She's going to lose that house and car she bought... If you actually want to keep the money, you need to leave the country... Personally, I would have bought bitcoin with it, and moved to a non extradition country.
Depends I suspect for most of us relatively affluent people who are able to post on slashdot during the day. The answer is no; while 1.2M is a heck of lot of money to us - its not enough to sustain us in our present life style cut off forever from the places we are most able to market our skills.
On the other hand if you are 60 something, nearly penniless without a lot of career prospects - I can totally see 1.2M being a reason to fly the coup. After all in many of those extradition free places you could go 1.2M US will buy you pretty comfortable life for the 30 years or so you have left; even if they don't offer all the amenities.
By my calculations, 1.2 million would last me at least 30 years. Not bad. I have no idea what everyone else is spending money on around here (Houses? multiple cars? Kids, I guess?). Of course, if I had to flee to a country that wouldn't extradite me back to the US, I might be able to stretch it further.
Personally, I would have returned the money. No company will make a mistake like that and just forget about it.
People are so stupid... (Score:2)
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You would leave the country as a fugitive over 1.2 million? Cutting off 2/3 of the world?
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Depends I suspect for most of us relatively affluent people who are able to post on slashdot during the day. The answer is no; while 1.2M is a heck of lot of money to us - its not enough to sustain us in our present life style cut off forever from the places we are most able to market our skills.
On the other hand if you are 60 something, nearly penniless without a lot of career prospects - I can totally see 1.2M being a reason to fly the coup. After all in many of those extradition free places you could go 1.2M US will buy you pretty comfortable life for the 30 years or so you have left; even if they don't offer all the amenities.
Re: People are so stupid... (Score:2)
By my calculations, 1.2 million would last me at least 30 years. Not bad. I have no idea what everyone else is spending money on around here (Houses? multiple cars? Kids, I guess?). Of course, if I had to flee to a country that wouldn't extradite me back to the US, I might be able to stretch it further.
Personally, I would have returned the money. No company will make a mistake like that and just forget about it.
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Although, due to inflation, I doubt I would get 30 years out of it.