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submitted 6 months ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 27 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Is there actually a way someone gets $12.5B that's not fraud in some fashion?

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

The article says it was her and accomplices running proxy companies, so it wasn't just one person getting $12.5b.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Inheritance... In other words, indirect fraud.

[–] Nia_The_Cat@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Stick a real credit card in one of these bad boys (if image doesn't load it's one of those toy monopoly credit card things)