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$20,000 for being paranoid at the border!

Submitted by scaredcanuck on Sat, 11/06/2010 - 17:16
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Can you blame him?

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/05112010/79/central-big-winner-ca...


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The guy should have took his

Submitted by frzngds on Sat, 11/06/2010 - 21:15.

The guy should have took his $20,000 and bought 14 1oz gold coins and then crossed the border. Much easier to hide 14 1oz coins than $20k in cash.

Why would they care if the

Submitted by wirebaugh on Sat, 11/06/2010 - 19:44.

Why would they care if the dude won money? He's not a terrorist, obviously, so give him his money back. And they wonder why people sneak around. Not once did the article discuss why they have to declare $10k. Even the border guy said that put him over the limit...he broke the rule. So? It's just an arbitrary rule. Uggghhhhhhhh.

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That's what I thought..

Submitted by lynnopoly on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 01:02.

Quote "Failing to declare the cash isn't a criminal offence, so the man's name hasn't been released."

So what's the deal with declaring? Like the BP said, "People have just a myriad of reasons why they don't declare their cash, or under declare it."

Well, yeah..

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Submitted by scaredcanuck on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 00:50.

"During the course of our interview..."

I think they meant shakedown.

Thanks, that is good

Submitted by quiltingsando on Sat, 11/06/2010 - 18:21.

to know. Looks like that fellows luck ran out.

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