Brazil.
Won’t extradite over financial crimes.
Even if you got the money out, how are you going to transport it? The physical mechanics of moving that much cash are complicated. I would imagine that we are talking about suitcases of money. And once you have it out, then what? Where do you hide it? Can you put it in a bank?
It is a pain in the ass to open a bank account in Brazil. You would need to get a CPF. Those are a pain in the ass to get, and I have Brazilian citizenship. I would imagine that getting a similar document in any country you are not a citizen of would be equally difficult especially if you are flying under the radar.
This is shear torture. I kid you not, it’s really getting my goat.
I wonder if this is as much of an accident as has been portrayed.
They got out of town mighty fast with this money. As has been pointed out, moving around this kind of money is not easy. Knowing where to go is not obvious. It’s almost like they had a plan, like they knew this mistake was coming, as if someone inside the bank had worked with them as an accomplice.
the black sheep of the family probably worked at the local bank…
Man, that couple better hope they’re not caught. I can’t imagine the ramming they’ll get in prison.
Perhaps they deserve it for trying to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes.
This constant flow of puns is really baaaaaaad.
If they get busted what would they be charged with? The bank put the money in their account.
I cannot recall the last time I saw so many sheep puns in one thread. Or can I…?
You’re joking, right?
All these puns are just… meh.
If I found 10 million in my backyard and fled the country could I be charged with theft if caught?
Yes, but the relevant extradition treaty here would be between NZ and Brazil. Of course, I think any nation would be free to extradite someone in their state without an extradition treaty, but the absence of a standing extradition treaty makes the likelihood much lower.
Basically, they wouldn need to find a state that felt the advantage of having $6 M NZ in hard currency within its borders and presumably eventually subject to sales or other tax to outweigh the damage to their reputation of harboring financial criminals. Certainly there are some Caribbean and other states that have shown such attitudes about banking standards that might be willing to accomodate such a couple replete with hard currency.
Ewe re-veal your lack of good humor with statements like that.
It was a mistake on the banks part, that doesn’t mean it was a gift.
As to your query, who knows. Try it some time.
I don’t think Interpol has any jurisdiction - it is an international organization meant to assist cooperation between country’s police forces. Only Chinese police would have jurisdiction within China.
This is a fun story. A guy deposits a ‘Junk’ check for $95Gs.