Would you stop time if you could?

[Nashemon]

So instead you are slipping them illegally obtained money that might be flagged?

Obviously. The idea being that the police aren't going to be going through random wallets to spot 20's to find the missing millions. Serial numbers aren't scanned at registers. The actual stolen money would never be found if it's already been distributed amongst the population. They are looking for a large sum of money being held by one entity, not a random bill.

Still you wouldn't want to be careless with your pile of money. If someone happens to find it in your mattress at the end of 20 years, and none of the serial numbers match, and nothing else ties you to the crime, would they prosecute? How would they prove anything though? You wouldn't need an alibi, there would be no security tapes to pinpoint a time or anything. Maybe if the amount matched nearly exactly, but I'm sure you'd have that possibility covered.

Keep in mind this isn't my fantasy. I was only entertaining others' fantasies of it. Perhaps I'd consider trying if I did get bored at some point, but it's not my first thought. Personally I think I would consider burying it and make a treasure map for someone to find. Or sticking a wad of it in a bunch of homeless people's cups. Who knows if after 20 years you'd still even be your present day self anymore. Maybe we'd all be crazy and just start trying to flip the world on it's head as much as possible. Watch the world burn.

 

[DietDrThunder]

Obviously. The idea being that the police aren't going to be going through random wallets to spot 20's to find the missing millions. Serial numbers aren't scanned at registers. The actual stolen money would never be found if it's already been distributed amongst the population. They are looking for a large sum of money being held by one entity, not a random bill.

Still you wouldn't want to be careless with your pile of money. If someone happens to find it in your mattress at the end of 20 years, and none of the serial numbers match, and nothing else ties you to the crime, would they prosecute? How would they prove anything though? You wouldn't need an alibi, there would be no security tapes to pinpoint a time or anything. Maybe if the amount matched nearly exactly, but I'm sure you'd have that possibility covered.

Keep in mind this isn't my fantasy. I was only entertaining others' fantasies of it. Perhaps I'd consider trying if I did get bored at some point, but it's not my first thought. Personally I think I would consider burying it and make a treasure map for someone to find. Or sticking a wad of it in a bunch of homeless people's cups. Who knows if after 20 years you'd still even be your present day self anymore. Maybe we'd all be crazy and just start trying to flip the world on it's head as much as possible. Watch the world burn.

They'd probably find his DNA on everything.

 

[SilverMirage]

You still have to square it with the taxman which is the real hard part.

You're right. When you're talking millions, it's hard to get around taxes, however you look at it.

 

[Nashemon]

They'd probably find his DNA on everything.

Oh my god! It's everywhere! lol

That's disgusting. You're disgusting.

 

[Darwin333]

You're right. When you're talking millions, it's hard to get around taxes, however you look at it.

If you were able to somehow get a few legit small cash companies like car washes, laundromats or even restaurants you could slowly launder it by adding in extra cash every week and claiming it as revenue. As you make more you buy another, I'd guess whatever businesses are cheapest would be best. You could probably get away with 30% over normal revenue maybe even a little more, especially if they have no reason to suspect you of money laundering like mob connections or whatever. Generally, as long as you are paying your taxes they don't bitch if it's more than they expected.

Sure it's a long slow process but it keeps you on the good side of the IRS and out of FPMITAP. If you stole something more portable like diamonds or jewels maybe you could get to a non-extradition country that really doesn't care as long as you pay them taxes on the sale or kickbacks to the right .gov officials. Moving that much cash out of the country would be very difficult, maybe doable, but I can't think of a way how off the top of my head.

If electronics worked that would be a game changer and I might actually consider it. You could get into really cool places like Fort Knox, take a boat across the ocean and go shopping in the Louvre. Not sure how you'd fence the artwork but it would still be cool as hell. You could also research rich fuckers who might have a lot of hard assets and at least pass some time playing games and shit.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

So, my problem now comes with the thought--if not already expressed by someone else already--is when the next idiot stops time and then does something to me.