Paying off cops to let you commit some crimes or better yet paying them off to decrease your wanted level - post escape.
Offering bribes could get you off or get you in worse trouble. Cops that demand a weekly take or else they haul you in.
The more wanted you are, the more you have to pay to get it cleaned off.
With money being tied to story progression, I could totally see a mission going wrong and some corrupt cops wiping out your entire stash and you have to start again.


