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4w ago

Smiling Hacker

Hamza Bendelladj

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Despite much information on the internet Bendelladj did not get sentenced to death, and claims saying he donated any money to charity are almost impossible to verify. Trial documents did not mention any donations or charity activities, making the claim of charity disputed and not known for sure.
Is there any proof of the charity claims? Because Wikipedia gives nothing
- Would be a bad hacker if he left a trail of all the money
  
  Money leaves a trail by itself, it doesn't magically disappear and reappear somewhere else
- Pretty much any word in the picture is contradicted by the Wikipedia article
  
  As many narrative exist depending on who's facts you're listening to.
- Homeboy probably spent .000001% of the money on PR, bought a shitton of bitcoin with the rest, go to jail a few years, buy an island when he gets out, maybe Trump will be willing to sell Greenland to him at that point who knows
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/9/21/hamza-bendelladj-is-the-algerian-hacker-a-hero
  
  That article doesn't cite anything either, only that "some sources say" he donated some of the money. A far cry from the claim that he donated all of the stolen $4b.
  
  Al-Jazeera is not a credible source

Even his prison guards are smiling. One on the left looks like he admires him.
- He is about to give him a happy ending

I'll be honest. Charity aside, I like that the guy kicked the banks in the dick.

Robinhooding never looked so fiiiine. 👀
- Luigi + Hamza fanfic erotica coming soon, (banned in china.)

I doubt he'll still be smiling after 15 years in a Thai prison.
- According to his Wikipedia article, he was sentenced in the US so I suppose he is in an American prison.
  
  That explains why he got 15 years for a non-violent crime.
  
  I guess that's slightly better.

Is that Danny Ricardo? Lol
- Red Bull should be afraid

Cool motive, still theft.
- Cool motive, if true this man helped more people than most people will or have ever done.
- Theft against banks.
  
  According to the Wikipedia he withdrew money from private individuals' credit cards.
  
  Banks usually hold other people’s money.
- Now, my caddie's chauffeur informs me that a bank is a place where people put money that isn't properly invested. Therefore, robbing a bank is tantamount to that most heinous of crimes, theft of money.
  
  Now I may be just be a simple country Hyper-Chicken, but I know when we're finger licked.
- Relevant username.
  
  Damn, you got me. Totally never seen that one before on the internet.
  To be clear, I’m not defending the banks at all here, but this isn’t the most ethical way to give to charity, and we don’t actually know if he did give it all away.
- No revolution was fought peacefully.... You can't bring systemic change if you're gonna stay within the confines of the system...

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