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Feds: Brink's Employee Makes Off With $196,000 In Quarters (cnn.com)

dfsmith writes: CNN is reporting today on the prosecution of a man who stole $196,000 worth of quarters from his employer in Alabama. Apparently the Brinks facility kept large bags of the coins for the Federal Reserve (about 1 ton each), which the accused emptied and refilled with beads (leaving some coins visible in the bag's window). Dennis faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. That's a million-quarter fine, or 216,000 more quarters than Dennis stole.
Notwithstanding the enterprise of purchasing and transporting that many beads, you've got to wonder: how would you go about this heist, and what would you do with the proceeds?

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  1. Re:Slot machines by TapeCutter · · Score: 5, Informative

    Casinos are used to launder money all the time, you put dirty money on the table and get back 70-80% of the face value back in clean money.

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    And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? - Pink Floyd.
  2. Re:Brink's ?? it belongs to someone named Brink? by Tim+the+Gecko · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seems like there is an apostrophe in their name (but not in their logo) - http://www.brinks.com/en/