Drug couriers carry cash, so the police assume the worst when they find money in a trunk, suitcase, or closet. Yet people use physical currency for a variety of legitimate reasons. Marine veteran Stephen Lara simply trusts himself more than banks.
When he drove from Texas to California to see his two teenage daughters in February 2021, he brought his life savings with him for safekeeping. A backpack in the trunk of his rental car contained about $86,900, along with receipts showing three years’ worth of bank withdrawals.
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