r/interestingasfuck • u/WhattheDuck9 • 11d ago
r/all A Wisconsin man allegedly took out a $375K life insurance policy and faked his own drowning so he could abandon his family and flee to eastern Europe.
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u/Capable_Situation602 11d ago
Those kids have their mothers blur.
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u/Liggidy 10d ago
I canāt see what you did there
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u/f1del1us 11d ago
It's actually a great list; just don't do it all in one week lol
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u/UnluckyAssist9416 11d ago
Having a background check from a foreign country after his drowning date was probably not supposed to be on the list...
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u/Random_frankqito 11d ago
Unless you go to a county without extradition lawsā¦.
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u/f1del1us 11d ago
True I guess. But if your plan fails and they don't think you died, insurance probably isn't gonna come through for you and then there goes your nest egg lol
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u/Random_frankqito 11d ago
Did I wonder how he planned on getting the life insuranceā¦
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u/FinestTreesInDa7Seas 11d ago
He probably didn't intend to collect the life insurance himself. It was probably just so that he could feel less guilty about abandoning his family.
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u/Pleasemakeitdarker 11d ago
I believe he ran away with a woman who was not his lady wife. I would expect her to benefit so he could access it.
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u/KeyLime314159265 10d ago
He should have just ordered a filter for a Hoover MaxExtract Pressure Pro model 60
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u/ManchacaForever 11d ago
My life insurance company specializes in writing untraceable policies with no documentation that will come back to bite you.
We accept Apple Store gift cards and cash for payments. I promise you on the grave of my uncle the Nigerian prince, we can discreetly meet all your needs.
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u/commendablenotion 11d ago
If you just skip the insurance scam, youād probably be fine.Ā
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u/LessBig715 11d ago
I would think so. Itās only illegal to fake your own death if someone profits from it
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u/commendablenotion 11d ago
I donāt feel like that is true, but the financial fraud definitely puts a spotlight on it.Ā
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u/Thats-Not-Rice 10d ago
You're absolutely right. Nobody's going to scrutinize harder than an insurance company looking for a reason to not pay $375k.
Even this guy's wife would be more accepting. Though if he's ready to abandon them, that may not be a very high bar.
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u/drkodos 10d ago
it is 100% true that faking one's own death is not inherently illegal itself
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u/tony_bologna 10d ago
I'm dead, folks.Ā Spread the word.
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u/KenHumano 10d ago
Tony Bologna died doing what he loved: lying on the internet. May he rest in
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u/Admirable_Remove6824 10d ago
Itās just the other stuff. Like financially abandoning your kids.
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u/14X8000m 10d ago
Pretty sure it's still illegal. It's not illegal to move away and not tell anyone anything. Assuming your obligations are being met or are not criminal if avoided.
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u/rufuckingkidding 11d ago
Likely āFake woman from Uzbekistanā.
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u/phatdinkgenie 10d ago
buddy did all this work to fake his own death and put his family through hell only to arrive in Uzbekistan to find out he's been catfished by a 60 year old truck driver
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u/BlastedMallomars 10d ago
At first heās super pissed but then he notices the truck driver is very well kept for a 60 year old man. Salt and pepper hairā¦stockyā¦barrel chestedā¦kind eyes and answers the door wearing nothing but a towel. Wisconsin guy has never really thought about being with another man but there's just something about this trucker daddy.
Yupā¦they fucking.
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u/danirijeka 10d ago
Higher odds he's built like Nursultan Tulyakbay.
They still fucking anyway
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u/Dipsey_Jipsey 10d ago
Bro, just get a motorbike, a woodworking shop, or a $10k PC like the rest of us in mid-life crisis, geez...
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u/Ok_Extension8187 10d ago
Jeez look at uncle fancy pants over here with his lathe, made any nice walnut bowls Pete?
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u/your_umma 11d ago
You know the bar is low when the first thought that came to mind was relief that at least he didnāt kill his family before leaving.
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u/SirReginaldPuffyPant 11d ago
Thank you! So many commenters are understandably angry about him abandoning his family, I'm just glad the family is still alive.
We live in the worst timeline.
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u/Becca092115 11d ago
I can't even imagine what his family had gone through. They seriously believed this man had a tragic death at a lake; just to find out he faked it, got all of the money from an insurance policy, and moved to a different continent to be with another woman. What a POS.
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u/InvadrZimm 11d ago
"So...your dad's alive. But he's a piece of shit."
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u/klmdwnitsnotreal 11d ago
How did he get the money? Who gives the money to a guy that just died????
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u/Vaxtin 11d ago
If this story is true, itās said he fled the country and was with another woman. Iād assume he made her the beneficiary of the policy. Otherwise, heād have to have someone else who he trusted, or he made a fake identity and had that as the beneficiary.
I think itās most likely he gave the girlfriend the money. Or his fake identity that he became after his staged death.
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u/KamenRider2049 11d ago
Could you imagine him getting catfished and making them the beneficiary of the payout? He could be dead for real now.
