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Comment on Could one legally get a hold of those bank bill dye security dye packs, dye your own legally obtained cash with it, and spend it places? Just to make people suspect you're secretly a bank robber.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

INAL but I think this could be considered destroying money. Destroying money is illegal in US so if someone would decide that dyed bills are unfit for circulation it would be a crime. I don’t think there are clear laws saying that bills with dye on them are “unfit for circulation” but it sure could be argued that bills attracting attention of police are, in fact, unfit for normal use.

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Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
If that’s the case, wouldn’t the bank be liable for destroying money when they place those anti theft dye packs on money and then get robbed?

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- DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  There’s a law in the US where if the police kills someone in pursuit of you when you’re committing a felony, you get blamed for their death (aka: felony murder). So I assume the bank robber just get blames for it.
  
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