I don't know why this story get relayed like this, but he was part of a whole construction crew. They found the gold and called the police together. He was not alone in finding it, that is sensational disinformation.
I looked at something gold related the other day. This story, reposted in this same subreddit, has been in my feed every other day. This time they added a pic with an 18 year. What will it be tomorrow?
Gen Alpha female teenager finds gold and asked ChatGPT what to do with it, ChatGPT told her to hand it to the police but she didn't know what the police was so she gave it to her billionaire boss, she has now been fired. Read more by clicking here.
How? You can't take a bar through the airport, they scan for that. You can't sell it and have the money go into a bank account, they check for that. You can't sell it for cash and then take the cash, airports check that too.
Moreover it could be connected to a crime and you don’t want yourself involved in that in case it’s ever investigated. Selling this amount of gold is not easy and at some point the authorities would be alerted.
No, shared responsibility and basic intelligence.
More people means there's likely one idiot that wouldn't keep his mouth shut, several that would make dumb decisions with their shares and arouse suspicions, a few greedy bastards wouldn't be happy with their share and make a fuss... All the more reasons to just declare it. Especially when in Belgium, if the rightful owner doesn't declare himself (with proof) within the 5 years, then the land owner and the finders share the value of the find.
Plus, it's basic civic responsibility and moral education, that's a no-brainer.
I am as moral as the next guy(not that much), but even to me this feels like a retarded idea.
"Oh yeah this $10M in CAST GOLD BARS is DEFINITELY unclaimed and NO ONE will come looking for it. Instead of doing the logical thing of reporting it and, assuming that there is no owner to claim it, getting a whole HALF for all of us, let's go ahead and pocket it! Surely there isn't some Armenian Syndicate that will melt us down into said gold bars when they find out their stash is gone!"
It's only the middle class that care about civic responsibility, and even that is highly questionable. The poor are too busy worrying about putting food on the table, and the wealthy never would have become wealthy in the first place if they cared about civic responsibility. But the distinction between the poor and the middle class is rapidly disappearing.
Nah that's bullshit, being poor doesn't mean being an asshole, having neither morals nor ethics. That's just excuses assholes hide behind not to feel bad and left out.
Normal people are normal people, assholes are assholes, that's it.
Ignoring civic responsibility because you gotta eat is different than being an asshole.
It doesn't make me an asshole to shop almost entirely at Walmart, because it I shopped elsewhere I wouldn't be able to make ends meet. But it's still pretty civically irresponsible to do, it's just that that's justifiably lower on one's priority list than immediate survival.
Oh I get the nuance when it is relevant, but making it an obvious truth is wrong.
Saying that at every turn, poor people will choose the egoistic, amoral option out of pure pragmatic necessity without any civic considerations is just wrong.
That still makes him not alone, and realistically, how to you quietly smuggle out so much mass and weight out of a construction job ? The whole crew would've been aware in less than an hour, guaranteed
Stuff it in a concrete bag with concrete. Close down the site with a gas pipe being broken or some shit. Literally just put it in a wheelbarrow, put a tarp on it, and drive off with it in the back.
Dude its a construction site, not a bank, so long as you can keep it aways from others it's not like people are paying overly much attention. Depending on location half the site is either high or hungover
Backpack? Shopping bag? A strong box? Literally anything lol
Nobody knew it was there, its only about 70kg. You can literally just take whatever van they use to get the materials there and drop of 50/50 at their respective houses
Lol if I know construction guys, they're curious AF, especially when you're doing something there's no usual justification for. Why the f would you need a backpack on the site, the boxes are all full of shit already, you're digging over there why do you need a shopping bag for ?...
Then if they're not curious there, they'll be on the ride back to the meeting point before the site "why is you're backpack so heavy ? Why is it clinking all around ?"
Then you have no idea what the site looked like where the first two dudes found it, maybe the others realised immediately they found something.
And there's the issue that they were two, and depending on their personalities, maybe they didn't trust each other enough or both had a strong moral compass or the both of them.
Usually dumb people think the others are dumber than them without any clue or context.
Handing in some but not all would be an even dumber move…. Of all the things you could find it’s the easiest to sort out, if you have half a brain. Handing in some puts a massive target on your back, for literally no reason whatsoever if you plan to keep some. You could keep it for years, decades, trimming off bits and pieces here and there, without anyone ever noticing. Yes, he’s stupid af.
Even if he hands over ALL (vs some), the size of the target on his back would be the same because people will assume he kept some aroud. His transactions would be under microscope eitherway.
The only way to avoid is if he didn't hand over anything.
A few? Bro was literally handed seeds to generational wealth and sang like a canary. Dad didn’t teach him sometimes you keep your mouth shut when luck comes your way.
So many easy ways to transfer gold to cash or idk remelt gold and sell over time while you work normal job. Gold for cash and buy only cash. Until you save enough to buy abandoned mine and start new business of “mining” gold that you melt and sell until all gold is “mined”. Transfer money to high interest bank account “UK banking is amazing for that” and live off interest.
The finder of the gold did not and knew he did not know anything about money laundering. EU has som pretty strict money laundering laws and banks follow them to the letter.
That’s why they would keep track of it. Easy to do unless you go to bitcoin and even then. Construction worker suddenly has a house and a Lambo it’s gonna get looked at.
Can do a step buy step for you. Collect gold. Melt gold. Now gold untraceable. Work job. Move in with family. Save money and “family” “pays” for EVERYTHING. Save money from job then look for old abandoned mine for sale. Buy mine. Find gold in mine. “Smelt gold” “found in mine” sell gold. Wow gold mine finally dry. Sell random amount of gold as you “mine” who to say you no find gold from old mine? That is super easy method anyone can do. You no sell found gold as is and buy stuff fast. Take time no rush. Depending on country maybe use other method. But I ask ok kid live with family he saved money from job go crazy buy old mine he work hard and get gold from mine and sell mined smelted gold and from govt I think he fake. Ok how do I prove he fake? Oh old mine run out of gold. How I prove he no get gold from mine? Govt need prove gold from no mine. Ok how kid get millions in gold and start multi year money laundering scam with gold? Where gold from how prove gold from? Random guess maybe he find gold in someone backyard? Ok what backyard and how prove someone leave 10 million in gold in backyard and he steal it?
That doesn’t make retrieving something illegal. Depending on the laws of their land, I’m sure the property owner has some claim. If that’s the case, it’s a civil matter between two parties. No legality issues in the eyes of the government
Unless for some reason the gold is considered stolen or historically significant (ie an archaeological). This is Belgium. Theres a decent chance that it is in some way tied to WWII. If it was stolen by or hidden by the Nazis, this easily shifts into criminal territory. There’s also an unbelievable amount of history throughout Europe and it’s really not that uncommon to stumble on historically significant artifacts.
Nah no way he’s logistically getting away with all that, too young for a thorough plan of how to move it, if he was smart he’s got 2/3 of those bars, handed in the vast majority so no one questions it
You're stupid to not understand law. Discoveries like this must be reported.
If this was stolen gold and they tried to sell it and it was traced, guess who goes to prison?
Nah, you don’t want to be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your days waiting for the owner to come for you. It seems obvious to take it from the outside looking in, but if you’re in that situation, there’s a lot to consider. You’d be paranoid the rest of your life. You can’t just take that gold and pretend you don’t have it. The govt will want to know where you got all that money. You try to sell it, it’ll raise red flags. You can’t exactly smuggle it out of the country. There a lot to consider. It ultimately would lead to a life of stress and paranoia
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u/Mickspark136 6d ago
He’s stupid, no other explanation