FrankScoblete
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February 6th, 2014 at 3:35:46 AM permalink
(I do not know the answer to this --- if there is an answer.)

A man robs a bank of $10K and…

1. goes to a casino and loses all of it
2. goes to a big restaurant and orders dinners for everyone and drinks for the house
3. goes to basketball, football and other sporting events
4. buys all of Frank Scoblete’s books
5. gives a 10K donation to his church
6. buys his son’s automobile and pays his son’s rent for six months

He is caught by the police who know exactly where he spent his unearned money.

Do any of the above have to give back the money to the bank?

(My new book is "Confessions of a Wayward Catholic.")
Konbu
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February 6th, 2014 at 5:25:49 AM permalink
I think if the stuff could be returned in new or like-new condition then some money would be returned.

1. Nope.
2. Nope. Food is down the drain.
3. Nope.
4. Yep, however many books that are still in new condition.
5. I think yes as well, unless the money's already legally committed to something.
6. Yes. Return the car for fair value and 5 month's rent back.
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DJTeddyBear
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February 6th, 2014 at 7:13:19 AM permalink
It is my understanding that the crook, if found guilty, can then be sued to get the money back.

However, anyone who unknowingly received the dirty money is not liable.
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MathExtremist
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February 6th, 2014 at 8:17:04 AM permalink
Quote: FrankScoblete

(I do not know the answer to this --- if there is an answer.)

A man robs a bank of $10K and…


In all cases, the man is liable to the bank for $10K. That's an easy one. Here's a harder question from a case I worked:

A man steals $10K worth of free play dollars from another casino player. (The details about how he did it aren't important, but basically it was an inside job.) He then plays games at the casino, attempting to turn those comp dollars into real ones. Unfortunately for him, he loses. His free play coin-in is $22K and his coin-out is $13K for a net loss of $9K free play. He cashes out with $1K in USD.

How much is he liable for, and to whom?
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kewlj
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February 6th, 2014 at 8:37:19 AM permalink
Well the man has shown real poor judgment in a number of these, the robbery in the first place, buying dinner and drinks for strangers and most of all buying all Frank Scoblete's books. Maybe he is setting up an insanity plea. <-lol (just kidding Frank).
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February 6th, 2014 at 10:02:36 AM permalink
Quote: FrankScoblete

Do any of the above have to give back the money to the bank?



It depends. If they knew the money was stolen, yes. If they didn't know, then no.
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FrankScoblete
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February 6th, 2014 at 1:20:24 PM permalink
I'm thinking (guessing) that only the son might be culpable in the eyes of the law because the prosecutor might think that the son had advanced knowledge of the robbery. If he didn't, then I am thinking (guessing) that he doesn't have to give any money back. I don't know how the son proves this other than saying, "I didn't know he stole the money."

I think of these as ticklish scenarios. But now look at this:

If you KNOW the money is stolen then should you accept it as payment --- is that legal? If it is legal, is it moral? What about Bernie Madoff's lawyers? He paid them with stolen money. They took it and defended him. People were devastated by Madoff's theft yet his lawyers profited.

And what about casinos who accept laundering money --- as they do in AC, although the casinos don't "know" (they know, they know) that the scruffy, low-life guy cashing hundreds of dollars in fives and 10s and 20s to play for a few minutes is a drug dealer using his drug profits. (Some have white powder under their damn noses!)

So, horrors, the innocent can be helped by crime --- even if they know it is a crime. (These are all guesses on my part. This is the first time I ever thought of this stuff.)

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February 6th, 2014 at 10:50:02 PM permalink
Quote: MathExtremist

In all cases, the man is liable to the bank for $10K. That's an easy one. Here's a harder question from a case I worked:

A man steals $10K worth of free play dollars from another casino player. (The details about how he did it aren't important, but basically it was an inside job.) He then plays games at the casino, attempting to turn those comp dollars into real ones. Unfortunately for him, he loses. His free play coin-in is $22K and his coin-out is $13K for a net loss of $9K free play. He cashes out with $1K in USD.

How much is he liable for, and to whom?



He owes the casino player $10K.
He owes the casino $12K.

He stole 22K.
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February 6th, 2014 at 11:26:36 PM permalink
Quote: DJTeddyBear

It is my understanding that the crook, if found guilty, can then be sued to get the money back.

However, anyone who unknowingly received the dirty money is not liable.



So a lady is always in the casino ..losing night after night, thousands upon thousands of dollars.. insane amounts of money...does the casino who knows her name via her card have any moral obligation to check on her background to see if she has this kind of coin to lose? If they did check and her action doesn't match her earnings is it alright for them to let the gambling continue?
vetsen
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February 7th, 2014 at 4:14:41 PM permalink
There's an actual example of something pretty close to this going on right now.

A lady embezzled roughly $4 million from her employer. She spend most of it at the casino. Her employer is now suing the casino, basically suggesting that they should have know that the money was stolen. Of course a good part of the reason they're suing the casino is because the former employee has no money to go after.
AxiomOfChoice
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February 7th, 2014 at 4:25:34 PM permalink
Quote: boymimbo

He owes the casino player $10K.
He owes the casino $12K.

He stole 22K.



I don't understand this logic. Why does he owe the casino $12k? If he pays the other player $10k, everyone has been made whole. The casino has not lost anything (the actual results of the gambling are irrelevant)

Is the issue here that he gambled with someone else's freeplay, which is not allowed (since freeplay is non-transferrable?)
strictlyAP
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February 7th, 2014 at 4:28:57 PM permalink
google scott rothstein case to see, that in fact they can go after people that profited such as reclaiming money that was given to a charity,
also by the way math extremist- what was the result in that instance?
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