Reima
Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65 miles per
hour in a 50 zone in his home country-an offense that would typically
come with a fine of a couple hundred dollars, at most, in the U.S. But after Finnish police pulled Kuisla over,
they pinged a federal taxpayer database to determine his income,
consulted their handbook, and arrived at the amount that he was required
to pay: €54,000.
The
fine was so extreme because in Finland, some traffic fines, as well as
fines for shoplifting and violating securities-exchange laws, are
assessed based on earnings
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/finland-home-103-000-speeding-114000113.html
Kuisla, a Finnish businessman, was recently caught going 65 miles per
hour in a 50 zone in his home country-an offense that would typically
come with a fine of a couple hundred dollars, at most, in the U.S. But after Finnish police pulled Kuisla over,
they pinged a federal taxpayer database to determine his income,
consulted their handbook, and arrived at the amount that he was required
to pay: €54,000.
The
fine was so extreme because in Finland, some traffic fines, as well as
fines for shoplifting and violating securities-exchange laws, are
assessed based on earnings
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/finland-home-103-000-speeding-114000113.html
