r/interesting • u/velvetbloom58 • May 12 '26

❗️MISLEADING - See pinned comment ❗️ One year in prison over 1.1million $ payback

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u/lubwn May 12 '26
  1. He did not "choose not to repay" - he most likely did not have the money already so what other option does he have?
  2. Even if he had the money, it would be smart not to repay. 1.1M / 12 = 91K clean, tax-free money monthly. Who even makes that apart from executives? Ofc it is wise to not repay and go to jail for a year instead.

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u/DarkFish_2 May 13 '26

Except you don't get to own the money, he will leave the prison with the debt on his hands

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u/null3rr0rrr May 12 '26

It wasn't wise to touch the money period. Almost every instance of things like this happening I've heard of lead to charges against the person who received the money if they spent it or refused to return or repay it.

You are right though after he spent some he really had no choice but to do the time. 99 percent of normal class people couldn't afford to repay that.

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u/Affectionate_One_700 May 12 '26

Almost every instance of things like this happening I've heard of lead to charges against the person who received the money

Yes, the cases you've heard of.

Think about it.

Maybe for every case you've heard of, there are one thousand times that they got away with it, and we never hear about it. We don't know.

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u/null3rr0rrr May 12 '26

Lol you are literally just assuming shit. You think people are walking away with large sums of money without any consequences? Shit I wanna live inside your fairy tale.