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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Sept 10, 2019 20:00:02 GMT -5
They’re out of jail on $25k bail, which is a lot more than many people have on hand for emergencies. I can’t imagine they were hurting for cash that badly. Bail bonds probably, only have to pay 10% upfront for bail. Also, just thinking, if the movie Ghost taught me anything... they should have closed the account and pulled all the money out. Then donated the money to bring back Patrick Swayze. That may be the case, but I’m trusting the journalists to have reported “out on bond” if so. |
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Sept 10, 2019 20:03:08 GMT -5
I made a post earlier this year about how my tax refund was considerably more than I expected and pondering whether I should call someone, and that was def not 120k. You find an unexpected windfall in your transaction history and decide to apply “finders keepers” law, you take your chances.
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Post by MrElijah on Sept 10, 2019 20:31:45 GMT -5
Everyone involved is stupid. If someone dumps 120k in your account, you gotta assume you’re being set up to take the fall for something! My mind would instantly think someone is f***ing with me, nope I want none of this because I don't want to end up in a ditch or in the Harlem River Come on. No one is cruel enough to toss someone into the Harlem River. Now the Hudson? Sure. |
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Sept 10, 2019 21:03:45 GMT -5
Bail bonds probably, only have to pay 10% upfront for bail. Also, just thinking, if the movie Ghost taught me anything... they should have closed the account and pulled all the money out. Then donated the money to bring back Patrick Swayze. That may be the case, but I’m trusting the journalists to have reported “out on bond” if so. I wouldn't. Bail and bond can be confusing even to people that work with them on a daily basis. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 7:33:34 GMT -5
Fine, I'll be the one to say it.
I totally would have spent that money.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 11, 2019 7:38:54 GMT -5
Couple is at fault. Bank made a clerical error, a huge one to be sure, but an error. You KNOW that's not your money when it hits your account.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Sept 11, 2019 7:54:38 GMT -5
Couple is at fault. Bank made a clerical error, a huge one to be sure, but an error. You KNOW that's not your money when it hits your account. Yeah, and what, they thought no one would notice 120k missing? You know you are going to get caught. |
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Post by Spider2024 on Sept 11, 2019 8:10:23 GMT -5
Fine, I'll be the one to say it. I totally would have spent that money. The thing is though, this is basically one of those crimes where there's no way that whoever does it won't be caught eventually, and anyone who thinks otherwise is quite frankly fooling themselves. So the way I see it, there would be 2 ways to go about that: 1. Blow the money on a 'once in a lifetime' thing or things, go really high on the list of things you've always wanted to do, like Disneyland, try fresh lobster, etc. Essentially treat it like the 'what would do on your last day on Earth?' hypothetical question, before an undetermined amount of legal troubles befall you. 2. Go to Vegas and take the money to try to win 2x or 3x it's worth or even more, before the bank even notices the mistake. Basically it's a free line of credit that won't be free forever. But if you do win enough and you can pay it back the first time the bank asks, no muss no fuss.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 8:18:04 GMT -5
I would have put all the money to some casino and hoped for the best, it's a win-win situation!
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Sept 11, 2019 8:59:18 GMT -5
Plus the idea that it's the bank's money isn't accurate. That's other people's money; with that amount potentially lots of other people's money.
Hell, re-reading the story it was one other person's account. That was his or her money, not the bank's. No difference really if the couple had found their wallet or something and just kept it.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 9:56:45 GMT -5
My mind would instantly think someone is f***ing with me, nope I want none of this because I don't want to end up in a ditch or in the Harlem River Come on. No one is cruel enough to toss someone into the Harlem River. Now the Hudson? Sure. Die in filth or die in the swamp, still nasty |
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Sept 11, 2019 10:29:05 GMT -5
They knew it wasn't their money, they knew they would have to return it when the error was noticed but they spent it on luxuries anyway so deserve no sympathy. If they were a poor couple faced with a lifechanging amount of money who spent it trying to get out of debt and climb the ladder, I'd feel sorry for them, but these two bought recreational vehicles.
This isn't monopoly, a bank error in your favour isn't a random windfall you get for landing on the right square.
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Post by xCompackx on Sept 11, 2019 11:53:31 GMT -5
I mean, if you're going to knowingly spend money you received from a banking error, you could at least use it to pay down debt or something. Not that it's any less illegal, but you might garner more sympathy than a shopping spree at Best Buy would get you.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 11:56:02 GMT -5
I mean, if you're going to knowingly spend money you received from a banking error, you could at least use it to pay down debt or something. Not that it's any less illegal, but you might garner more sympathy than a shopping spree at Best Buy would get you. Well they said they gave away $15,000 to friends in need so I guess that is supposed to fit into that category but you still got over $100,000 for yourselves to spend lol |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 11:57:48 GMT -5
Fine, I'll be the one to say it. I totally would have spent that money. The thing is though, this is basically one of those crimes where there's no way that whoever does it won't be caught eventually, and anyone who thinks otherwise is quite frankly fooling themselves. So the way I see it, there would be 2 ways to go about that: 1. Blow the money on a 'once in a lifetime' thing or things, go really high on the list of things you've always wanted to do, like Disneyland, try fresh lobster, etc. Essentially treat it like the 'what would do on your last day on Earth?' hypothetical question, before an undetermined amount of legal troubles befall you. 2. Go to Vegas and take the money to try to win 2x or 3x it's worth or even more, before the bank even notices the mistake. Basically it's a free line of credit that won't be free forever. But if you do win enough and you can pay it back the first time the bank asks, no muss no fuss. Unless this money was sent to them straight cash in an envelope and they found it in their mailbox, having that money pop up in your bank account was always going to get you caught. |
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Post by Dub H on Sept 11, 2019 12:02:04 GMT -5
I think worst than the bank noticing: What would the IRS say if they noticed you got 120.000 to spend from nowhere ? |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 12:05:13 GMT -5
I think worst than the bank noticing: What would the IRS say if they noticed you got 120.000 to spend from nowhere ? That's assuming you report it as income lol IRS only going to know what you report but if you're a person who gets audited and if they asked about it you can always say it was gambling earnings |
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Post by Dub H on Sept 11, 2019 12:05:45 GMT -5
I think worst than the bank noticing: What would the IRS say if they noticed you got 120.000 to spend from nowhere ? That's assuming you report it as income lol IRS only going to know what you report but if you're a person who gets audited and if they asked about it you can always say it was gambling earnings Shows you how much I know about Tax Laws |
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 11, 2019 12:07:35 GMT -5
That's assuming you report it as income lol IRS only going to know what you report but if you're a person who gets audited and if they asked about it you can always say it was gambling earnings Shows you how much I know about Tax Laws Lol well I mean i'm an accountant so that would been first thing I would have said Of course, if someone came to me with that, I would have said why the f*** you didn't report it in the first place or better yet call the damn bank because you're about to pay taxes on money that's not even yours |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Sept 11, 2019 12:10:25 GMT -5
I mean, if you're going to knowingly spend money you received from a banking error, you could at least use it to pay down debt or something. Not that it's any less illegal, but you might garner more sympathy than a shopping spree at Best Buy would get you. Well they said they gave away $15,000 to friends in need so I guess that is supposed to fit into that category but you still got over $100,000 for yourselves to spend lol If that's even true. Honestly it sounds like they had no good explanation for where $15,000 of the money went so they just made something up that would make them look like saints. |
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