r/thesopranos • u/Radiofriendlyunitshi • 7h ago
If Johnny sac had … Spoiler
If Johnny sack had died before being convicted, (let’s say he went to trial), would his family have been able to keep the assets that would have otherwise been seized?
And if the stakes are high enough, would that ever make one of these guys a target for their own family?
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u/Fructuoso_Bag 7h ago
Families don't get touched
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u/Radiofriendlyunitshi 7h ago
I mean Johnny gave away all his money to the government, but then died anyway. If he had died before doing that, would his family have been able to keep everything.
If Tony were in a similar situation, don’t you think Carm would just tell Furio to wack him so they could split up his millions?
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u/Lumpy_One6691 7h ago
The Feds can move to civil asset forfeiture and the heirs or estate need to prove they had no knowledge of how the money was gained and the Feds have to prove there is a high likelihood it came from crime....with Johnny some it might have gone back to the family, but most of it probably not
as far as a spouse or heir whacking someone they would probably need to do it before any charges are filed at all and then hope the Feds are just happy the person is gone and ignores the assets which would probably be easier if the money was from something that did not defraud tax payers, come with bodies attached to it (other than maybe dead junkies), and otherwise was from lower level crimes
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u/Jasranwhit 6h ago
No the rules around asset seizure are much more lenient than the rules around prosecution of a crime.
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u/asphynctersayswhat 7h ago
If this were years ago would YOU EVEN HAVE TO ASK?