Whipjacks did "turn around"... «Among Thieves»
RamingoWS15 июня 2018Whipjacks did "turn around" thefts — stealing from one person, selling to another, then stealing it back again and returning it to the original owner once a reward had been offered. The idea was that, besides making twice the profit off a single piece of swag, the Whipjack couldn`t be caught with the valuables in hand since he moved it between marks so fast. Fedim must have been this Whipjack`s middleman, selling the swag and then leading the thief back when it was time to steal it again. It was a relationship that required trust on both ends; either man could sell the other out for a quick profit. And trust, I`ve found, breeds reliance, which leads to shared confidences. It was those confidences I needed to know about.
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