Re:Hacker from Russian crime group jailed for global blackma...
by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @06:06PM
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I'm not prepared to dox myself for this, so ... whenever I see a drug story where they state numbers I calculate the yearly 'wage' they're getting for their prison sentence and often it's more than £30k. AFAICT they're getting much more, because they often get out early.
First from the list in my local paper for "drug gang 'ordered to repay'" (censored):
>A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing was told K and E had benefitted to the tune of £55k each.
>The pair appeared in $place Crown Court from custody and were told by Judge $judge to repay <£1k ea. within 30 days or face an extra 7 days in prison.
>$Y members of the gang who made nearly £200,000 were forced to hand over just over <<£10k between them. //
The next story is headlined about paying back £6k from £180k taking; these are both stories from the last 6 months.
The drugs in the stories are mostly cocaine and heroin in my UK location.
It's got all the hallmarks something made up to incite anger and opinion. A believable yet outragious "fact" from a newspaper followed by a conclusion that any reasonable person would make. This gives the "fact" more credibility because of how we rationalize things.