I don't know about this ball situation. When you have those higher bails it's kind of stupid to put only the ten percent down. He'll never get it back. If your bail is ten grand, you'd only lose a grand. In this case, he's out 50 grand. Then again, if he puts the full 500k down, he has to show where it came from and there's the possibility the court fucks him if they fine him or do whatever bullshit they did. I'd bet when the bosses all made bail for the commission trial, they paid in full.