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Apple Exec Stashed $150,000 In Shoe Boxes
angry tapir writes "US federal agents found more than US$150,000 in cash when they searched the house of Apple manager Paul Devine earlier this month, according to prosecutors. 'He had over $150,000 stored in shoe boxes,' Department of Justice Attorney Michelle Kane said. Devine was charged two weeks ago with taking kickbacks from Apple suppliers."
iBox?
Don't they realize that's just a prototype for the long-rumored iStash?
:wq
but even if you couldn't trust your bank, $150,000 in shoeboxes? Really? That's not safe. Coffee tins, freezer, mattress, that loose brick in the garage... you've got to diversify.
A friend of mine told the story of his grandfather hording cash. Seems his grandpa was the mayor and, well, you get the idea. The cash was kept in a cabinet in the kitchen.
One day grandma comes home to find him and grandpa playing monopoly with real money. She was not amused.
We probably have about $150,000 in shoeboxes in my apartment. Unfortunately, they're in the form of my wife's shoes.
The balance on his bank account was 12 dozen shoes.
When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.
More generally, we Slashdotters suck at laundering.
in the Banana Stand
I doubt anything is going to happen. In fact, I thi- brb, weird noises coming from my back door.
"Going to war without the French is like going deer hunting without your accordion." ~General Norman Schwarzkopf
Sir, I am an exiled Nigerian prince who needs some assistance in a financial transaction . . .
...The banana stand?
Today is red jello day - all workers must eat all of their red jello. Failure to comply will result in five demerits.
The amount of thought you have put into that is a little unnerving.
Well, he probably didn't use these techniques to hide money, but merely to hide pron for his mom.
If Pandora's box is destined to be opened, *I* want to be the one to open it.