How to carry huge amount of cash?

[DaveInPgh]

So when this illegal immigrant goes through security and they find him carrying a duffel bag with 50K in cash, you don't think that's going to cause any issues?

On a separate note, how exactly does an illegal immigrant get on an airplane in the US today? You need government-issued ID.

I was wondering the same thing

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Why doesn't he just open a bank account to do the transfers?

I'm pretty sure you don't have to be a citizen, a permanent resident, or a visa'd visitor to open a bank account. I've taken my friend who only comes on visitor's visas to open bank accounts, cash in savings bonds, deposit checks, and withdraw money. She was able to use her home country's social security type number in the place where US citizen's are asked for a SSNumber. She showed ID, but it was of course her ID from home. No one asked to see visas as far as I can remember. It did require a banker who knew what s/he was doing, though.

[DaveInPgh]

You know what. I could use some adventure in my life. I will carry the money across state lines for you for 10%.

[97guns]

be careful if pulled over, a police officer can take the money on suspicion of drug money, laundering or other reasons. you can also run into a dirty officer and he will pocket it, there are lots of story's out there

from wiki:

Civil forfeiture in the United States, sometimes called civil judicial forfeiture[1] or occasionally civil seizure, is a controversial legal process in which law enforcement officers take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing. While civil procedure, as opposed to criminal procedure, generally involves a dispute between two private citizens, civil forfeiture involves a dispute between law enforcement and property such as a pile of cash or a house or a boat, such that the thing is suspected of being involved in a crime. To get back the seized property, owners must prove it was not involved in criminal activity. Sometimes it can mean a threat to seize property as well as the act of seizure itself.

[Tabs]

Why not just FedEx it? Seriously, I've shipped commercial items via FedEx that are worth at least $100k easy.

[Leo]

Why not just FedEx it? Seriously, I've shipped commercial items via FedEx that are worth at least $100k easy.

I didn't know you can FedEx a box of cash?

[james.hendrickson]

A few months back, I moved from Washington DC to Oregon. One thing we had to move was our silver bullion collection. I ended up deciding to send it FedEx. The problem was that while FedEx will accept valuables like cash or bullion, the maximum amount of insurance you can buy through FedEx might not cover the value of the shipment. The silver was worth something like $8,000, but the maximum insurance was only $2,500.

Why not just wire the cash?

[sandrark]

We have a family friend who used to buy gold as a "the world is ending" hedge. When he moved, he asked the moving company how they'd handle it.

He was advised to log it as "gym equipment" in the manifest, so that the movers would be prepared with straps, dollies and other equipment to move the heavy boxes.

Well, guess what? The "gym equipment" got lost in transit. I think he got $1500 from the company in compensation for what was allegedly a large proportion of his retirement stash.

Drive it yourself. Or establish a joint bank account, into which you deposit $2500 a week until it's all deposited.