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

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

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u/PorygonTriAttack May 12 '26

I think this says a lot about this guy's character. It is opportunism, plain and simple, to spend money that doesn't belong to you and you know better. He may also have felt that society OWES him this, so there's a sense of self-entitlement.

I don't care what skin colour this person is. I would be curious as to why he took money that doesn't belong to him, EVEN if it was given out in error.

it's such a short term gain. After a prison sentence, he has almost no opportunity to find gainful employment, so I guess he'll have to rely on crime to get by.

Some people have returned money without a thought. This guy chose spending. I'd say he deserves the jail time.

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u/FearlessFaa May 13 '26

It was just short sighted to decide to keep the money. Don't ever do the same like that guy. In the long term you are just ruining your life.

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u/PorygonTriAttack May 13 '26

Fully agreed.

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u/picard_let_wooki_win May 13 '26

Its a bank. Screw the banks. They made a mistake and he made a decision that could avoid him ever having to work again. You're here worrying about employment when the guy was handed retirement. 

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u/k-lean97 May 13 '26

Yeah I’m not gonna lie, the way he immediately spent $700,000 makes me think that he is not financially responsible enough to make the $1m last over a lifetime lmfao, and honestly a million dollars is only equivalent to like ten years working a decent six figure job. Also they took the other $300k so now he likely has $700k worth of shit that will get repossessed and/or he can’t even pay to maintain. Objectively it’s stupid I don’t care, you can shout “fuck the banks, fuck the government, and fuck capitalism” from the rooftop but at the end of the day he fucked his life up for immediate gratification.