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Dec 6, 2021 6:32 PM
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zepthenoob
"Church"..pfft..more like cult mega dungeon.
Dipityseren
Thismakes trump more understandable - Osteen's an out and out grifter and all those people creaming their panties to give him their money.
kitskinner19538
Doesn't this money belong to the insurance company after the theft was reported?
londonosierra2000
See! God works in mysterious ways.
kitskinner19538
Doesn't this money belong to the insurance company after the theft was reported?
MustHailSagan
busterfixxitt
"Hey, I was fixing that toilet & found about 200 envelopes full of cash. That's right, TWO hundred!"
kitskinner19538
Doesn't this money belong to the insurance company after the theft was reported?
kitskinner19538
Doesn't this money belong to the insurance company after the theft was reported?
sombrerohorsewagon
Yes this was totally insurance fraud but no one is reporting that for some reason.
TalkingSnake
“…. so they didn’t find the backup passports in the light fixtures? Okay, I can fix this.” - Joel Notsteen
LaughingInTheFaceOfDanger
Or the other walls with money in them. I'm sure the one the plumber found wasn't an isolated incident.
LaughingInTheFaceOfDanger
IRS needs to go in and do some drywall work.
Grenateh
Yea I'd absolutely have stolen it and depending on how much, distributed it.
Evilpercy
To get tax free status as a Church they should have to publicly publish there books every year. Any real Church would not mind.
Iwannaseeit
...Why do we think Osteen himself stole the money? He's mega rich already without stealing only 400 envelopes that he owns anyways
wemustbestopped12
Twist: they started as five envelopes and two fishes
kitskinner19538
Doesn't this money belong to the insurance company after the theft was reported?
FuzzyWolfy329
Why the spam?
Smayds
Seen it a few times today, it's one of those weird things Imgur does once in a blue moon.
kitskinner19538
WTF? What spam? Genuine question
kitskinner19538
Right ok I've finally got it. I've had problems posting tonight so obviously my clicks were actually working but not showing on my phone!
kitskinner19538
And again!
FuzzyWolfy329
All good, I’ve seen it happen to multiple people so far and most of them didn’t seem to be bot accounts. Just Imgur being Imgur, I suppose.
kitskinner19538
Right ok I've finally got it. I've had problems posting tonight so obviously my clicks were actually working but not showing on my phone!
Mordy9
As a non-maurican, i learned that”Epstien didn’t kill himself” and now what’s with this Osteen guy?
FellaWithUmbrella
axelfive
Snake oil salesman peddling salvation.
HighSorcerer
Whoever sends me dollars gets to go to heaven! Our all-powerful, omnipotent god needs YOUR money most of all!
Jack0d
400 envelopes? Why would they hide all the money in 250 envelopes?
vicvalour
WardenoftheGreatGate
They fit a lot of money in those 100 envelopes.
downvoteacct
Too bad no cash was recovered.
robotGiraffeSmasher
Ya I can't belive a whole 20 envelopes of cash where found
enealio
Wait, you guys got envelopes?
ejic
One envelope isn’t “bags of money.” Hyperbole much?
MahadmaGaudi
Which money?
Soufange
Man, who puts 37 envelopes of money in a wall? MOISTURE DAMAGE IS A THING
YourSelfMan
I only found 1 envelope
futureman3000
I went in there, looked all around, and found nothing. Sorry, man.
LanceCorporalBadger
You guys found envelopes?
stusauce
This would've never been a story if I had found that stash. What's he gonna do, report the money stolen?
nclu
People that do dodgy things sometimes work outside the legal system for enforcement
akspartankiiier
He already did, when he took it from his safe a decade ago
Potatokil1er
I don’t know this story
FellaWithUmbrella
It could be money and checks from 2014 theft: https://abc13.com/houston-lakewood-church-joel-osteen-plumber-finds-money-in-walls/11298397/
FellaWithUmbrella
Or should we say ”theft”?
ButIBuildAThousandBridges
Makes you wonder how many times it wasn't.
Sirtopumhat
Stop making me wonder about things.
AmandaCANZED
Probably not. But you can’t fault honest men. Especially when we keep demanding more presence from them. Good for them blowing the whistle.
xj4low
Ever see No Country for Old Men? Keeping found money like this is how movies start.
HollywoodHells
Look, if it's between another fifty years as-is or a chance to own a home someday, I'll just fight the hitman. Even if I lose I win.
TheWarHymn
Naw, going back to give that dying Mexican water started the movie.
mirrorz
"Moron plumber who could have been set for life found tax free money and returned it to a conman."
Willowknowsall
I thought he turned it in to the cops
LerryV2
I found 6.... $500k in the walls.
ImGoingToGoFallAsleepOnABench
How magnanimous of you to report that $400k you found in the walls!
mirrorz
$300K? Where did you hear that I found $260.00?
kodiak931155
The plumber when people explain this to him
Treblaine
It's still theft. Grand larceny in fact and as he made no attempt to hide that it was him working he'd be easily caught.
YouHaveNoodsAndIHaveAnInbox
But to press charges youd have to explain how you knew there was cash hidden in the wall.
Treblaine
And you'd have to count on whoever is responsible never being caught, when caught they'll make sure you join them.
ActualZedAxial
Genius plumbers seizes once in a lifetime chance to fuck Olstein in the ass.
YsgramorsSoupSpoon
ButtersTheCat
And now he's mad because the church won't tell him how awesome he is, or give him a finder's fee.
Rhinta
There was a reward IIRC. Which the church wasn't paying last I heard.
pummel5
Not sure how much I'd keep cos who'd pass the chance to put that wank stain in prison?
vermillionpenguin
The great part is, if the con man *knew* how much money was in the walls and you took some, he couldn't call you out!
Ruhig
Rich, white, and going to prison for financial crimes in America. Choose 2.
Bmxtucker
There is a reward in percentage of recovered money when reporting tax fraud. As long as he filed the report within like 48 hours, he’s set.
tonchandailvert
He could also be honest...
cookiemonsterisababek
Honestly isn’t a virtue when it comes to taking money from bad ppl :)
tonchandailvert
Maybe hope in the justice system?
silverspider87
ZeroLogain
You didn't deserve to be downvoted for this. I mean, you're almost certainly wrong, but I support hope.
ZeroLogain
You didn't deserve to be downvoted for this. I mean, you're almost certainly wrong, but I support hope.
astinus
Haha good one!
ZeroLogain
You didn't deserve to be downvoted for this. I mean, you're almost certainly wrong, but I support hope.
ZeroLogain
You didn't deserve to be downvoted for this. I mean, you're almost certainly wrong, but I support hope.
HollywoodHells
A fool, then.
Bmxtucker
Oh I hope for it to do the right thing but I logically know it won’t.
ZeroLogain
You didn't deserve to be downvoted for this. I mean, you're almost certainly wrong, but I support hope.
LoPan
I downvoted the comment so when people get here they see what's been blasted down below 0, if you've ever been a victim of it you know
keystotheairlock
Oh I'm sure he pocketed half of it safely, then "discovered" what the press is now talking about. Plumbers aren't that thick.
Gustave13
Thick https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rockoplumber_5140.png
hairytrigga
keystotheairlock
I stand corrected.
ButtersTheCat
Thicc
iwenttousersubandalligotwasthislousyusername
This is why we differentiate between thick and thicc. That plumber is dummy thicc. A plumber who doesn't pocket some is thick dummy
DickMercenary
"Hey can you get that? Thanks a lot."
bobhole
Fuck I just went back in time. Nostalgia intensified.
DickMercenary
"Turn the page. Wash your hands." Rocko's Modern Life was filled with nostalgia land mine lines.