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e40 · 2019-12-09 17:35:23+00:00

Further, the recipient didn't even need to sign for the money

I'm guessing a bunch of that money never made it to the intended targets.

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ok_craig | karma 1327 | avg karma 4.91 · | 2014-02-25 08:20:54+00:00

The funds were likely stolen, not sent into the void.

LeoPanthera | karma 26644 | avg karma 5.67 · | 2018-11-08 18:43:57+00:00

Assuming they didn't move any of their own money to their own address.

pmorici | karma 12372 | avg karma 3.51 · | 2014-02-06 15:04:41+00:00

That's the thing though there was no evidence that they were sending anyone any money at least not in USD.

alexasmyths | karma 819 | avg karma 1.29 · | 2017-12-05 15:21:21

"They're under no obligation whatsoever."

Then we can assume the money does not exist, and that it's an $800M fraud.

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DoctorOW | karma 1388 | avg karma 2.21 · | 2021-04-13 17:49:58

There wasn't proven criminal intent here either. It wasn't labeled "Stolen Money" it just looked like a deposit.

mrb | karma 22679 | avg karma 6.53 · | 2021-02-08 17:44:35

No. Recipient was unbanked, under severe financial hardship.

to3m | karma 4399 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2018-01-22 15:18:55

The people that got the money probably didn't put it under their bed.

raesene6 | karma 1146 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2016-12-15 16:43:37+00:00

That's easy, he had no money to pay it back, ergo it's fair to conclude he had no intention of paying it back.

It's one thing to go a couple of thousand overdrawn, quite another to spend $2 million when you have no source of income.

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Scoundreller | karma 16473 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2022-11-07 12:53:41

Or they didn’t bother sending it away for analysis, since it’s such a tiny aspect of the case financially.

CaptSpify | karma 5342 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2016-01-14 21:10:24+00:00

So the money never left his account? Interesting!

parineum | karma 2006 | avg karma 1.68 · | 2023-11-17 09:22:06

They sure did and there were no strings attached to that money. That's not their fault.

This would be a bizarre and circuitous way to attempt the recover from that mistake.

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Adreth12 | karma 1 | avg karma 0.5 · | 2019-03-07 07:53:24+00:00

Seems like it was fraud scam in the first place and there was no money in that wallet.

kjrose | karma 721 | avg karma 2.59 · | 2017-12-20 17:46:11+00:00

I have a feeling this may be a crossed wires problem where someone spent the money raised before they sent it because of bad accounting or whatever.

Regardless, if the statement “we received none of the money” is true. There is definitely something bad going on here.

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pdonis | karma 17088 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2023-11-17 09:28:35

> there were no strings attached to that money

There weren't? How do you figure that?

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jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2013-09-16 16:49:38

If it wasn't discussed explicitly I'd be happy to read that as that it wasn't discussed if I were the recipient of this money. Either there is a paper trail or it did not happen.

rplnt | karma 6199 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2016-10-12 08:23:08+00:00

And they didn't steal it either. They just didn't pay it out yet, it says pending. And even if it was canceled or whatever, "steal" is not the right word since they were never his money to begin with.

tptacek | karma 394296 | avg karma 6.04 · | 2013-05-31 14:16:27+00:00

Huh? They cared enough to send him $4500 as a thank-you. Their obligation in this case was zero.

cjbprime | karma 11682 | avg karma 4.23 · | 2018-10-27 05:02:56+00:00

The money wasn't owed. It was an exit package.

SA500 | karma 67 | avg karma 2.91 · | 2017-04-28 14:31:16+00:00

All the money was recovered which makes me think it was never paid out or there is more to this