lack of opportunity or just using skills another way.

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Jeni

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A homeless man known as ‘Million Dollar’ was the mastermind behind a $500K Beverly Hills credit-card scam that stole​

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/54625db6-c86f-3298-bbdf-eaa9402f4fa2/a-homeless-man-known-as.html

A homeless man has been sentenced to four years in prison for being the mastermind behind an intricate Beverly Hills credit-card scam that stole over $500,000 of luxury bags, shoes and jewelry from posh shops like Gucci, Fendi, Chanel and Torneau.

Trace Jevon Jones, 33 — who was known as “Million Dollar” because of his dapper way of dressing despite living on the streets in downtown Los Angeles — pleaded guilty in September 2020 to an identity-theft scheme that put dozens of American Express AXP, +2.07% cards in his hands.

Prosecutors say Jones and his accomplices contacted Amex posing as actual customers who had lost their credit cards. They then tracked the shipment of newly-issued cards using their phones, and intercepted the delivery before it reached the real customer.


SOME simply do not want to work when they CAN and DO game the system.
Some of these crimes require coordination and planning ...this is not underprivileged folks without skills but people using their minds finding ways to NOT operate in society.
 

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“This was not a one-time event or an isolated lapse of judgment,” prosecutors argued in a sentencing memo. “While the ultimate victim here was American Express (because it reimbursed the individual victims), stealing and misusing victims’ identities and account information is a serious nationwide problem that can have lasting impact.”​

When the rich rip off the poor, they simply pay a small penalty and continue on their way.
When the poor rip off the rich, they're sent to prison — in this case for four years, plus he has to pay AmericanExpress $521,000 in restitution.

Jones has been homeless on and off since he was a juvenile. Guess he just wasn't one of the lucky ones who were born into a good home. Tough luck, loser.
 
I was just saying obviously he had organizational and analyzing skills to Mastermind this item ... imagine if he put them to use in a positive way.

I somehow have not seen in any law books .... disregard crime if person is poor..... but that is what i seem to be hearing lately.
 

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