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Couple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New York
(www.theguardian.com)
A lot of armchair money launderers in the comments today
this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2024
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Why the fuck am I hearing about this on the Internet? People can't just stfu? Lmao
It's an elaborate money laundering scheme, but I'll allow it.
Hold on, aren’t you that couple who found a safe full of gold last month?
Take out a bill. Take it to a bank and get it authenticated.
If it’s real, you didn’t find nothing.
If this happened to me, nobody is hearing about it, there’s not gonna be a single news story about it. I didn’t find a goddamn thing.
A hundred k could get you noticed, but then if you're in the US there's significant risk in reporting it to the cops
I'd feel safe handing it to the police here in Australia as we have strong law about lost property, and it certainly would revert to your ownership if no owner could be found
I would only report something with a verifiable ownership. If that safe had an ID in it, you would be damn sure that the rightful owners would get the entirety of their $50,000 and not a penny less.
The world needs more upstanding citizens like you. I can't imagine how relieved they'd be to get back their $25,000
Who wouldn't return the $15,000 to the rightful owners! It's their $10,000 after all!
You've got to wonder why someone would dump a chest with $400 in it
I appreciate your guys' honesty but I honestly wouldn't bother to return the $100
Never pay for gas or groceries ever again
The couple said they contacted the New York police department about the find and said they were told there was no crime attached to the cash and there was no way to identify the original owner of the safe, meaning they were allowed to keep it.
It worked out for them at least.
For a couple of weeks maybe.
How so?
Very likely someone who earned that money illegally that left it there and they very likely know now that they have it.
No crime attached yet.
— New York police
"Hey, Farva. What's that thing you like to do where you take possession of property that isn't yours without having to charge the owner with a crime?"
"Civil forfeiture?"
Agreed, just like wining the lottery. You STFU!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A New York City couple who were “magnet fishing” in a lake caught more than they had bargained for when they pulled out a safe that had $100,000 cash inside.
James Kane and Barbie Agostini tossed a line with a strong magnet attached to the end into a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens on 31 May, Friday afternoon.
The couple managed to open the safe and found the cash, bundles of $100 bills, with an estimated value of $100,000, though the money was damaged by the water.
In an interview with NY1, James Kane explained they began magnet fishing during the Covid-19 pandemic due to the allure of treasure-hunting without having to spend a lot of money on equipment.
The couple said they contacted the New York police department about the find and said they were told there was no crime attached to the cash and there was no way to identify the original owner of the safe, meaning they were allowed to keep it.
The couple said they’ve never found anything like this, citing some of their previous finds, including old guns, World War II grenades, a full-sized motorcycle, foreign coins, and jewellery.
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