http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1356224/posts?page=1,20
Criminal Genius alert.
Apparently the drug dealers know more about banking laws than this reporter.
And he is guilty of what crime? Having more money in his car than he is supposed to? What is the cutoff for having too much money on you at any given time?
On what basis was his vehicle searched and did they get as warrant?
Or doesn't anyone care about the Constitution?
Somebody-left-it-on-my-doorstep #2 ping!
Please let me know if you want on or off this South Texas/Mexico ping list.
If an individual accountholder were to deposit two hundred plus thousand into their private checking account in one go, I guarantee you that his account would be flagged and the Feds would be notified ASAP.
A better idea would be to convert the cash to collectible gold coins, sew them into your clothes, drive to Mexico or hire a boat to Brazil, and then slowly sell the coins off to collectors or dealers on an as-needed, cash-only, face-to-face basis. Even so, you're probably going to attract attention. It's hard to make two hundred thousand dollars dissappear.
Another option: Hire two hundred illegal immigrants to each send a $1000 giro (money order) to their relatives in Mexico. Go to Mexico and have the relatives cash the money orders in. Pay the families 5% ($200 each) for their trouble. Total cost $40,000, but you'd be damned near untraceable.
Another option: Hide the cash in your attic and spend it a little at a time. As long as your lifestyle stays the same and you make no deposits no one will notice anything funny. Downside: if you suddenly buy that sixty-foot cabin crusier, the gig is up.
Another option: Buy a gun, go to the Mexican border and cross illegally. Once in Mexico, dump the gun, then use the cash to purchase Mexican identity papers plus as many politicians, cops and judges as you need to keep inquistive types from snooping around. Mexico is full of generous foreigners with a penchant for privacy. Extra credit: establish a legitimate business in Mexico and use it to whitewash your cash. Put Mexico's traditional corruption to work for you!
There just aren't very many legal ways to obtain $200,000 in cash in the United States. We use checks and transfers to handle legit money in such amounts. If you dump over five grand in cash into a bank account in the U.S. you might as well stamp DRUG MONEY on every bill before you hand it to the teller. Carry big cash in the U.S. and you ARE going to be checked up on. That's a guarantee.
It always amazes me when the idiot libertarians that are the liberals and terrorists closest allies read a story like this and wonder not what criminal activity this clown was engaged in to have this sum of money, but how the poor illegal alien who does not belong here in the first place may have had rights violated that he should not have for entering this country ILLEGALLY.
Is it a crime to have money?
So that's where I left the money.
Did they find drugs? So now it's illegal to have too much money? That seems to be the perfect extension of the Democrat philosophy. Goodness knows, if he has too much money, he must be guilty of something! He looked nervous! It's right there in the Constitution, if he looks nervous and has a lot of money, he needs to go to jail. And let the government keep that nasty, dirty, evil money.