for 30K he got a great deal: complete reconstructive surgery, months of all sorts of professional therapy, a butler, swank California beach house, dream job, etc. Even in the 60's that was an awesome deal.
30K was a very sizable chunk of money prior to Nixon's floating the dollar. Take it from someone who was there, that amount of disposable cash was beyond the reach of most people. And WHY would they ask him to commit fraud?! They were targeting rich guys whose deaths, because of their conventional lifestyles, would stay under the radar. How long do you think it would be before a pattern emerged linking the sudden deaths of rich men - who all seemed to know at least one other victim - to bad loans? Do you honestly think that these things didn't occur to law enforcement officials just because there were no computers? Not only that, it's a safe bet that most of the "reborns" left "widows." It's stated that these women are well-provided for; how long do you think The Company could keep a low profile if a slew of suddenly widowed women who had every reason to think their needs would be met forever all found themselves connected to bad loans that their wealthy husbands had no reason to take out?
The point is that this was constitutionally an empty, unfulfilled man who was what he was, period. MOST people are what they are and don't change, even if they're unable to run away from their environment. How many criminals in Witness Protection get busted for criminal activity, despite having been given new lives and identities? Get the point? That's the moral of the story and why the waiting room was filled with so many sheeplike guys whose transformations failed to meet their needs.
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Jakealope
13 years ago
I understand the guy was empty inside. But you have to admit, he got a heck of a good deal for 30K, 1960s or not. Just from a financial POV, I don't see how that company, syndicate, whatever you want to call it, could make any money since they had a whole slew of their own docs, pros, helpers and lodging to pay for. That is why it wouldn't be untowards if the syndicate asked him to say make a bad loan, well covered for, to cover some of the costs of the whole program. Nothing to obvious, after all, loans & investments don't all work out well.
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