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Have you ever lived or worked with someone who went on to commit a serious crime?
ThatStupidLion
Member
one guy i partied with in college - while in college he ended up going to the middle east to film a documentary, came back to the states, asked a cabbie if he was muslim and then proceeded to slash him in the neck with a knife with the intent to kill.
he went to prison for it, but dont know where any of that stands
heres the story
he went to prison for it, but dont know where any of that stands
heres the story
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Pejo
Gold Member
I worked with a woman once whose lesbian ex-cop SO dressed up like a dude and tried to rob a bank (even painted a fake beard on) while high on crack and then ran from police for a while. I actually hung out with them together drinking a few times, she was pretty fun outside of that.
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Aesius
Member
A guy I hung out with in high school went to prison for a few years after getting caught in a Chris Hansen-esque sting operation. He was chatting online with a cop who was pretending to be a 14 year old girl. She gave him a place to meet her, he drove there, cops were waiting, and he was promptly arrested.
Croatoan
They/Them A-10 Warthog
One of my groomsmen dusted a guy a couple weeks ago. Haven't had a chance to talk to him about it but from what I've heard he isn't at all happy about it. He wont be going to jail. I knew the perp he shot as well (though only met him once). He was white so yeah, not much news coverage on it.
I also drove by the scene after it happened and wondered, "Geeze what the hell just went down there?".
We have some ex-cons that work for us. One of them, a guy I play tarkov with on occasion, spent 7 years in prison for killing a cop while drunk driving. Another one was a 37 year old sleeping with a minor who got six months after statutory rape conviction. Six months. Like, what the fuck is up with our prison system that felonies only get six months?
I also drove by the scene after it happened and wondered, "Geeze what the hell just went down there?".
I have a near identical story to this. My friend was engaged, and the idiot girl still married him! The last person I would have thought to do something like that. Dont think he ever saw prison though.
We have some ex-cons that work for us. One of them, a guy I play tarkov with on occasion, spent 7 years in prison for killing a cop while drunk driving. Another one was a 37 year old sleeping with a minor who got six months after statutory rape conviction. Six months. Like, what the fuck is up with our prison system that felonies only get six months?
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Aesius
Member
I'm from a smallish town and the arrest records are public record/easily accessed. I look at them from time to time to see if anyone I know pops up.
What amazes me are the people who get arrested, no joke, if not weekly then at least monthly. And this goes on for YEARS. And sometimes it's on fairly serious charges, like manufacturing meth. I don't understand how some people get huge sentences for a single offense, and then other people get arrested a dozen times in a year, spend a weekend in jail, and are back on the streets on Monday every time.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Teacher at our primary school lived next door to my best friend and about 20 houses away from me. He was known as the teacher looking up skirts and then years later went to jail for child/pedo charges, he's out now as this was decades ago. The poor wife/family left living at the house had to move away shortly after that; not their fault but the stigma just couldn't be unstuck.
Guy I worked with, when I was a kid, fleeced credit card terminal refunds to himself for years. He got caught but had taken nearly $40K over years after they found the trail of what to look for.
Guy I worked with, when I was a kid, fleeced credit card terminal refunds to himself for years. He got caught but had taken nearly $40K over years after they found the trail of what to look for.
Tschumi
Member
nush
Gold Member
Don't make a traceable pattern. Back in the day a friend of mine worked for a company making photography equipment, people would place orders over the phone reading out their card numbers. So she'd copy them down and then order things from home shopping catalogues. She got caught, but just fired as the company didn't want the bad press. The pattern of all the cards used being used at this one company to buy specialist photography equipment and she was the one taking the phone orders was an easy catch.
She did tell me that she specifically took British comedy legend and birdwatcher Bill Oddies credit card details "Because he was a short tempered asshole and full of himself"
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Don't make a traceable pattern. Back in the day a friend of mine worked for a company making photography equipment, people would place orders over the phone reading out their card numbers. So she'd copy them down and then order things from home shopping catalogues. She got caught, but just fired as the company didn't want the bad press. The pattern of all the cards used being used at this one company to buy specialist photography equipment and she was the one taking the phone orders was an easy catch.
She did tell me that she specifically took British comedy legend and birdwatcher Bill Oddies credit card details "Because he was a short tempered asshole and full of himself"
It's crazy to me how much or often people get away with and just keep going until they get caught. Can't quit I suppose. What a pisser of a story though.
So much old school fraud was by retail/operator staff with cards etc.
nush
Gold Member
Remember when store receipts used to have the full card and expiry number printed on them!?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Fuck yes. Scary. Weird thing is the Australian direct debit system still gives a merchant the ability to take whatever funds from any Australian bank account that you have BSB and account number for. Stupid old ass tech system they still use in major banks.
Tschumi
Member
Worst thing about banks is that the fuckers take holidays imo, what the fuck, you're in charge of the very lifeblood of modern existence, you're rich as fuck, you telling me you can't have a few dudes on bonus pay clicking the "yes, transfer" button on those days? Fucking slaaack
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Downunder banks close early every day and are always closed on Sundays etc. Cracks me up.
Halo is Back
Member
I have worked with several very bad people before.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
i wanna eventually rob a drug cartel or mafia when I'm an old man I'm saving all my money/assets now to prepare for a war tho in case they find out it was me and they'll call me the rainmaker !!
Alter_Fridge
Member
A guy I used to work with got on the news for running some sort of disability scam
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