As a retired math teacher, I tutor now and get a lot of work. There's a family I work for who immigrated here, legally or illegally, I don't know. They homeschool their daughter and I stop by twice a week to help get her through high school math. They never shared with me what they do for income. Today, I came over at a scheduled time and both parents wearing the medical boots we have frequently seen of noted politicians and celebrities. When I inquired, they told odd stories of how they fractured their ankles in two separate incidents. I found the stories hard to believe. Hanging around this site and VOAT before that, I know that these boots have been used to hid ankle monitors.
Do you think I have a reason to be suspicious?
Although many immigrants come for the opportunity to work hard without the government cracking down on them, there appears to be a class of immigrant who mastered the art of government corruption before coming, and came here moneyed from corruption. They tend to plug in to corrupted networks, and to further corrupt the system. Many connect upon arrival. I have seen dentists and doctors who think nothing of scamming Medicare.
Given the huge number of unsealed indictments, it would be strange if nobody here knew some of them personally.
I would be suspicious, but also work hard not to pollute my thoughts, or act as if they were guilty without actual knowledge. If their stories seemed contrived, they probably were. Especially when it's two of them. But they also just might have been embarrassed about slipping in the shower while chasing their dog.
The sealed indictments were the other variable in the equation that made me suspicious. They have treated me nice, pay me well and on time, and given me no cause for suspicion until I saw the boots. I'm going to keep working for them until I see a clear cause not to.
Maybe it was just an embarrassing thing so they make up stories. Can't say "well we were in the shower going at it like rabbits when our daughter walked in ..." hehehe