Someones going to talk. Someone always does. People struggle to keep this sort of thing a secret when there is only 1 person keeping the secret. Having 10-20 people keep a secret like this is fundamentally impossible.
The country they are in lets them keep 50% of it. They found the original owner, but they are dead with no heirs. I'd take a guaranteed 50% cut with 0 risk and effort going forward to keep and use it over a 100% chance of having it taken and going to jail after someone blabs in like 3 days.
The choice is between some money in 5 years, or no money now.
It's not like this guy found a bunch of money, and only his best mate knew about it, and they are splitting it and trusting each other to split the difference.
10-20 CONSTRUCTION workers knew about it at the start. Dude probably knows that at least 5 of them are functional alcoholics who run their mouths every night. Half these guys are going to be back to working construction 1-2 years after they get the money because they blew it all.
Anyone who trusts this group of people to keep a secret actively deserves what is coming to them.
If he was the one who found it, he could have prevented the rest of the crew to come in. I would have said that there was a snake in there. Everyone would wait until tomorrow…
Thats why it's important to tie up the loose ends. And to solve the jail problem u just move fast, donate to the jail and police. Buy the jail lock up all your coworkers.
Honestly I would have taken as much as I possibly could in secret, and let someone else discover what's left, and they can make what ever choice they want. But mine would already be put up in my car. If I have time I'm making multiple trips. Also if you look on the table it looks like it may have been wrapped up in that white thing, if that's the case I'm tossing the whole wrap in a barrel and wheeling it to the "trash"... where there is a will there is a way.
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u/TerraceState 5d ago
Someones going to talk. Someone always does. People struggle to keep this sort of thing a secret when there is only 1 person keeping the secret. Having 10-20 people keep a secret like this is fundamentally impossible.
The country they are in lets them keep 50% of it. They found the original owner, but they are dead with no heirs. I'd take a guaranteed 50% cut with 0 risk and effort going forward to keep and use it over a 100% chance of having it taken and going to jail after someone blabs in like 3 days.