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US man stages $1 bank robbery to get state healthcare (www.theguardian.com)
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Story from 2011

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[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 1 month ago

I bet that as he was suffering all that he could think was, ‘Boy, I sure am glad that I don’t live in Cuba or North Korea right now.’

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

update one year later: https://www.wbtv.com/story/18967542/man-who-robbed-bank-for-free-helalthcare-released/

[–] AnarchoBolshevik@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 month ago

Felons are allowed to retire?

In any event, I hope that he is doing better.

[–] some_guy 1 points 1 month ago

Kinda clever, really.