If you were a fugitive...
Imagine this: you are facing jail time of 25 years, and you have one month until you go to prison. You also have > $20 million in wealth because you were a hedge fund manager who got busted for fraud. What would you do? Would you try to run?
My immediate thoughts, although I'm not sure how feasible this would be: I think I would take out as much cash as I could. Then I would have one of my close friends with a private jet fly me to Central America, where I would settle down in a small fishing village, grow some bushy facial hair, and relax for the rest of my life.
What would you do?
Thank you randomwalk0909! I need a good laugh. Are you looking for suggestions?
To anwser your question..
I would have been out of the country before anyone knew something was up...
Sittin on a nice beach with a girl who didn't speak a word of English...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Paradise!
The thing is, the US gov't could strike a deal with a foreign gov't to have you arrested and handed over, so you wouldn't be able to tell ANYONE where you were. It might even be worth it to lie to your friend with the private jet since the FBI would probably tap the phones of your close friends, wife, etc in an effort to find out where you were.
easy, stage your own death. find a way to launder the money so it wasn't traceable.
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I don't think Central America would be a great decision, because many leaders of Central American countries would strike a deal, with maybe the exception of Nicaragua. The US buys too much of their exports.
South America would be a better decision. Mr. Chavez hates the US - which is a double edged sword: 1) he wouldn't cooperate with the US gov't in having you arrested, but 2) he wouldn't want some rich US fuck strolling along the beach while his citizens are in poverty.
Personally, I would take buses through Mexico to the Yucatan and hop a boat to Cuba. It's a small island and not far from the US, but I don't think the US and Cuban leaders talk much.
Soul09 - Do you think that's what Ken Lay did? BTW - except for losing her husband, his wife sure got off, didn't she? She got all of his assets and you can't convict the dead - so she got all the money that would've been take by lawyer fees and the US gov't.
Join the foreign legion in France. New identity after you have given 3 to 6 years of your life solving conflicts in fucked up African and South American past French colonies.
You can keep your money in a Swiss bank while you do this. You need to be fit to get in the foreign legion though, so if you are a fat and balding fund manager this is not an option.
When you get out life is yours: your name can be McLovin, with a French passport (much nicer now a days to travel with one of those than an american one); and it's not like you could get a new American passport anyways. ALTHOUGH, you could go and try to apply for a green card in the US with your new identity, give 10 more years to get citizenship. So in 13-16 years you could be a US citizen again, you would have all your money stashed in the bank.
Hope I somehow helped you random.
Remember, you will always be a salesman, no matter how fancy your title is. - My ex girlfriend
My grammar gets exponentially poorer as it gets really f---ing late. Since I would have lost a banana point for correcting the above comment, I'll just stick to doing nothing and writing another pointless comment.
Remember, you will always be a salesman, no matter how fancy your title is. - My ex girlfriend
Can you keep your FFL identity after you are discharged though?
Yea, that's the thing. Depending on whether they like your face or not you get your new identity in 3 to 6 years, and your contract is 4 years I believe (but obviously you stay there until you have a new ID). Once you get your new identity you are a good ol' French citizen like any other. A lot of criminals from other countries join the legion for a second chance, others just join it so that they can acquire French citizenship; the latter is the case for my nephew's God father (unless there is something he didn't tell us ;).
Remember, you will always be a salesman, no matter how fancy your title is. - My ex girlfriend
1) take $20mm out of bank 2) use $10mm to have surgery similar to that of nicholas cage/john travolta in the movie "face off" 3) get accustomed to your new face 4) use remaining $10mm to start new fund
this is the easiest and most plausible course of action
Any more creative responses?
Purchase some heavy weaponry/artillery... Build a compound... Hire some loyal Colombian immigrants... Have a standoff
While we're in France...
Stash all your money in the Cayman Islands.
go to a developing country(think E. Europe, India, Philippines) and buy as much influence as possible(not much is required) to get legit identification.
Go to France with your new identity, you can buy nobility by purchasing certain plots of land. Buy a nice little French Chateau.
Enjoy your life as Baron(or Count, whichever you prefer) Nicolai LeCole. Come back to the US(wont have an issue since you'll be loaded French Nobility) from time to time on a visiting Visa...
balls to the wall models and bottles.
I doubt you'd ever be able to return to the US. The government will have your fingerprints in some database somewhere, and, of course, all foreign citizens entering the US get their fingerprints taken. Presumably they run searches every now and then, looking for matches between the databases. So you can expect to be caught again within hours/weeks/months of coming to the US on a visit.
Also, avoid calling US phone numbers. And avoid banks. You might think burying your money in the ground sucks, but it would suck a whole lot more to go to jail for 25+ years.
Your best hope is just to live out the rest of your days in peace in some backwater like Paraguay or Zimbabwe. Or indeed any strategically useless country (so the US only has a small presence there) with high corruption (so you can bribe your way out of any trouble with the local authorities).
Or... well, there is one other alternative, but it's just so good I don't want to give it away!
Yeah, the last 2 posters have the right idea. It's imperative that you get a new identity and passport as soon as possible. In lieu of burying your money in the ground, you should launder the money by starting a cash intensive business in your new country. I think setting up a bar is a good idea. A crapload of shady westerners already do that in Asia (perhaps because they too cannot return to their home countries), so you wouldn't stand out at all.
Come on transatlantic, give away your other alternative.
don't leave us hanging, transatlantic
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