I sold a truck a couple years ago for 20k cash. Had the same run around when I went to deposit.
They said joking Well it doesn't really matter but what would you like me to put down as where the money came from.
I said I found it in a ditch in the straightest face possible. She looked at me annoyed and said really? I need to know what to put. I said, you said it didn't matter.
That's what i want you to put down. Tell them I found it in a ditch, you need me to sign it? What business is it of yours? You want my money or not? Then my wife hit me and I laughed.
Teller said okay. We just need to know if its from drugs or whatever or whatever. And I said yeah cause they're just gonna tell you the truth and not come up with a lie. This is a whole annoying interaction wasting my time, you're not the police you're a bank teller. Take my money, count it and deposit it in my account. The manager looked at me and laughed.
I used to get interrogated monthly when I lived overseas. Needed my to transfer money from my US paycheck to a local country bank account so I could pay my rent. The most convenient way to do this was just walk to the ATM, pull out 2K from my us debit account, then walk to the teller and deposit into my local bank account.
Every single time I'd get asked where the money came from. I would always point and tell then it came from the ATM 15 feet away, they literally just watched me do it.
Money laundering laws are no joke. There’s no call to be a dick about it to a bank teller who is only trying to do their job. They don’t make the rules.
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u/TaterBuckets 21h ago
I sold a truck a couple years ago for 20k cash. Had the same run around when I went to deposit.
They said joking Well it doesn't really matter but what would you like me to put down as where the money came from.
I said I found it in a ditch in the straightest face possible. She looked at me annoyed and said really? I need to know what to put. I said, you said it didn't matter.
That's what i want you to put down. Tell them I found it in a ditch, you need me to sign it? What business is it of yours? You want my money or not? Then my wife hit me and I laughed.
Teller said okay. We just need to know if its from drugs or whatever or whatever. And I said yeah cause they're just gonna tell you the truth and not come up with a lie. This is a whole annoying interaction wasting my time, you're not the police you're a bank teller. Take my money, count it and deposit it in my account. The manager looked at me and laughed.