farcaster@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoOn his deathbed, her father told her a secret: He’d spent his life as a fugitive for robbing a bankwww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down112cross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
arrow-up1293arrow-down1external-linkOn his deathbed, her father told her a secret: He’d spent his life as a fugitive for robbing a bankwww.cnn.comfarcaster@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: weirdnews@real.lemmy.fan
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·edit-27 months agoMaybe I’ve got it wrong, but surely the statute of limitations had long since past?
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·7 months ago5 years but you’d still owe the money and likely interest that the money would have made. Plus any other independently unlawful acts could be much longer.
minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoSooo can they go after his estate or wife for the funds?
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYes. Iirc it would be a windfall.
Maybe I’ve got it wrong, but surely the statute of limitations had long since past?
5 years but you’d still owe the money and likely interest that the money would have made.
Plus any other independently unlawful acts could be much longer.
Sooo can they go after his estate or wife for the funds?
Yes. Iirc it would be a windfall.