Family Sues DEA and TSA After Elderly Man’s Life Savings Were Seized at Airport
In any case, it sounds extra-ordinarily stupid to travel anywhere with $82k in a tupperware container. Regardless of how the TSA&#x2F;DEA case goes, I&#x27;m just in awe that people in this day and age legitimately choose to bring around all their money they worked <i>decades</i> to acquire in one easy to access place... like a container. (Assuming the prerequisites of opening a bank account were not the issue).<p>Seriously, what are they actually thinking? Are they fearful of banks? Is it out of frugality? Even in a 1% interest account, $82k would make a good amount of interest to use for spending.<p>Hell, imagine if the wrong person happened to get a peek at stacks of cash in someone&#x27;s backpack? People could get killed in an instant over that.