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0 pointssmrtinsert7y ago0 comments

Dont. Excessive free cash is very typically seized.

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I don’t think we have enough data to say it’s ‘very typically seized’ - certainly it is at times, and in egregious and outrageous fashion, but I don’t think ‘very typically’ is accurate.

I personally have on many occasions had well in excess of 10,000 on my person and have never had it seized.

lostcolony7y ago

And you were pulled over, and it was discovered?

I mean, even if you were, that constitutes X data points, which is hardly representative.

topmonk7y ago

You're asking him to prove a negative. The onus should be on you.

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jessaustin7y ago

Did police ever search you, find that cash, and not take it? Congratulations on your privilege. Lots of other people, including those without bank accounts or other means of moving their wealth around, have lost money this way.

pc867y ago

More than $10k in cash is considered "evidence of criminal activity" in many jurisdictions.

It's one thing to have a few bank envelopes with $10k in cash and a withdrawal receipt in a zip lock bag or something that's pretty obviously non-criminal. It's another thing to get pulled over in a $90/day rental with $15k hidden under a blanket in the trunk. The latter will almost always end up getting seized.

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