i have 2 questions concerning this:
1)HAD he done the proper paperwork, would he have been able to go with the money and on home? or would the authorities eventually see hes illegal and take away the money as well????
2)how do illegals send money home while still in the states?
2007-09-28 15:27:58 · 20 answers · asked by Moore55 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/27/immigrant.money/index.html
2007-09-28 15:35:41 · update #1
i think this is completely absurd and outrageous, this guy should get all of his money back. this country was founded by hard working immigrants seeking a better life and opportunity and how this crap????
2007-09-28 15:38:06 · update #2
1. He could have legitimately banked it...but of course, being an illegal, that would have entailed more identity theft. Customs laws allow no more than $10,000 to leave the country. People who attempt to smuggle (and that's what it is) more out of the country get the whole amount confiscated. That's how the law works. That's the punishment for breaking that law---confiscation. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
2. Probably through moneygram.
In addition to breaking federal custom laws, this man evaded taxes for 11 years. He's going to lose most, if not all of that money for taxes and penalties....they sure add up quick and over 11 years he's dug quite a hole. Again, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
Personally, I don't buy the whole "dishwasher" story. I can't imagine anyone living that frugally in the us to save that kind of money in that short a time employed in menial work. He was doing something else "on the side"...dealing drugs probably.
2007-09-28 16:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think you got most answers covered this is for javi514. No actually he didn't pay taxes. If he was illegal he doesn't have a social. No social no pay taxes. A lot of illegals get paid in cash.They simply can't cash a check. No id no check cashing. I wouldn't be surprised if this guy was into more than washing dishes. Will they go back and investigate the restaurant that hired him?
2007-09-28 17:04:11 · answer #2 · answered by Nathan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An American citizen can't get away with what he tried to do so why should an illegal. He is not even supposed to be here in the first place. Even though he worked for it he did it illegally, working illegally is against the law. To me he is just here to get what he can and not contribute to this country. This country has laws now and you have to be a legal immigrant no an illegal immigrant.
2007-09-28 16:37:12 · answer #3 · answered by hexa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal to take more than 10k at a time. These days there are so many ways to do it and avoid the mess he caused but the fact that he was an immigrant worked against him and was his ultimate downfall. He could have done all the paperwork in the world but being an illegal immigrant would have did him in eventually.
Even if he had sent a little at a time, someone would have ratted him out sooner or later.
2007-09-28 15:37:51 · answer #4 · answered by shawn g 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Criminals do not have a right to gains of their crimes. The man was here illegally. He tried to take the money out or the US in an illegal manor.They do not let drug dealers keep their money why should they let this guy?
2007-09-28 16:59:31 · answer #5 · answered by Coasty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being illegal doesn't mean they can take your money, but having more that $ 9,000 and not being able to say how you got it is a different story. This goes back to the 80's when drug traffickers would deposit their money in bank accounts, The government wanted to keep track of those and how much was deposited, so they passed a law that said anyone that deposited more that $9,000 in any type of banking, credit card or such, that said the bank had to reported to the government who made these transactions
As any American that has unreported income,he should be audited , pay taxes on all his money for the those period he was here illegally, pay interest, penalties, jail time if a court of law seems it .
2007-09-28 16:01:56 · answer #6 · answered by jean 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
1) I don't know. This government is all over the place with laws right now...you never know what they'll do anymore.
2) Western Union and Chase are 2 ways and they give discounts to wire it....big business for them right now.
2007-09-28 15:42:44 · answer #7 · answered by GoodJuJu2U 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No because that exceeds the allowed amount of money one can leave the country with.He was dumb to even attempt leaving the country with all that money.Uncle Sam is going to put that 59k in his pocket.Most people wire money to their countries via Western Union or Moneygram.
2007-09-28 15:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If an American citizen had saved that much money, worked for it and paid all the taxes on it, and tried to smuggle it out of the country, there would be no debate, the money would be gone, every penny.
Why does he think he should get special privileges?
Why do you think he should get special privileges?
2007-09-29 00:51:43 · answer #9 · answered by Gray Wanderer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not familiar with the story, but ALL transactions involving more than $10,000 in cash must be reported on the FinCen 105 form upon leaving or entering the U.S.A. It does not matter if the person is here illegally or not; the money must be reported and nobody will take it away from him. If it was taken from him, he must have lied about it. What else would you expect from an illegal? They lie about everything else.
Illegals wire the money home while they are here. Western Union is making a bundle of money these days.
2007-09-28 16:37:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