Stopped on Interstate....Searched

[shadroch]

Keep in mind, all of those bank deposits and withdrawals create a massive paper trail. Everytime you make a withdrawal the feds will think you're just buying something in cash, everytime you make a deposit the feds will call it income. You will need very very very detailed paperwork that reconciles bank deposits with your trip results and trip dates. If you're pulling money from a variety of bank accounts it gets harder still. Keeping money in cash in a safe deposit box, in a safe at home, or in your pocket and avoiding making bank deposits and withdrawals with it goes a long way towards preventing being screwed by an audit. You can be 100% honest and still get screwed by tax authorities if you get chosen for a full blown audit that includes looking at your bank statements.

Keep your deposit/withdrawls in the low four figures and they fly under any radar.
The Feds don't consider a cash deposit as income, where do people get these ideas?
If you are claiming income of ten thousand and channeling hundreds of thousands thru your accounts- You are a tax cheat and they should be looking at them. If it's legit, then you have no problems with an audit.

A great place to launder drug money used to be your local racetrack or OTB. Take your tens and twenty dollar bills there and buy tickets on a horse. Then you arrainge for the trainer to scratch the horse and you get nice new crisp big bills from the cashier.
These days, you can do it at any casino. Bring in a laundry bag of small bills and just insert them into the slot machine, then hit cash out.

 

[blackjack101]

I only read the first couple posts, so sorry if I repeat something someone else already said.
I've been profiled, got pulled over like 6 times within two months. After being pulled over that many times is such a short period, you become comfortable with the cops and realize they can't do sh@# if you haven't done anything wrong.
1st off: Carrying cash isn't illegal anywhere you are. If you're carrying 100k in cash, it's none of the officers, or governments for that fact, why you carry your cash around, its not against the law.
2nd: If the cop is being a dick with you, you should be a dick to him. If he asks to search the car, tell him you have nothing in the car, if you have a clean record be sure to mention that, if he persists ask to speak to his supervisor and stop answering his questions until you do so. Let him know that carrying a gun doesn't add inches to places. (I did one time, cop got PISSED).
As far as the laws go, different counties have different laws on certain things, but carrying cash is definitely not a crime, you have the federal right to property.
Having said all this, being a cop can be a ethically difficult job, and some really are just trying to do the right thing, so try to make the right decision before following my advice lol. Good Luck!

 

[aslan]

I've been following this thread and just couldn't resist posting any longer. I think Machinist's post and some of the replies are legit and valid. The rest belongs in the Zen Zone.

I'm not in law enforcement, however my work requires that I work closely with them from time to time, and have a few of them as friends. I also deal with alot of the same people police officers do. I hate to break it to everyone, but corrupt cops aren't as common as you all think. Can alot of cops be dicks? You betcha. But if you had to deal with people on the lower end of the gene pool and people that would steal from their own mothers all day long, wouldn't you be a little bitter too? Fact is most cops are just like everyone else.....regular people who just want to do their 8-10-12 hours at work and go home to do whatever else they like to do.

In all my interactions with law enforcement I have only known 1 that I could legitimately consider corrupt.....just 1. He is no longer employed as a police officer, and not by choice. I also have encountered 1 ADA and 1 CPS worker who were corrupt, FWIW.






This might take the cake for the most rediculous post I have ever seen on this site.




This is very true for the low level street dealer. Pay special attention to the craps table. Bars are very common for the next tier up also.



Until the 3am drive by that kills you or your family. Or how about the rival drug dealer/gang that wants some new turf and decides to rob and/or kill your drug dealing neighbor.....but oops! He got the wrong house....happens all the time. Do you think that the drug dealer's customers are going to be equally as trustworthy? Good luck with that.




I play hockey as well....also with alot of cops....and I have never once seen one drive a squad car to a game, or any time not on department related business for that matter....so I'm gonna have to call BS on that part. However, if they were drinking and driving a department vehicle that would show some very bad judgement and obviously I'm not going to defend that. Show me someone that drinks and says they have never driven after having a drink, and I'll show you a liar. Not condoning drinking and driving, but I'm a firm believer that what I do on my time off, within reason, is my own business.

As far as big city PD corruption, there's probly some truth to it. Both local cities you could be referring to as the "murder capital" are very corrupt on many, many levels. To try and narrow it down to just cops is unrealistic.




"I realize there are some good ones, but being all cops either commit wrongdoing or tolerate it in their peers, they all have to be tarred with the same brush"

That kinda sounds a little more specific than just a generality.



Bottom line....most cops are given a bad rap by the few who are legitimately "dirty". Everyone likes to criticize the police....until they need them


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Sound to me like you're associated with a relatively corruption-free police force. Perhaps, the majority are, I couldn't tell you. I assume you are not talking about police in the Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, or Washington, DC. police departments. Also, I suppose you are aware of investigations in which entire police forces were shown to be corrupt from top to bottom, much of it related to drug-related crime.

As for uncorrupt police, I sure wouldn't want to be Sal Culosi, an optometrist who took small sports bets on the side, when the Fairfax County police swat team accidentally shot him through the heart when they went to his home to arrest him. You can read about it -- http://www.foxnews.com/story/2006/05/01/in-virginia-death-penalty-for-gambling/

No, I don't trust cops. By the nature of their job, they have power over people, which they sometimes exercise poorly, recklessly or even criminally.

If you occasionally visited a prostitute, or if you smoked a little marijuana now and then, who would you trust more with this information, a cop or the local marijuana dealer, both of them friends you grew up with?

 

[Canceler]

The Feds don't consider a cash deposit as income, where do people get these ideas?

They get it from hearing horror stories about TCMP audits. I don't know if the IRS still does Tax Compliance Measurement Program audits; it's been a while since I've heard anything about them. But they used to scrutinize everything, and yes, any deposit to your account was considered to be income, unless you could show differently.

 

[aslan]

They get it from hearing horror stories about TCMP audits. I don't know if the IRS still does Tax Compliance Measurement Program audits; it's been a while since I've heard anything about them. But they used to scrutinize everything, and yes, any deposit to your account was considered to be income, unless you could show differently.

For that matter, any money in your pocket, in your mattress, in a home safe, in a secret compartment in your car, in a safety deposit box, or in mason jars buried in your backyard is considered income unless you can show differently. Come on, now-- we're mincing words. A deposit to your bank account is not considered income, period. Yes, with a government that has the power to look over our shoulders into every aspect of our lives, we may have some explaining to do, for example, in October I took $12,000 out of the bank, and in November I put $10,000 into the bank. I took it out to gamble and I lost $2,000. Check my bank records, thank you.

If you take $12,000 out and put $20,000 back in, you better have a good story, because that looks suspiciously like gambling winnings, or income from some other undisclosed source!