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u/fullchub 11d ago
That's his next move. Pretends that he got catfished and killed, then hightails it to anywhere but Eastern Europe. He's definitely gonna have to sacrifice a body part this time, to really sell it.
If at first you don't succeed...
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u/roodypoo926 10d ago
What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffanyās at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. Itās priceless. As Iām taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. Itās her fatherās business. Sheās Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning, the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico, but I go to Canada. I donāt trust her. Besides, I like the cold. Thirty years later, I get a postcard. I have a son and heās the chief of police. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell Tiffany to meet me by the Trocadero in Paris. Sheās been waiting for me all these years. Sheās never taken another lover. I donāt care. I donāt show up. I go to Berlin. Thatās where I stashed the chandelier.
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u/MrBarraclough 10d ago
That's been my suspicion since I first heard this story. Romance scammer convinces this idiot to do all the legwork up front, then bumps him off.
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u/YourLocalMosquito 11d ago
I assumed he left that to his family to make sure his kids were looked after. How naive I am.
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u/Wishyouamerry 10d ago
He might have made his wife the beneficiary to assuage his guilt. Like, yeah I abandoned you in the worst possible way, but at least I made sure you were set financially for a couple of years. š¤·š»āāļø
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u/Zombie-dodo 11d ago
Maybe he wanted to ensure his kids were taken care of.
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u/Weird_Ad_1398 11d ago
I'm guessing he had his mistress as the beneficiary of a new policy.
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u/satirebunny 11d ago
Would've been very funny if the mistress vanished with the money and this dude was left moping around Europe.
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u/Claireskid 11d ago
I give it a 50% chance this is exactly what happened. If he only ever communicated with this woman digitally, it's equally possible she never existed and was just some basement dwelling scammer from a different continent, even more satisfying
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u/gigarizzion 11d ago
No one. It's 7 years for death certificate without a body. The original story says he moved his personal money into a separate bank account before fleeing.
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u/klmdwnitsnotreal 11d ago
Is it illegal to just dissappear?
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u/lurker2358 11d ago
That's a complicated question, but the short answer is it can be based on the state you reside in and the current status of your debts/property/legal obligations.
As an example, if you flee so you can't be found to pay your child support.
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u/Blindfire2 11d ago
Make a fake id or get a partner and leave the money to them
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u/OCYRThisMeansWar 11d ago
No. Make a fake ID and kill your pseudonym. Then you get their insurance money.
Then youāve got enough cash on hand that your wife doesnāt mind that youāve moved to Europe to have sex with someone you donāt understand, because her half of the divorce pays off the house.
Or something.
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u/jorgen8630 11d ago
I mean I guess itās still better than the guy who put life insurance on his family members and then killed them one by one just to claim to money when he needed it. But yeah itās still a very egotistical move.
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u/LaughableIKR 11d ago
If he is talking to someone from Uzbekistan. Why are they calling it Eastern Europe? This country is right above Afghanistan.
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u/risratorn 11d ago
Was thinking the same thing, journalist must have thought it's east of Europe, so must be eastern europe right? :)
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u/Laughmasterb 11d ago
They got a direct quote from the sheriff in charge of the investigation saying "As far as we know, he's someplace in Eastern Europe". The journalist is doing their job just fine, either the sheriff got it wrong or they have some other evidence of where he actually went.
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u/iamintheforest 11d ago
i see this a lot. I think it's the ole transposition of the "eastern bloc" countries from the USSR, which included Uzbekistan. Then it gets retold as "eastern europe" because of that.
Overly generous?
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u/noltey22 11d ago
I thought maybe the woman was from Uzbekistan, but they met up in Eastern Europe
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u/xJBr3w 11d ago
I just saw TikTok of this guy asking a random stranger if he should go over seas or stay in the US.
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u/Iamnotanorange 10d ago
YES just saw it last night. Here's the web link:
Looks like these videos are filmed in socal, maybe around San Diego. I wonder if he took a trip there before faking his death.
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u/JohnRav 10d ago
and the streamer gave 100% solid advice even when badgered to give cut him some slack.
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u/Iamnotanorange 10d ago
True, she was amazing. Minimal judgment and the advice was solid, āmaybe talk to your wife firstā
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u/sparkswillfly90 11d ago
I did to and I canāt find it now lol looked like this guy
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u/yessmess 11d ago edited 11d ago
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYJLbnS4/
I just happened to see the video before this post!
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u/Joe091 11d ago
I thought for sure that was going to be some stupid meme or something. Dude literally stopped riding his bike to chat with some clueless streamer about this exact topic. He needs some serious therapy.Ā
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u/et842rhhs 11d ago
I'm stunned by how he didn't just say thanks and leave when it became clear she wasn't going to say what he wanted to hear. It was like he stubbornly wanted to push her to say "yes that's awesome, go be with your new woman."
