US v. Cord Monroe, the T206 forger

[jayshum]

Originally Posted by bnorth

From personal experience from people I know getting arrested, yes and it is usually a very small percentage of what they really stole. Insurance companies are horrible for this and when getting busted they basically get away with it. My cousin has been busted multiple times for taking insurance payments and not really providing any insurance. She paid back pennies on the dollar and never had to stop "selling" insurance any of the times. Embezzling from companies is the same. A girl I dated and a friends mom(different companies) both stole over 100K and they both got probation and had to pay back less than 10% of what they actually stole.

So apparently sometimes crime does pay.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by jayshum

So apparently sometimes crime does pay.

It depends on the crime. Rob a store for their $200 in the cash drawer and you will go to prison. Steal 100K from the company you work for and get a slap on the wrist. In our hobby just look at the Mastro debacle. I don't have a single friend including myself that wouldn't spend the few months in a country club prison for the insane amount of cash he robbed from our hobby.