As I get older, more cynical and less fearful of this Game we call Life, stories like this have a strange appeal — and not necessarily from good intentions, as you will see. Here’s the executive summary:
Guy gets hired by a company, and over a period of nine years swindles enough money to fund a “fantasy lifestyle of Las Vegas and New York trips, stays in The Ritz and Savoy and Harrods shopping sprees”.
Thinking about it in the Murkin idiom, that would mean trips to London and Monaco, staying at the Ritz and Fairmont, and of course Harrods shopping sprees. (The story also mentions that the man paid for house improvements, but never mind that nonsense.)
Which brings me to the point. Eventually, the gravy train came to an end when Freddie The Fraudster was caught (ironically, through invoices for his house improvements), and he’s just been sentenced to five years in jail.
So let’s see. If I somehow stumbled onto a scheme like this, I’d live the life of Reilly for nine years (taking me to age 77), and then get to spend my dotage (assuming I even got that far) in government-subsidized accommodation with free food and healthcare until I snuffed it.
Five years of boarding school in return for nine years of utter hedonism?
Granted, there are parts of this story that are truly reprehensible — such as the fact that this mope was hired by a good man who wanted to give him a second chance at life, and he repaid the kindness by stealing the company blind for nearly a decade. That’s about as bad as it gets, and under those circumstances I would never countenance doing the same as the prisoner in the dock.
But if I could do the same while being employed by a wealthy stranger (or even better, Global MegaCorp Inc.)…
Not to mention:
Don’t even talk about it.
Unfortunately, I have a conscience, and her name is New Wife. So none of that’s gonna happen.
Kim sed: “…I have a conscience…”
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Yep, same.
If I didn’t earn it I don’t want it.
When you earn stuff you appreciate it more than if you didn’t.
By looking at the picture of the shoes the thief purchased, I’m floored that some of the stolen money was not directed to fund transition surgery
The perp looks like he will be very popular in the joint
“government-subsidized accommodation with free food and healthcare until I snuffed it.”
umm… and roomies who believe, If you can’t find a nice young girl, get a clean old man.
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Yeah… that may not turn out quite as expected.
I worked with someone who stole half a million Aussie over a couple of years. Got away with it due to unbelievably negligent management.
She blew every cent on poker machines.
Her co workers eventually said enough to make people look.
She said the worst thing was walking into work every day knowing one day the axe will fall. Couldn’t take extended leave etc for fear the acting person would spot her scam…
embezzlers are no different than traitors and should be treated the same way.
Most of us are taught that stealing is wrong by the age of five or six. Too many people, looking at you politicians and leftists, do not learn this important lesson.
JQ
I couldn’t do it. I’ve had employers I didn’t like, but hell I agreed to work there, that’s on me.
If it was the .gov however, my morals get a lot more confused.
The .gov would be more likely recovering your excessively stolen tax money.
JQ
Stolen from me first, or stolen back by me?
I once worked at a local government agency that (among other things) handled federal grants.
My boss and I agreed that we would never even think of trying to embezzle any of that money because (besides the obvious moral etc. reasons): there was not enough money involved to allow us to retire to a country with no extradition and allow us to live in the lifestyle we wanted to be accustomed to.