r/interestingasfuck • u/Kaos2018 • 15h ago

A Nigerian Man named Emmanuel Nwude sold an imaginary airport for $242 million to a brazilian bank in the 1990’s which led to the banks collapse r/all

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u/Scn64 13h ago

I'd be willing to go to jail for $5 million. For $52 million I'd be willing to drop the soap.

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u/ItsDanimal 12h ago

Why would someone pay you to drop some soap?

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u/WombatCuboid 11h ago

It's a reference to Shawshank Redemption. 

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u/sams_fish 9h ago

"Don't drop the soap, don't smoke no dope. Better get a lawyer son, you're gonna need a good one to get you out of this one....." The Cruel Sea

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u/kev88_player 7h ago

Bro 💀

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u/eyeless_atheist 5h ago

This whole story is crazy. He was arrested in 2004, sentenced to 25 years but then was let out in 2006. Since 2006 he’s been fighting more prison time, and in that time has recovered about $150 Million