oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 7 months agoCouple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New Yorkwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down11
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkCouple finds safe stuffed with $100,000 cash while magnet fishing in New Yorkwww.theguardian.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarecanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53·edit-27 months agoNever 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.
minus-squaredohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 months agoFor a couple of weeks maybe.
minus-squareFester@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-27 months agoNo crime attached yet. — New York police
minus-squarechemical_cutthroat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·7 months ago“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?”
minus-squaregorysubparbagel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoVery likely someone who earned that money illegally that left it there and they very likely know now that they have it.
Never pay for gas or groceries ever again
It worked out for them at least.
For a couple of weeks maybe.
How so?
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?”
Very likely someone who earned that money illegally that left it there and they very likely know now that they have it.