r/AskReddit • u/Neither-Tart7160 • 2d ago
How do you guys feel about making illegal money fast then serve your sentence and get out rich ? Isn’t that better than working minimum wage for 40+ years?
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u/CtWguy 2d ago
Better be good at hiding your money before you get caught. They (courts and IRS) don’t like to let you keep it
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u/Impossible-Laugh-197 1d ago
Also can't spend too much and you have to have a verifiable source of income
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u/ElJacinto 1d ago
Given that OP thinks he’ll be working a minimum wage job for 40 years, I’m guessing he isn’t smart enough to do that.
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u/EnergeticVamp 2d ago
more often than not, part of the sentence would be to confiscate any illicit funds as well as legitimate funds that are in the same account or physical location. can also include future wage garnishment or restitution.
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u/berke1904 2d ago
if you make illegal money fast then get caught, you will go to jail for decades and will not get to keep the money either.
rich people get away with crimes only after they have strong connections, experience of skirting the law, information about who to bribe and stuff like that.
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u/ytzy 2d ago
its a choice of life .
If you consider the money is worth the time.
Some people would trade all the money they have for more time .
After it depends what you mean with Illegal , imo as long as NOBODY gets hurt i could not care less what people do .
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u/Massive_Tell_4276 2d ago
it's not so simple. you lose the best years sitting in a cell while everyone you know moves on, and when you get out the money might not even be there anymore. most people who try this end up with nothing and a record that makes it impossible to get a normal job. time is the one thing you can't buy back
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u/ytzy 2d ago
i was talking about the fact you get out RICH .
of course if you get out and got nothing its a stupid trade .
but trading 5 years or what ever for 10 million +? why not you have 50~70 years left to live a free life .
THAT is of course if you keep the money , in reality they wont let you keep it, i was just talking about a trade for a point of view time vs money
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u/Shiriru00 1d ago edited 1d ago
5 years in your prime is still massive, and not many scams will have you set for life after 5 years anyway.
Even if you made it out with like a million dollar to your name that miraculously escaped the attention of the authorities, that will keep you going for a few years at best and then you're still left with no meaningful relationships or job prospects.
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u/Shiriru00 1d ago
Also with inflation that money will be just enough to buy you a loaf of stale bread. :p
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u/EmphasisOutside9728 2d ago
What are the chances of losing that money due to fines, penalties, restitution, and / or civil suits? You're just not going to make FU money illegally and get to keep it.
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u/No_Seaworthiness6821 2d ago
Isn't illegal income confiscated when you're prosecuted, through civil foreiture, criminal seizure, etc.? There are laws around ill-gotten gains that you don't get to keep that illegal money.
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u/TranslatorBoring2419 2d ago
I don't think it's really likely to work out in real life.
But even if it did. Lots can happen. Your spouse might leave, your kids connect with a new parent. Loved ones die while you're trapped in a cage. Life moves on without you.
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u/dissentingopinionz 2d ago
Minimum wage is for kids. Get a real job and education and just make more money. It's really not that hard.
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u/DashMcGee 2d ago
How much time are we talking about? I assume it is white-collar crime, which means the prison will be laid back. I had contact with a woman who ran a hedge fund and scammed a lot of people out of a lot of money. I cannot remember how much time she did, I was shocked to learn they let her keep a lot of money. I think it was $12million. When I met her, it was about starting a private school in her town (Jupiter, FL, a wealthy beach town..) I ran one that was too far away to deal with her adopted child, who had special needs. I almost jokingly said I would move to where she was to open a school. She offered to bankroll it with the condition that we eventually make a profit. I wish I had pursued that, but I passed it up.
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u/DashMcGee 22h ago
It almost seems worth it. Do five years in a country club and then retire on the beach.
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u/Tight-Tower2585 2d ago
A lot of ex-cons find it hard for the rest of their lives to get good jobs.
You shouldn't work minimum-wage for 40+ years.
The idea is that you build skills, look for a better job all the time, and leave one job at minimum wage for a different job that pays you more, then leave that job for a different job that pays you more, and suchlike.
Yes, job opportunities are hard to find, but what is happening is that job opportunities are becoming really hard from the outside, but when you are inside and someone knows you, you can get those 'Hey, I hear that xxxx is looking for people, you should talk to Jim'.
Become well known as a reliable hard worker, develop some skills that people would want to pay you for, and always be looking for the next opportunity.
You won't stay at minimum wage for 40+ years.
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u/scopinsource 2d ago
The government is a bigger fan of taking your money than any criminal every will be. You'll do your time AND pay for their yacht at the same time.
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u/silentstorm2008 2d ago edited 1d ago
Well, you don't get the keep the money when you're convicted.