They do get to choose whether to report a crime, especially if it makes them look like idiots who deserve to have their stock price plummet.
Oh, I think they’ll want to report it once the money is safely back in their hands. What’s to stop them? Their word?
Would you bank with a company that accidentally misplaced $50B? I wouldn’t. The PR would cost more than the extortion amount.
I would choose such a bank over the scumbags at Wells Fargo or BoA any day.
Hanlon’s Razor.
Sometimes the difference between malice and incompetence is pretty clear.
Most money in an economy isn’t printed by a central bank but rather created by banks whenever they issue loans out.
You can buy a 24-hour certificate of deposit. Interest rates are under 1%, but I think it would still work out
You might even be able to buy them from the bank the money is already in!
A bankquet?
I don’t know how it would work in a US bank, but back when I worked in a Western Australian bank in the 1980’s, a reversal of a deposit was done with a specific code.
This meant that as far as the computer system was concerned, the deposit never happened, so no fees, no interest and no taxes would be generated.
their wish list might look silly now or… is it…
I like my shirts washed pressed and neatly folded…
and possibly scented
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