# Do you have to explain where you got a bunch of cash

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**Created:** [January 13, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-to-explain-where-you-got-a-bunch-of-cash/996033 "2024-01-13T06:52:42Z")\
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I believe some jurisdictions have something called an “unexplained wealth order” where the government can require a citizen to explain where their money comes from. Not quite the same thing as a cop stopping someone on the street, though.

> **[Confiscating unexplained wealth will make life harder for B.C. criminals,...](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/unexplained-wealth-orders-1.6661863)**
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> Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to make life harder for criminals.

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