Never Saw Me Coming Quotes

“Between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, I managed to void people’s utility bills, at least temporarily, around three hundred times. I also handled a few overdue mortgages. I’d come home from school, change clothes, eat a snack, and then Black Power and I would head upstairs and start phoning before the close of business. Office workers tended to be weary and a little more careless at that hour, which helped.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“Cuddling with Black Power on my bed, I admitted to myself that my scheme wasn’t working this time.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“It’s Taryn,” she started. “She’s been arrested.” “What?” “In Chicago. It’s a whole mess.” Mom went on to reveal that Taryn had been living in Chicago and got the notion to try doing transactions on the phone, the way I used to with her sitting beside me listening in. Something had gone wrong, and she’d gotten caught. “I think they want you too,” Mom added. “For what?” I asked.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“On thirty-seven counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy, and attempted credit card fraud, I was found guilty. On thirty-one counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy, and attempted credit card fraud, Taryn was found guilty.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“and Aiden, but he was on drugs and in no shape to rear two young boys. And what would become of Denise with absolutely no one to check on her? Taryn was back in prison, and Ryan remained disabled after his injury and still required care. With my mother gone, the center—the family’s nucleus of love—was lost.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“While locked up, I got word that my older sister, Babs, had died under suspicious circumstances in Europe. Her boyfriend had her body cremated without even talking to my parents.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“In a criminal trial, the judge tells jurors not to find the defendant guilty if there’s another reasonable explanation for the evidence presented. “Beyond a reasonable doubt,” in my case, meant that no one but me could have moved the money.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“The charges rested on the testimonies of some former runners and some bank employees who claimed they had personally seen me arrange transfers and make pickups, which was impossible. I never once did a pickup and always worked alone while organizing transfers. The witnesses were either lying or confused.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“But in my case, eyewitness testimony was unreliable because I have an identical twin sister. No one who didn’t know us well could tell us apart. If the witnesses couldn’t be sure that it was me they’d seen and not Taryn, that would constitute reasonable doubt. Plus, Taryn had a potential motive, a history of drug use, defined by the constant need for cash. When I presented this as a possible strategy to Julio he was doubtful. “The jury is never going to buy that,” he told me. “It will work,” I insisted. “I’m the client, and it’s my life, so it’s my decision. I’m paying you to do as I ask.” Julio wasn’t happy, but he had no choice. It was easier to persuade Taryn. Being twins, we had an indelible bond, even if our lives had diverged. I knew she’d do anything to help, but I had to make sure she felt comfortable. I brought along my research materials to show her the overriding importance of reasonable doubt. “We hear that phrase on TV, but it’s for real. It means that the jury has to be 100 percent convinced I did it,” I explained. “So you’re saying that since we’re twins, the witnesses can’t be positive who they saw. That’s clever.” Then she looked worried. “Will I get arrested?” “No, because the witnesses and evidence say it’s me. The Feds can’t suddenly change the evidence to point to you. And the witnesses can’t tell us apart to say who really did what.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“He’d learned that I have a small, almost imperceptible, scar on my forehead, which I got when I fell off my bike when I was ten years old. Two tellers from American National Bank testified that they’d seen the scar, proving the person who picked up the money was me. In fact, it wasn’t. It had been Taryn, who was visibly pregnant at the time.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million

“Ryan was in the hospital.”
― Tanya Smith, Never Saw Me Coming: How I Outsmarted the FBI and the Entire Banking System—and Pocketed $40 Million