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1) Open an account with, say, $1M as the opening balance. 2) Withdraw $888,888.88 3) Armed with a bank statement showing this transaction, and everything that
by abstractbill 17y ago
1) Open an account with, say, $1M as the opening balance.
2) Withdraw $888,888.88
3) Armed with a bank statement showing this transaction, and everything that's online about this magic number, threaten to go to the media with your story unless the bank "refunds" your missing money. The bank doesn't want to lose all its customers so it gives in, even though it knows you're ripping it off. Kevin Spacey plays the bad guy.
Good enough (maybe, just) for a movie script at least. In reality I'm sure step 4 is "Go to prison".
- anigbrowl 17y agoWhy so complicated? Just buy a failing bank and ask the treasury to give you the money. Futz about for a year or two then complain that your hands were tied by regulators and you weren't able to make a profit. Resign in tears, collect a fat severance check, and go to work for the SEC.