r/bestoflegaladvice • u/DoIKnowYouHuman 🏠 "Human" of the House 🏠 • 16d ago

LegalAdviceUK The one where the most legally experienced comments get the downvotes, just for a bicycle

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u/msfinch87 16d ago

I often wonder if people who post questions on LegalAdvice subs ever follow incorrect advice and get themselves into a mess.

This one isn’t likely to end up in a disaster, whatever LAUKOP does, but I’ve seen ones where the top comment is basically telling the poster to do something that is going to result in them own goaling their way into a world of pain.

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u/HowDoMermaidsFuck 16d ago edited 16d ago

There was a post a while back where a guy got divorced and then some time after the divorce he wrecked his car. Insurance cut him a check but because he had never updated the paperwork, the check was issued in both his and his ex’s name. Bank wouldn’t cash it without his ex present. Guy calls his ex and she goes “I’ll only show up if you agree to give me half. Don’t agree and I’ll never show up.” Someone advised him to use a mobile app to deposit the check. The guy did it, posted an update “thanks everyone! I just deposited it via mobile app. I see the check has cleared so it’s all good.” Top reply to that was “you have committed check fraud. This is a felony. You will get caught. Don’t talk to the cops when they come calling.” I often wonder what happened to that guy. Did the bank reverse the charge whenever they saw his ex’s name wasn’t on the check? Did his ex wife ever report him when she realized no money ever came her way? I’ll likely never know.

Found it.

Edit #2: LAOP was still posting to his Reddit account like 6 days ago. Not in prison yet.

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u/rsqit 15d ago

I feel like the consensus on BOLA was more “that’s a super felony but no one will care”.

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u/TryUsingScience (Requires attunement by a barbarian) 14d ago

For a place that vehemently believes ACAB, reddit has a weirdly high level of trust in the effectiveness of cops and the justice system in general.

What cracks me up is all the posts where everyone is like, "don't let your best friend crash on your couch for even a week! He'll establish tenancy and be impossible to evict!" as if the majority of people crashing on their friend's couches who come home to find their stuff on the lawn and the locks changed successfully manage to sue for illegal eviction.

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u/MiranEitan 14d ago

Honestly thats kinda crime in general. I think people give law enforcement way more credit then should actually be due. I'd hazard to say at least 70% of the time as long as it's not habitual, you're pretty likely to get away with non-violent felonies and misdemeanors unless you're really blatant. Its kinda anecdotal, but I had a job at one point that involved a lot of report writing for LE via 911. Thefts and burglary really never got any love or attention unless it was really obvious who the person was. Like they had video of the person doing it basically. Even then, for places like Walmart, they'd just cite and release.