Strongly disagree. They could nail him for 'obstructing justice'(or somesuch), which would give them a bargaining chip - 'You just forget about the money, and we'll forget that you lied to a police officer.'
>>First mistake was when the officer asked if he was carrying a large amount of cash. The answer should have been “no”.
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>Strongly disagree. They could nail him for ‘obstructing justice’(or somesuch), which would give them a bargaining chip - ‘You just forget about the money, and we’ll forget that you lied to a police officer.’
I disagree; that’s something a defense attorney could really have some fun with. “How can it be considered lying when you asked my client an entirely subjective question? What *IS* a large amount of money? The federal deficit is three trillion dollars, compared to that the money my client had was spittle!”
I thought someone might have that response and you are probably correct. I supposed it would be parsing words to say that $22,000 is not a lot of money, that if pressed on the issue to say you consider $100,000 a lot of money but not $22,000.
What is the limit though? Is $5,000 a lot of cash? In some work situations having that much on hand is necessary and even as much as the guy in this article had on him. There are situations when buying that they don't take credit cards and a check would be no good because the person could not cash it (no bank account).
I'm still not sure I would answer that I do have a lot of cash but you have me thinking if that is the right approach. Thanks for the input.