Life at Sea Cruises, a three-year cruise around the world, was canceled just two weeks before it was supposed to sail from Amsterdam.

Passengers who booked trips have been told refunds will be issued in monthly installments

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Life at Sea Cruises’ first three-year sailing was announced in March and promised passengers willing to fork out at least $29,999 per year

  • tsonfeir@lemm.ee
    44·
    11 months ago

    So… if I wanted to do a scam… and I’d sell tickets to a cruise ship for 3 years, upfront payment of $90k… let’s say I sell 2000 seats for $180mil.

    Is that enough money to disappear forever and live under a false identity?

        • WoodlandAlliance@lemm.ee
          31·
          11 months ago

          There’s no way they’ll go bankrupt. Drop the money in a low risk investment, make 7% APR on it while waiting as long as possible to pay it back. It’s guaranteed profit at this point. Going bankrupt would only ruin that.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      11 months ago

      Maybe, maybe not. But if you’re paying back in monthly installments, there’s still going to be a lot of interest for you to live off of in the meantime.

    • Neato@kbin.social
      84·
      11 months ago

      Getting that money out of the company to use is very hard and can be traced/returned. It’s not like they’ve got 180M in cash. And having your company bank exclusively with shady banks is likely to prevent you from getting a business license.