ghenges
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Originally Posted by whiterails
A few things about this sensationalized headline:
1) Paul Allen was an enabler, not the mastermind of the scheme. He simply went along with it. The man in charge, Lee B. Farkas, was sentenced to life in prison (25 years +), and is being fined upwards of 30 million dollars.
2) Regardless of the amount of money stolen, the homeless guy committed armed robbery, a serious felony. The fact that he didn't actually have a gun is inconsequential; when you commit a bank robbery under the pretense of being armed, the law comes down on you hard.
That is all.
Not only that, the homeless man went from being homeless to having shelter and 3 square meals a day for the next 15 years.