Hello, I'm currently writing a novel on 'the perfect crime' (if that exists). The story plays in the future, 20-30 years from now. The first idea was that the crooks that would commit the crime, would hack into a bank system and pull out 500 million$. But that scenario is rather classic. And also rather unrealistic. I mean, even if you could hack into the system of a bank, I doubt you could wire out 500 mln$.
So I came up with the following scenario (in short): The crooks setup a number of trading accounts under false identities. They then brake into the system of a large company (like Google) and create havoc. This would make the stock to drop. The crooks short the stock. By putting in 30 million, they could pull out 500 mln (using leverage and multiple accounts).
Now the story plays in the future, so I can permit myself some freedom in what is possible and not. But it has to remain realistic. So to start with, the start capital cannot be wired in from another account , because there would be a trace. The only solution I can think of, is that the crooks would fill up a number of accounts with cash, using fake identities. But is it possible to deposit let's say 2 million dollars into a bank account without questions being asked?
The second question is: After they have made their profit, how to pull it out of the bank accounts? Again, by wiring it to other accounts they could make it difficult to follow the trace, but finally, those that are after them would find the trace anyway. So the only way would be to pull out the money in cash, in stacks of let's say 5 million (remember, the total gain is 500 mln). Is that plausible? (I doubt if there is anyone here that has tried to withdraw 5 mln in cash
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Is this plausible? If not, any other ideas? I post this here, because you guys might have some more knowledge about what is feasible and what is complete science fiction. So let your brains and imagination work: How would you setup the perfact crime to make 500 mln dollars ?
Thank you
So I came up with the following scenario (in short): The crooks setup a number of trading accounts under false identities. They then brake into the system of a large company (like Google) and create havoc. This would make the stock to drop. The crooks short the stock. By putting in 30 million, they could pull out 500 mln (using leverage and multiple accounts).
Now the story plays in the future, so I can permit myself some freedom in what is possible and not. But it has to remain realistic. So to start with, the start capital cannot be wired in from another account , because there would be a trace. The only solution I can think of, is that the crooks would fill up a number of accounts with cash, using fake identities. But is it possible to deposit let's say 2 million dollars into a bank account without questions being asked?
The second question is: After they have made their profit, how to pull it out of the bank accounts? Again, by wiring it to other accounts they could make it difficult to follow the trace, but finally, those that are after them would find the trace anyway. So the only way would be to pull out the money in cash, in stacks of let's say 5 million (remember, the total gain is 500 mln). Is that plausible? (I doubt if there is anyone here that has tried to withdraw 5 mln in cash
)Is this plausible? If not, any other ideas? I post this here, because you guys might have some more knowledge about what is feasible and what is complete science fiction. So let your brains and imagination work: How would you setup the perfact crime to make 500 mln dollars ?
Thank you
