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[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even his prison guards are smiling. One on the left looks like he admires him.

He is about to give him a happy ending

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

I'll be honest. Charity aside, I like that the guy kicked the banks in the dick.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 77 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Despite much information on the internet Bendelladj did not get sentenced to death, and claims saying he donated any money to charity are almost impossible to verify. Trial documents did not mention any donations or charity activities, making the claim of charity disputed and not known for sure.

Is there any proof of the charity claims? Because Wikipedia gives nothing

[–] just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Would be a bad hacker if he left a trail of all the money

[–] Spaceman9000@infosec.pub 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Money leaves a trail by itself, it doesn't magically disappear and reappear somewhere else

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean no, it doesn't, youre right.

Declaring income would be what most of those charities ans whatnot would prolly need to do somewhere at least. So I find this story dubious.

At the same time though, it is technically possible for him to have put money on crypto and email someone the keys to the wallets.

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Even so, all reputable charities have a way to do honest accounting with rich anonymous donors or else that would be a real easy way to wash dirty money.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah my point exactly.

But if this guy wasn't concerned about washing it and thought to leave that to the charities idk. He was a hacker, not an accountant for a cartel, so can't expect much.

But yeah giving away billions of stolen money would be a lot harder than some in the thread seem to think it is. I mean, technically you can give it via crypto but is it then of use is an other question

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There is a huge business of money laundering built specifically for this purpose. Any hacker worth their salt should know someone or some place.

[–] gencha@lemm.ee 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Pretty much any word in the picture is contradicted by the Wikipedia article

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

As many narrative exist depending on who's facts you're listening to.

[–] solstice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Homeboy probably spent .000001% of the money on PR, bought a shitton of bitcoin with the rest, go to jail a few years, buy an island when he gets out, maybe Trump will be willing to sell Greenland to him at that point who knows

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (12 children)
[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

That article doesn't cite anything either, only that "some sources say" he donated some of the money. A far cry from the claim that he donated all of the stolen $4b.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Robinhooding never looked so fiiiine. 👀

[–] galaskorz@discuss.online 9 points 3 days ago

Luigi + Hamza fanfic erotica coming soon, (banned in china.)

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I doubt he'll still be smiling after 15 years in a Thai prison.

[–] Deway@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago (2 children)

According to his Wikipedia article, he was sentenced in the US so I suppose he is in an American prison.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 49 points 3 days ago

That explains why he got 15 years for a non-violent crime.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I guess that's slightly better.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Pro tip: If you're gonna steal from a bank, steal from a Norwegian one.

[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is there a back story to this that I don't know?

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Norwegian prisons are famously relatively humane compared to most other countries

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They have a better quality of life than low-income US citizen. Except for, you know, not being able to leave.

Here's an article about one of those prisons on an island: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidnikel/2020/07/01/basty-norways-island-prison-where-inmates-work-ski-and-watch-tv/

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, I agree, but

  • they're not all as nice as that one
  • the US is especially bad
  • Norwegians who aren't in prison have a way higher quality of life
  • not being able to leave is still a pretty big deal
[–] galaskorz@discuss.online 1 points 3 days ago

Tbf, if I could move to a Norwegian prison, I’d probably consider it.

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[–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Is that Danny Ricardo? Lol

[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

Red Bull should be afraid

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