Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:43     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
He's done his time.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:37     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Anonymous wrote:I would be fascinated by this. Would definitely want to know the details. Have him over for dinner.


+1. People can change. If we never give them a second chance what is the point?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:33     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Anonymous wrote:He's "paid his debt to society". I would still be superficially nice to this neighbor. One day you might need more help from him.


Not really. He got COVID compassionate released because of the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic, or at least that's what OP is making it sound like. Means he didn't serve his full sentence.

Regardless, I wouldn't confront the neighbor.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:27     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:On a superficial neighbor level yes. We’ve all got skeletons in our closet.


No, way not crap like that.

What I hate the most here is people trying to make things that are not normal normal. Most people don't defraud banks-this is not normal.


If this is how you feel, stop talking to him and move on. Nod at him and walk on by.

No one cares either way. You're not the main character.

Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:24     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Maybe he was the fall guy.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:22     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
He paid his debt.
What he did was bad but I would be more worried about somebody that was a sex offender or committed a violent crime. There are a lot of politicians and business men that are crooks and receive honors..
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:22     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
I would be fascinated by this. Would definitely want to know the details. Have him over for dinner.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:21     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
I would. Maybe he’s trying to be different. I feel like this would have been big news.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:17     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Become close friends. Write the book. Option the screenplay.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:16     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Distance yourself.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:14     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Anonymous wrote:On a superficial neighbor level yes. We’ve all got skeletons in our closet.


No, way not crap like that.

What I hate the most here is people trying to make things that are not normal normal. Most people don't defraud banks-this is not normal.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 21:03     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
Anonymous wrote:On a superficial neighbor level yes. We’ve all got skeletons in our closet.


No, no we don't.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 20:54     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
On a superficial neighbor level yes. We’ve all got skeletons in our closet.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 20:45     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
He's "paid his debt to society". I would still be superficially nice to this neighbor. One day you might need more help from him.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 20:40     Subject: I found out my neighbor is a major crook. Should I still talk to them?
I have a neighbor who is in his late 60s and seemed to be a nice man. He’s lent me tools from time to time and I’ve helped him with shopping for his groceries and putting them away and watched his cat a few times. I never thought to google him but I did today. Turns out he was released during the Covid pandemic from federal prison for white collar crimes related to banking and it caused a bank to fail. Hundreds of millions of dollars and jobs lost. Should I still talk to him? I know he’s harmless in the physical sense.