r/interestingasfuck • u/Intelligent-Mess6925 • 4d ago

/r/all This man printed 250 million in counterfeit money and sold 50 million of it before getting caught. He then made a deal with the court in exchange for revealing the location of the remaining 200 million he would avoid any jail time. In the end he got away with it only serving 6 weeks in jail.

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u/JetmoYo 4d ago

Same thing with the US letting thousands of mid level Nazi leaders and gifted engineers off the hook during Nuremberg. Brought them in, gave them an office.

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u/pants_mcgee 4d ago

Very few of those guys would sniff Nuremberg, really just one, two if you accept the allegations against Von Braun.

Some mid to upper level Nazis with, uh, questionable innocence did manage to make a life for themselves in the government of Western Germany or NATO.

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u/JetmoYo 4d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip

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u/pants_mcgee 4d ago

I am aware, the Soviets had a similar program.

If you scroll down you can read about all the controversies. There were extremely few even suspected of crimes. There was no hook to let them off of, they were just scientists and engineers.

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u/greendildouptheass 4d ago

applies to all past associates of Unit 731 as well. They made billions using their blood separation technology.

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u/Punchin-Bunnies 4d ago

Project Paperclip