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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 67 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I am assuming that when this guy is caught, what we will find out is that his wife had cancer and died from it and they refused to honor their claims or something like that.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Hopefully it doesn't come to that, and he just never gets caught.

If he does, it's gonna be one hell of a gofundme campaign for his defense.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Except the government will probably make GoFundMe freeze the funds for the campaign.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's a legal defense fund, not a bounty reward.

Granted, they'd probably still do so anyways.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I'm almost certain that they would primarily because they would not want him having money to fight a legal battle.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He won't be paying for it in either case, someone will pick this up pro-bono.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 months ago
[–] Drusas@fedia.io 14 points 11 months ago

Dealing with insurance with a nonfatal chronic illness can also be infuriating. You have to keep fighting the same battle over and over and over again.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Or perhaps himself dying of a treatable disease they refused to pay for. He'll be a hero either way, the question is how much.