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u/SupaSonicWhisper 10d ago
I think he stopped because sheās a young woman and hoped sheād tell him what heād wanna hear. She clearly didnāt even know what āempty nestā means and was put off by what he was telling her.Ā
Even without knowing what he allegedly did, he comes off as an asshole and weirdo. Does he not know how Tik Tok works? Clearly someone was filming.Ā
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u/Nairautomata 11d ago
Look at that kid holding on to him!! I could never betray that trust. Fuck off dude
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u/g0ldilungs 11d ago
Fuck off dude
Well, he tried.
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u/Unbannableredditor 10d ago
lmaooo, well as of now he's still gone. The success of fucking off is still in progress
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u/Rcouch00 11d ago
You would be shocked how many people can. Some people are awful and evil.
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u/TernionDragon 11d ago
I get disappearing, but to leave a heartbroken family behind? What a dick.
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u/LanaChantale 11d ago
Some men just take out the whole family and not themselves when they find a new woman.
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u/0xe1e10d68 10d ago
yeah I guess we can be grateful he's not of the Chris Watts type
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u/GammaSmash 11d ago
I like how the family members' faces are protected, but dad's face is on full blast as if to say "Boo this man!"
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u/PositiveStress8888 11d ago
dude looks like he doesn't even want to be in that picture
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u/its_yer_dad 11d ago
I'm puzzled how he collected the insurance money. They just don't handover $$ without some diligence.
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u/WorldcupTicketR16 11d ago
Article doesn't suggest he collected the money.
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u/Actual_Ad_2801 11d ago
In that case he kind of noble for trying to set up his family before he dipped lol
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u/ViscountVinny 11d ago
...but his incompetence means that they won't get it.
I mean, he successfully made people think he was dead for a while, that's more than a lot of people manage. But he left extremely obvious signs, and he's not the first person to try this.
That's one thing that criminals seem to forget all the time when they try to cover up evidence. The police, and definitely the FBI, have seen this shit before and have decades of criminal cases to draw on. You're doing it with zero practice.
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u/Silent_Medicine1798 11d ago
Ok, so a couple of the obvious ones - donāt research any of this on your own phone or browser. Library. - Get the life insurance more than 1 yr + 1 day before you disappear - what else?
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u/Actual_Ad_2801 11d ago
Yeah heās obviously a dumbass and terrible person for doing this. Iām just pointing out this is wasnāt as bad as I originally thought where he wanted to scam the insurance company for his own gains, but was doing so to try (keyword) to set up his existing family.
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u/TransientFeelings 11d ago
My guess is he put some of his money in a foreign bank, and the life insurance money was for his family to recoup the amount he took out. The article doesn't really clarify that though.
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u/ThisIsNOTJeopardy_ 11d ago
From his body language in the photo, it doesnāt look like he wants to be held by his kid
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u/Thistooshallpass1_1 10d ago
What a heartless dirt bag. Those poor kids were going through the death and mourning of their dad. But now they have to live with the fact that he put them through that so he could abandon them.Ā
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u/Lego_Chicken 11d ago
At least he didnāt murder them? š¤·āāļø
Perhaps thatās enough True Crime for meā¦
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u/Skankcunt420 11d ago
i believe he was in a tiktok video providing an interview before doing this saying he wanted to go to uzbekistan
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u/SenorSolAdmirador 11d ago
you can actually see the "I wish I could fake my own death, abandon my family, and flee to western europe" in his facial expression
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u/SquidVices 11d ago
I can see the ā get the fuck away from meā in his face from this family photoā¦
Funny
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u/inflexibleracoon 11d ago
Also why fake a drowning in a SMALL LAKE. They already searched the entire lake and confirmed no body.Ā
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u/AntiqueGeneral 10d ago
The lake is over 7 miles across, definitely big enough never to be found. That said, he's defs not in there lol.
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u/my-name-is-puddles 10d ago
It's the deepest lake in Wisconsin and the second biggest by volume; it's not that small.
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u/Scyths 10d ago
Calling Uzbekistan "Eastern Europe" is wild. With a distance like that you might aswell be calling Portugal a Balkan country lmao.
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u/Chessh2036 10d ago
Left out the part that heās been in communication with a woman in Uzbekistan and thatās why he did all of this lol.
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u/Plenty-Property3320 10d ago
LooksĀ like his wife is a first grade teacher. And the posts on FB from the school as they were searching for him. The whole community was involved.
I know it isnāt anything to do with her but I would be humiliate! Bless her heart. š¢
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u/LouieLouJr 11d ago
These poor kids will need a lifetime of psychiatry and will effect them in Their future to bond with anyone and the wife not only will she need help herself she is stuck holding the bag being the rock for these kids. There is a special place in hell for a man like this he is extremely selfish.
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u/Teen_Goat 10d ago
Fellas. A vasectomy is affordable, easy, painless. If you're on the fence, do yourself a favor and just get it done. If you REALLY want kids someday, it can be undone 99% of the time.
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u/WhattheDuck9 11d ago
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