Fool’s Gold

[Serendipity]

A MONEY launderer was caught in a hotel room with £1million in gold bars and coins, cash, designer watches — and 500 lottery tickets.

https://kent.police.uk/news/policing-news/0919/prison-for-man-caught-with-£1-million-of-precious-en/

 

[MickB]

It'd be good if Kent Police put the gold up for auction, might get a bargain

[Abyss]

Police office struggling to pickup monster box full of gold and a bag "I have never felt weight like that before" ....

Reality Check: Is police funding falling? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43699623. The police need to catch more proceeds from criminal activity make up for any shortfalls.

[Notafront4adragon]

2 hours ago, MickB said:

It'd be good if Kent Police put the gold up for auction, might get a bargain

They do auction it don't they. 

[MickB]

19 minutes ago, Notafront4adragon said:

They do auction it don't they. 

They do hold auctions to sell proceeds of crime. It might be worth looking into this one to see if they do include this bullion.

[Tn21]

That pic should go on the 'my full stack' photo thread.

[Notafront4adragon]

37 minutes ago, Tn21 said:

That pic should go on the 'my full stack' photo thread.

It's a pretty good stack for sure! I wonder if he was a forum member?

It's interesting to see how he's divested. Some in silver almost 5%, some cash 10%, a few watches 10% and the rest gold with the only coins being Kuggerands. And of course some lottery tickets cause you never know.

 

[Tn21]

3 hours ago, Notafront4adragon said:

It's a pretty good stack for sure! I wonder if he was a forum member?

It's interesting to see how he's divested. Some in silver almost 5%, some cash 10%, a few watches 10% and the rest gold with the only coins being Kuggerands. And of course some lottery tickets cause you never know.

 

Pretty shrewd guy tbh

[universalcurrency]

 Must have been an expensive few nights if he needed that much dow to cover the bill!!

[RacerCool]

What doesn't make sense is that they said he got the money through criminal means, but they don't know what crimes. They said he confessed to money laundering, but he never said what crimes he committed to get the money, and the authorities don't know either. 

I get that he possessed falsified documents but that is separate from the other matters, apparently. 

To me, concerning the other things like PMs and watches, he was guilty because he looked like he might be guilty? 

[RacerCool]

On 09/09/2019 at 02:17, Notafront4adragon said:

It's a pretty good stack for sure! I wonder if he was a forum member?

It's interesting to see how he's divested. Some in silver almost 5%, some cash 10%, a few watches 10% and the rest gold with the only coins being Kuggerands. And of course some lottery tickets cause you never know.

 

I can assure you it wasn't me! LOL

Though I do have a lottery ticket on my desk at the moment. 🤔 (bought it yesterday while grocery shopping, because why not) 

[StackemHigh]

I'm going to check my ticket now!