Even his prison guards are smiling. One on the left looks like he admires him.
Despite much information on the internet Bendelladj did not get sentenced to death, and claims saying he donated any money to charity are almost impossible to verify. Trial documents did not mention any donations or charity activities, making the claim of charity disputed and not known for sure.
Is there any proof of the charity claims? Because Wikipedia gives nothing
Would be a bad hacker if he left a trail of all the money
Money leaves a trail by itself, it doesn’t magically disappear and reappear somewhere else
I mean no, it doesn’t, youre right.
Declaring income would be what most of those charities ans whatnot would prolly need to do somewhere at least. So I find this story dubious.
At the same time though, it is technically possible for him to have put money on crypto and email someone the keys to the wallets.
Even so, all reputable charities have a way to do honest accounting with rich anonymous donors or else that would be a real easy way to wash dirty money.
Yeah my point exactly.
But if this guy wasn’t concerned about washing it and thought to leave that to the charities idk. He was a hacker, not an accountant for a cartel, so can’t expect much.
But yeah giving away billions of stolen money would be a lot harder than some in the thread seem to think it is. I mean, technically you can give it via crypto but is it then of use is an other question
There is a huge business of money laundering built specifically for this purpose. Any hacker worth their salt should know someone or some place.
That article doesn’t cite anything either, only that “some sources say” he donated some of the money. A far cry from the claim that he donated all of the stolen $4b.
Al-Jazeera is not a credible source
Aljazeera is a fine source as long as you’re not looking at their news regarding Qatar/Qatari interests.
Absolutely, that’s their one major source of bias. They lean mildly to the left, but I’m very much okay with that given what “leaning right” means these days
MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY
Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER (-3.2) Factual Reporting: MIXED (4.7) Country: Qatar MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: LIMITED FREEDOM Media Type: TV Station Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
What’s a good unbiased source? As an example I checked DW on the above website and while they’re rated as being left center and having a high factual reporting, thanks to Germany’s general bias they currently report very little about Palestine.
More credible than most US media conglomerate news sources
Oh my God, could there be alternatives somewhere between the US and radical Islamists? 😱
Sure. Jacobin et al
Yeah no.
I doubt he’ll still be smiling after 15 years in a Thai prison.
According to his Wikipedia article, he was sentenced in the US so I suppose he is in an American prison.
That explains why he got 15 years for a non-violent crime.
I guess that’s slightly better.
Probably not
Pro tip: If you’re gonna steal from a bank, steal from a Norwegian one.
Is there a back story to this that I don’t know?
Norwegian prisons are famously relatively humane compared to most other countries
They have a better quality of life than low-income US citizen. Except for, you know, not being able to leave.
Here’s an article about one of those prisons on an island: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2020/07/01/basty-norways-island-prison-where-inmates-work-ski-and-watch-tv/
Ah, thanks.
Is that Danny Ricardo? Lol
Cool motive, still theft.
Cool motive, if true this man helped more people than most people will or have ever done.
Theft against banks.
According to the Wikipedia he withdrew money from private individuals’ credit cards.
That’s the bank’s money.
Banks usually hold other people’s money.
Banks are insured, along with all accounts under $250k. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never had to worry about going over the FDIC limit.
I mean, I’m not taking sides or anything but isn’t the FDIC a government agency and any insurance money used to cover thefts ultimately come from taxpayers?
No, because the US federal government has monetary sovereignty using a Fiat currency, meaning the US can pay for it without extracting it from taxes.
Now, my caddie’s chauffeur informs me that a bank is a place where people put money that isn’t properly invested. Therefore, robbing a bank is tantamount to that most heinous of crimes, theft of money.
