Jack Recider

So Gary owes Nintendo $10 million. He's in his 50s now. And his only job he's ever had for the last 12 years is gone. So it's just impossible to pay this back. He'd have to make over $500,000 a year for the rest of his life to pay this off.

So Gary owes Nintendo $10 million. He's in his 50s now. And his only job he's ever had for the last 12 years is gone. So it's just impossible to pay this back. He'd have to make over $500,000 a year for the rest of his life to pay this off.

And they said, no, we don't want anything to do with it. That's really crazy.

And they said, no, we don't want anything to do with it. That's really crazy.

And on top of the 40 months, the judge also demanded that he pay $4.5 million in restitution, which adding it all up, he's got to pay $14.5 million and spend three years in prison for what he did. And I don't like that the judge said out loud that he wanted to make an example of Gary. Does that kind of thing really work?

And on top of the 40 months, the judge also demanded that he pay $4.5 million in restitution, which adding it all up, he's got to pay $14.5 million and spend three years in prison for what he did. And I don't like that the judge said out loud that he wanted to make an example of Gary. Does that kind of thing really work?

To pick one guy you caught and give him a brutal punishment just because you can't catch the other people that were doing it? I don't know. Based on what I'm hearing here, $10 million is already too much of a punishment for what he did. And now a judge is saying, no, no, no, no, that's not enough. You need to pay an extra $4.5 million more and go to prison for three years on top of that.

To pick one guy you caught and give him a brutal punishment just because you can't catch the other people that were doing it? I don't know. Based on what I'm hearing here, $10 million is already too much of a punishment for what he did. And now a judge is saying, no, no, no, no, that's not enough. You need to pay an extra $4.5 million more and go to prison for three years on top of that.

Is this sentence fair or is it cruel? And if the judge is saying things like, let's make an example of this guy and gives him more punishment than he deserves, then isn't that the definition of unusual punishment? Now, Gary is not a US citizen. He's a Canadian. So theoretically, if he's not living in the US, he doesn't have to make payments towards his federal crime.

Is this sentence fair or is it cruel? And if the judge is saying things like, let's make an example of this guy and gives him more punishment than he deserves, then isn't that the definition of unusual punishment? Now, Gary is not a US citizen. He's a Canadian. So theoretically, if he's not living in the US, he doesn't have to make payments towards his federal crime.

But Nintendo does not want him to slip out of paying them. So they put into the civil case that one, his wages will be garnished. That is anywhere from 10 to 30% of every paycheck he earns goes automatically to Nintendo. And two, that this is enforceable by law in any country that Nintendo has an office in. which they do have an office in Canada.

But Nintendo does not want him to slip out of paying them. So they put into the civil case that one, his wages will be garnished. That is anywhere from 10 to 30% of every paycheck he earns goes automatically to Nintendo. And two, that this is enforceable by law in any country that Nintendo has an office in. which they do have an office in Canada.

And three, he cannot declare bankruptcy to have his civil fine removed from his debt. And while Gary was in prison, he already started making payments towards all this.

And three, he cannot declare bankruptcy to have his civil fine removed from his debt. And while Gary was in prison, he already started making payments towards all this.

He got out early, in March 2023. But since he wasn't a U.S. citizen, he was detained immediately by ICE and spent two months in an ICE facility before being flown to Toronto. And while that's where he lived for a long time, he didn't have a place to go. But lucky for him, he was able to find a friend who could put him up on his couch until he can get back on his feet.

He got out early, in March 2023. But since he wasn't a U.S. citizen, he was detained immediately by ICE and spent two months in an ICE facility before being flown to Toronto. And while that's where he lived for a long time, he didn't have a place to go. But lucky for him, he was able to find a friend who could put him up on his couch until he can get back on his feet.

And Gary has some health problems now, so it's physically hard for him to get on his feet, actually. And while in prison, he got interested about being a freight broker and is hoping that he can get trained up on that and get a job in that. He hopes to someday also return to the Dominican Republic too. And he's just trying to rebuild his life from scratch.

And Gary has some health problems now, so it's physically hard for him to get on his feet, actually. And while in prison, he got interested about being a freight broker and is hoping that he can get trained up on that and get a job in that. He hopes to someday also return to the Dominican Republic too. And he's just trying to rebuild his life from scratch.

He's really, really, really just starting at nothing, slowly trying to make little progress every day towards having a stable life again. For Maximilian, he's still out there in the wind, but not particularly on the run.

He's really, really, really just starting at nothing, slowly trying to make little progress every day towards having a stable life again. For Maximilian, he's still out there in the wind, but not particularly on the run.