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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-17-2017, 02:27 PM
I'd keep it if I knew I could get away with it clean. Otherwise I might just grab a few stacks and hightail it. I'm not greedy and I'm not afraid of work, so I wouldn't be too cool with risking my life just for dangerous money; on the other hand, if opportunity knocks I might as well grab a quick payday. It's not like they wouldn't kill me if they knew I saw it but didn't take any. If $50k went missing they'd probably just think someone was skimming.
It would be pretty hard to use the money past a certain point, obviously. You couldn't just put it in the bank or spend cash like an idiot. It would be a long, slow process to launder it without getting caught.
I might be tempted to just keep like $500k or $1m and spend the rest on anonymous charitable donations to people who won't ask questions. Figure out how to funnel some of it to family who need it. Like I said, I'm not greedy or lazy. I like working most of the time. But having even $100k cash free and clear today would be huge for allowing me the freedom to take risks and build the business I want, instead of scraping by taking work that sucks balls because the bills won't get paid otherwise.
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-17-2017, 02:43 PM
There are a myriad ways of legalizing even a larger sum like 40 mio. $. The only difficulty is smuggling the cash out of the country, but even that is not a terribly big problem.
Usually when something like that happens it is advisable to simply move away - far away - not telling anyone much.
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-17-2017, 02:53 PM
Zel, $40m would cause a very major movement in the markets (real estate, commodities, mining, stock exchange, financial markets, fixed income, forex, etc) of a small country like Nigeria that the (corrupt??)regulatory authorities would NOT fail to notice.
Moving it out is even more difficult because now you must go to the bankers.
Hypothetically of course, how'd you go about it to avoid detection keeping in mind crooked cops and bankers(and the owners looking for revenge)???
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04-18-2017, 01:44 PM
The money wasn't just stumbled upon. Nigeria is on a tear now trying to recover looted monies.
They have initiated a whistle blower program where you're entitled to 5% of any recovered loot your tips helps to find. I am 100% sure the money was under 24/7 surveillance, no way that money was just sitting there and anyone just had access to it.
http://saharareporters.com/2017/04/17/wh...seized-50m
http://whistle.finance.gov.ng/Pages/default.aspx
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-18-2017, 05:07 PM
Let us be real here. Apartments full of foreign currency is nothing new in those parts of Africa. This "Anti-Corruption" unit will take the funds and split it amongst themselves and toss most up to their higher-ups. Lawmakers and officials rely on imports of cash and money laundering to gain access to outside currency. It is too expensive to trade local bills for USD or Euros so they rely on the black market to get better rates.
The person in question could have gotten all of these LE officials to go away with $1million USD. This is all a set-up. Either somebody did not pay someone who was important, or the "anti-corruption" LE officials are in on it to pad their own wallets. Everything and everyone is for sale in that country.
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-19-2017, 05:54 AM
So there was the money that prince owed me...
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-19-2017, 06:23 AM
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Million
"That money could have done a lot to help the community"
"I'd have taken some money and left the rest after calling in a tip".
"The unit that discovered it will have divied it up amongst themselves".
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Want to bet it was originally 50 million?
Or are these billionaires from corruption in the habit of storing odd non whole numbers in US currency?
I would take as much money as I could, get as far away as I could, stash it, bury it deep in the ground after taking as much as I think I could back with me on a plane to a safer country possibly with a US embassy presence.
Then I'd start cracking on a plan to get that money out.
Rent a private jet with the 50k or so dollars I'd need.
Get ahold of some old ranger buddies to come back with me and get it.
Buy some properties in some desirable 3rd world locations cash.
Stash money securely in each location.
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
04-19-2017, 06:52 AM
There is corruption everywhere. Do politicians in America and Europe steal the taxpayers money? Do they loot the Treasury? Maybe the steal but not as much. Perhaps they steal and start meaningful businesses instead of buying champagne.
All you gotta do is ask them questions and listen to what they have to say and shit.
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
08-01-2017, 10:17 AM
Step 1: Buy a carwash.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit.
I'm the King of Beijing!
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
08-01-2017, 10:35 AM
Oh yeah, Zel, I read about some big banks laundering money for cartels. How the fuck does that even work? How is that "connection" initiated? Can't wrap my head around it.
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Million In Cash Found In Empty Nigerian Apartment
08-01-2017, 03:48 PM
Start buying gold with the cash, craigslist, pawn shops, coin shops, flea markets, anywhere that takes cash.
At the same time, spend a year or two becoming a bonified treasure hunter. Learn all about it, maybe go on a few treasure hunting excursions and holidays, tell all your friends and co-workers about your new hobby non-stop.
Make sure you are fully researched on the appropriate state level and regional treasure hunting and taxation jurisdiction rules.
Bury the gold, for real, on the correct lands, and then a few months later go find it. Claim it, get in the news, pay the minimal tax you need to pay, and keep the rest, converting to legit American dollars.