Yessir - beats workin' fer a livin', like those stupid peasants do....
American Berlin Wall, or the first baby steps...?
Why does the money now belong to the US Government? Would she have been able to transfer the money if she’d taken it in $9000 increments?
Anything else in there that they got their hands on —
Fresh!
Cant they just mail it there?
I bet the story on the customs form is bullcrap.They have scanners that pick up the metallic strip in all money these days and that’s how they busted her is my bet.
Worst Liar of The Year Award goes to Victoria!
Next time a 78 y/o lady meets with TSA looking as stacked as a young Dolly Parton, best question to ask her is “Pardon me Maam, but where do you do your banking? And don’t say anything about Hope Chests!”
Fifth Amendment: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.[1]
Local police did this to someone I know. She was carrying around her life savings in the form of cashier checks. Held on to it for two weeks and was threatening to file money laundering charges. A lawyer questioned where the search warrant was that allowed them to go through her purse. They didn't have one. They gave it back to her about an hour later. If the lawyer hadn't taken her case without first getting paid, she probably would have lost the money because she had no funds left to fight with.
Years ago, before 911, my husband would carry 20 thousand dollars in cash when he visited the Philippines. Most of it was given away...school fees, gifts to his large extended family, and even a dollar to to the old folks who farmed his mom’s land 30 years ago.
Even in the US he took cash to shop. He distrusted credit cards.
You also see it in the US in very old people. They remember the depression and don’t trust banks.
She should have just wired it there the way all of the Mexicans do with the cash they earn here.