." -- Bill Shakespeare They do feel paranoid constantly. This is why it's a 'sin' that puts you in 'hell'. And why if you 'repent' (change your ways) and atone, you will find that 'heaven' (peace) is right at hand. Once you take the supernatural out of religion, it actually makes a lot of sense. Be decent, attend to the present, minimize your selfishness. These are a prescription for a life well-lived and without unnecessary stress.
hawk_ 2y ago
> Criminals are stupid. The ones that are caught that is. How many get away with their crimes by keeping a low profile.
Aurornis 2y ago
I've been at businesses that were defrauded by internal employees. The common theme was that the criminals thought they were very smart, and that the company was very dumb. They weren't paranoid or even all that careful because they believed they were the smartest person in the company. They thought they knew everything inside and out and therefore could cover their tracks well enough that the not-smart people around them would never figure it out.
credit_guy 2y ago
> while spending $788,000 on jewelry in one month Maybe she was buying jewelry as a store of value, for the potential one day in the future when she'll get out of jail penniless.
- JojoFatsani 2y ago
  The government will certainly confiscate all her valuable property.
  - mike_hearn 2y ago
    If they can find it. Jewellery is easily hidden.

paulpauper 2y ago

nah stupid criminals are those who try to steal a bitcoin ATM. she was not stupid, just greedy

rokkamokka 2y ago
Unwise, then

RandomWorker 2y ago

In for penny in for a pound

goosedragons 2y ago

I guess being at it for 6 years and having no consequences? Kinda wild that if she had "just" lived a modest life stealing enough for an ok house and a nicer Camry she might have gone unnoticed.

SoftTalker 2y ago

Normalization of deviance. You get away with it for a while, and it becomes the normal state. Your sense of the risks you are taking is completely diminished.

elorant 2y ago

You don’t feel paranoid because the discovery phase is gradual. You don’t wake up one morning and find a loophole. It takes time exploring it from different angles. And that time provides you with the mindset not to worry about the consequences.

saulpw 2y ago

"Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer." -- Bill Shakespeare They do feel paranoid constantly. This is why it's a 'sin' that puts you in 'hell'. And why if you 'repent' (change your ways) and atone, you will find that 'heaven' (peace) is right at hand. Once you take the supernatural out of religion, it actually makes a lot of sense. Be decent, attend to the present, minimize your selfishness. These are a prescription for a life well-lived and without unnecessary stress.

hawk_ 2y ago

> Criminals are stupid. The ones that are caught that is. How many get away with their crimes by keeping a low profile.

Aurornis 2y ago

I've been at businesses that were defrauded by internal employees. The common theme was that the criminals thought they were very smart, and that the company was very dumb. They weren't paranoid or even all that careful because they believed they were the smartest person in the company. They thought they knew everything inside and out and therefore could cover their tracks well enough that the not-smart people around them would never figure it out.

credit_guy 2y ago

> while spending $788,000 on jewelry in one month Maybe she was buying jewelry as a store of value, for the potential one day in the future when she'll get out of jail penniless.

JojoFatsani 2y ago
The government will certainly confiscate all her valuable property.
- mike_hearn 2y ago
  If they can find it. Jewellery is easily hidden.