Re:Wife of Norwegian billionare kidnapped, €9M crypto ransom
by flossball on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:53PM
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Norway has public tax records. This is one of the potential flaws of an otherwise, kinda cool openness. You can't be rich and have a 'normal' life. You have money in Norway, you have to have walls, staff, etc. just to have a bit of safety.
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Re:Wife of Norwegian billionare kidnapped, €9M crypto ransom
by audunw on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:16PM
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This seems completely out of touch with the reality in Norway.
In this case police suspect that he was targeted due to a public news story about him making a lot of money on something or other a while back.
The public tax record don’t really play much into this. There are plenty of other sources of information about who is wealthy or not. Usually for burglary, you’re target based on the area you live in.
And all in all Norway is extremely safe.
Re:Wife of Norwegian billionare kidnapped, €9M crypto ransom
by mehrdadn on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:02PM
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Public tax records might have flaws, but they certainly aren't where the blame for this problem would lie.
Re:Wife of Norwegian billionare kidnapped, €9M crypto ransom
by onetimemanytime on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @01:59PM
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We know that Trump or X billionaire is rich enough to pay ~ $11 Million in ransom, even though no one has seen his taxes. Now is their wife worth that much...? :) They'd have to act as if they care either way