AOL - Chew on this: Police say a millionaire dentist used a stolen credit card to buy $40 worth of pizza -- then bragged to investigators about his net worth. Even though he had $250 in his wallet, Richard Lewis Ludwig didn't hesitate to charge $40.64 on a stranger's credit card that he found on Friday in a shopping center's parking lot, according to deputy sheriffs in Polk County, Fla....Majeed reportedly called his credit card company and learned that someone had used his card to make a purchase at a restaurant in the complex. The victim alerted authorities, who confronted Ludwig while he was waiting for his two large pies with extra olives. Ludwig reportedly confessed he found the credit card on the ground, then laughed while telling deputies that he is "absolutely not" experiencing financial problems and, in fact, has a net worth of between $3 million and $4 million.
A lot of people are going to be all over Richard Ludwig, not this blogger. You wonder how the rich get rich? It's by pulling this kind of stuff. You see an advantageous opportunity and you take it. Great risk comes with great reward and this guy obviously knows about this better than your average person.
I'm sure it's not the first time he's used stolen funds to purchase fast food, probably won't be the last. The pros just outweigh the potential cons. Pro, free meal. Nourishment and an extra $40 in the guys pocket, that extra $40 saved will accrue .40 cents in interest in your average high yield checking account over the course of a year. That's his profit. So now, not only is he not hungry, but he's $40.40 richer than he would have been.
Would have been the perfect crime too, except he committed the one cardinal sin of using a found or stolen credit card for food, never order extras. Just get the cheese pizza and get out. Those extra olives are the reason this dude spent a few hours in the clink. That's an amatuer mistake you wouldn't expect from a rich veteran such as himself.
