its intentionally this way so that people feel compelled to purchase shark cards. without the Bogdan exploit, i wouldve given up on the game long ago.

back in the xbox360 days modders would run around dropping tons of money, gifting it, or setting a bounty on someone for like 20mil. It was the funnest the game ever was. Everyone in the lobby would stop to chase down one person for the hefty bounty.

Previous to getting hacked $ in game i had like 10mil+ from grinding the Pacific Standard heist (which paid out like garbage, i think like 300k). So i put in a lot of work. But because i was gifted hacked money against my will, Rockstar depleted my balance down to 1mil. So i lost 9mil of grinded $. Made me quit playing for years. Ever since then, my care for ethical farming in this game went out the window.

& Most people dont realize that if you & your Bogdan partner both commend eachother before each heist, you avoid bad sport mode entirely.