Roy Lopez Your Fedex Envelope Has Arrived

[Call me bubba]

seems that at the customs office/warehouse

they intercepted a FedEx envelope containing $10.000 :th_interesting:

 its looks like the "bills" was the new $100, what i cant fathom is why would some one send that amount via unsecured means unless it was "..................."(you fill in the blank)

could the sender just be a "tightwad" aka cheap stake who wanted to save on the "western union/zoom fees"?

 NOW the story

 

 

Customs officials seized a shipment of magazines at the Federal Express warehouse near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) yesterday after finding that $10,000 had been inserted between the pages of the magazines.

The shipment arrived on Feb. 22, sent by Jon Estill from Pennsylvania to Roy Lopez

of CBW International in Pasay City, according to NAIA customs district collector Edgar Macabeo.

He said customs examiner Cora Mansueto found the bills upon checking the magazines.

She reported the find to NAIA customs police chief Reggie Tuason.    

 

http://www.philstar.com/metro/2014/03/07/1297968/magazines-stuffed-10000-seized-fedex-warehouse

 

http://www.philstar.com/metro/2014/03/07/1298161/photo-10k-hidden-magazine-seized-naia

 

 

another link/post of the story gives slightly more details.

 

Alert Bureau of Customs (BoC) examiners based at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) intercepted an undeclared $10,000 which were neatly packed in between the pages of a magazine during a thorough examination of incoming parcels last Monday, authorities reported yesterday.

Vernia Enciso, BoC-NAIA intelligence and investigation service chief,

said Customs examiners were on their daily routine at the Federal Express warehouse at the International Cargo Terminal which is near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1

when the undeclared items were found.
Enciso said the cash was discovered by Customs Examiner Corazon Mansueto

after she conducted a thorough examination on a suspicious 23-gram parcel containing reading materials with a declared value of $2.
Mansueto is a Customs examiner for 36 years.

When opened, the parcel yielded the fresh $100 bills arranged horizontally in five bundles of $2,000 each.
Edgar Macabeo, airport Customs district collector, said the sender was identified

as a certain Jon Estill from Pennsylvania, USA and was consigned to one Roy Lopez

with an unknown local address.
Enciso, on the other hand, said it is illegal to place cash inside parcels.

The confiscated cash will be turned over to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. 

    

http://www.tribune.net.ph/metro-section/boc-naia-examiners-seize-10k-concealed-in-magazine          

 

 

i posted the additional story as it seems that the news media when given the facts appears to leave out some of the " important" details,

excuse my "rant"

Edited March 7, 2014 by Pittman apartments Sgn

[Thomas]

to one Roy Lopez with an unknown local address.

Send Poste restante or what?

Because it seem some odd to send 10 000 USD to wrong adress  :)

[robert k]

Good to know that I should not send the extended family 500 piso notes in the mail at Christmas. I don't think it's illegal to send cash in the mail in the US, maybe not too smart, but not illegal. If you can carry in 9,900 undeclared what is the big deal about sending it? Of course $10k must be reported, could it be they just put too much in one package? :)

[jpbago]

Never send money in a Women's magazine.

[FlyAway]

Makes me wonder how many other packages simply fall thru the cracks and are now never delivered?

[OnMyWay]

I used to work for an express package company and people try to ship things secretly all the time, and I guess there are various reasons.

 

Back in the late eighties, origin inspections were done on a spot basis, and I was very good at finding things .suspicious packages.  I found 10k in a hollowed out book, several ounces of cocaine in another book, various quantities of marijuana, jewelry, etc.  The cash is not illegal to ship but most companies do not accept valuables without special arrangements, or not at all.  For larger amounts of cash, we would involve law enforcement because it was usually drug money.

 

These days, if you are an "Unknown" shipper without an account, there is supposed to be a 100% inspection done at origin, so if they are doing their job right (in the US), you are not going to be able to ship.  I supervised the front counter at LAX back then, and that is where many people would bring these types of packages.

 

We worked with local police and DEA frequently.  For domestic packages, they even did a few stings.  We would accept a domestic drug package (usually unknowingly at first) and then turn it over to an officer who would make the delivery in our uniform.  Once they signed, they would be arrested.  They would then tell the shipper, if possible, that the package was undeliverable and try to return it to the shipper, who would then be busted too.  Usually that did not work because the shippers do not give a good address and would be on to the whole thing by then, if they don't hear from the receiver.

 

To certain countries like the Philippines and Thailand, people were always trying to sneak cash.  In the same time frame, late 80's, there was a ring of thieves in our operations group.  They would post guards and go through all the packages to Thailand, looking for valuables.  The company knew things were going missing, but could not catch them.  Keep in mind that this was before there were security cameras every where.  Finally, law enforcement "hired" a mole to infiltrate, and after 6 months, 9 employees, many of whom I had known for years, were busted.  The company did not prosecute but they were fired.

 

Those were the days!   :no:

[Thomas]

Finally, law enforcement "hired" a mole to infiltrate, and after 6 months, 9 employees, many of whom I had known for years, were busted. The company did not prosecute but they were fired.

So it's almost safe to sneak thieve from delivering companies and finance companies, because they don't want to admit they can't protect your packages/credit cards...  :unsure:   :)

(There are MANY MANY more thefts from credit cards than credit card companies admit, only admiting it, when they can't hide it...)