Eli5: sincerely just out of curiosity, if a bank robber is caught after a dye pack explodes and the money is returned, what do they do with the money? Is it cleaned or do they throw it away?

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Edit: thank you for all your helpful responses! My curiosity is sated!

In: Economics

Answer 1

??? No “money laundering” jokes?

Answer 2

I would imagine the first place it would go is an evidence vault to be presented at a potential trial.

Answer 3

Has anyone with zero knowledge of the banking sector or experience with mint’s currency disposal procedures chimed in yet with a total uninformed guess passed off as a true statement of fact?

Answer 4

You should check out the documentary Den of Theives it teaches all about this! 

Gerard Butler and Pablo Shreiber 🙌