He broke the law getting here, and he knew it. He tried to break the law getting home, and he got caught.
Now he'll get to spend his money on a lawyer. LOL! How ironic for these break-your-heart lawbreakers, to spend their money on the law.
I'm very curious as to whether this guy paid taxes on this wad. Who hired him? The lawyer knows he'll have to prove ownership of the cash, which means we'll get to know who the crooked empoyers were.
So many rich people love these semi-slave servants and start needing to justify their own lawbreaking by sweetly sympathizing with their humble and hardworking Dilceys and Porks. I know rich ladies at a resort development who even think they're some kind of Great White Mother (Oh, Miss Scarlett!) when they exploit black market maids and yard help.
He could have walked back across the border the same way that he came. Then he would not have had to declare it.
What a dope this guy is.