Todd Spodek
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And the bail is $50,000. One option, someone comes to court, pays $50,000 cash. One option is a partially secured bond, which you're paying 10%, which will be higher than the $50,000. So it'll be like $100,000. You're paying the court 10%. You're signing the bond, proving to the court, look, I work full time. This is what I do. Here's how much I make. Here's my savings. Here's everything.
And the court approves you. You're released and you get that money back. And then there's a bail bondsman who charges a fee. So they... take the 10%, but then they also charge their own fee and they may require collateral. They may say, I'll post the 50,000 or 200,000 because it'll be higher, but you pay me 10% and you put up your house, right? Because they're taking the risk.
And the court approves you. You're released and you get that money back. And then there's a bail bondsman who charges a fee. So they... take the 10%, but then they also charge their own fee and they may require collateral. They may say, I'll post the 50,000 or 200,000 because it'll be higher, but you pay me 10% and you put up your house, right? Because they're taking the risk.
And the court approves you. You're released and you get that money back. And then there's a bail bondsman who charges a fee. So they... take the 10%, but then they also charge their own fee and they may require collateral. They may say, I'll post the 50,000 or 200,000 because it'll be higher, but you pay me 10% and you put up your house, right? Because they're taking the risk.
They're underwriting it for you. So it gets complicated. And back to your question about having a lawyer on retainer, the more sophisticated the criminal, the more sophisticated bail package they're going to have prearranged for when shit hits the fan. What do you mean? Like they'll already have set up perfectly. So the day it goes down, I got, I got a hundred grand in an account. Here's a house.
They're underwriting it for you. So it gets complicated. And back to your question about having a lawyer on retainer, the more sophisticated the criminal, the more sophisticated bail package they're going to have prearranged for when shit hits the fan. What do you mean? Like they'll already have set up perfectly. So the day it goes down, I got, I got a hundred grand in an account. Here's a house.
They're underwriting it for you. So it gets complicated. And back to your question about having a lawyer on retainer, the more sophisticated the criminal, the more sophisticated bail package they're going to have prearranged for when shit hits the fan. What do you mean? Like they'll already have set up perfectly. So the day it goes down, I got, I got a hundred grand in an account. Here's a house.
Here's all clean money. Here's tracing it. It's nothing to do with anything. You know, bail bondsman's on call, whatever you need.
Here's all clean money. Here's tracing it. It's nothing to do with anything. You know, bail bondsman's on call, whatever you need.
Here's all clean money. Here's tracing it. It's nothing to do with anything. You know, bail bondsman's on call, whatever you need.
There are other countries that don't extradite. Does Russia extradite? Belize? Russia, no. Russia is a problem also. You've got to go over there and play ball now. But the problem is all these countries are at war. I don't know if you reallyβ I'll roll my dice with three hots and a con. I'm not sure what you're into, butβ Costa Rica? I think Costa Rica does extradite.
There are other countries that don't extradite. Does Russia extradite? Belize? Russia, no. Russia is a problem also. You've got to go over there and play ball now. But the problem is all these countries are at war. I don't know if you reallyβ I'll roll my dice with three hots and a con. I'm not sure what you're into, butβ Costa Rica? I think Costa Rica does extradite.
There are other countries that don't extradite. Does Russia extradite? Belize? Russia, no. Russia is a problem also. You've got to go over there and play ball now. But the problem is all these countries are at war. I don't know if you reallyβ I'll roll my dice with three hots and a con. I'm not sure what you're into, butβ Costa Rica? I think Costa Rica does extradite.
Pretty much all the countries that you would think would extradite will extradite, right? It's the ones that you don't want to go to, right? It's like those random TikTok videos where it's like, I'm a fucking world traveler. Here I am at like the one person in Iran. Check it out. Yeah, you could go there too.
Pretty much all the countries that you would think would extradite will extradite, right? It's the ones that you don't want to go to, right? It's like those random TikTok videos where it's like, I'm a fucking world traveler. Here I am at like the one person in Iran. Check it out. Yeah, you could go there too.
Pretty much all the countries that you would think would extradite will extradite, right? It's the ones that you don't want to go to, right? It's like those random TikTok videos where it's like, I'm a fucking world traveler. Here I am at like the one person in Iran. Check it out. Yeah, you could go there too.
Hard to prove. So it's not a question of whether they're legally binding. They can be, but somehow you have to prove it extrinsically. How are you going to prove that you have that?
Hard to prove. So it's not a question of whether they're legally binding. They can be, but somehow you have to prove it extrinsically. How are you going to prove that you have that?
Hard to prove. So it's not a question of whether they're legally binding. They can be, but somehow you have to prove it extrinsically. How are you going to prove that you have that?
Or we agreed that I was going to buy your computer for $500, right? Whoa, hey, let me wipe it first. And then there are some texts that support that. And then he's a witness to our conversation. And then I sent you $500 and you wrapped it up, something like that. Okay. But again, why the fuck would you have a verbal contract when you could write it all out on a piece of paper quite easily?