The coolest dang things

Faricazy

http://gizmodo.com/5058544/criminal-uses-craigslist-to-escape-from-armored-truck-robbery

A bank robber got away with a bag full of mucho money from an armored truck after successfully pulling out a perfect escape plan, straight out the final scene of the Thomas Crown Affair. The criminal—who was wearing a yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask and a blue shirt—used Craigslist to hire a dozen of decoys to confuse the police and the public around the scene. Mike, one of the hired decoys, gave the full details:

I came across the ad that was for a prevailing wage job for $28.50 an hour. He said to meet near the Bank of America in Monroe at 11 a.m. Tuesday. (He also was told to wear a yellow vest, safety goggles, a respirator mask… and, if possible, a blue shirt).

That is pretty awesome. Not for the bank, but I can appreciate the logistics. What other times in history have criminals decided that they are way smarter than the police and actually pulled it off? (post those times)

Grey Ghost

That reminds me of all the Joker stuff from the Dark Knight ARG

it's pretty rad, as far as crime goes

edit: oh haha, just saw the Joker pic at the top of the article

I really wish it said more about what exactly happened, how it went down and all that

Mysst

and here I was using craigslist to find look-alikes to film pornography with.

scarlet st.

Dang, that's fucking cool.
I don't know why they're plastering Dark Knight photos all over the article, but whatever.

Nogs

pretty neat trick.

Faricazy

scarlet st. wrote: »

Dang, that's fucking cool.
I don't know why they're plastering Dark Knight photos all over the article, but whatever.

criminal mastermind?

Rampant Entity

What that guy pulled off there is much more reminiscent of what the robbers did in that bank heist movie released a couple years back. The one with Clive Owen in it, and that guy somehow being involved with Nazis in the end.

Shit, what was it called?

Calamity Jane

D.B. MOTHERFUCKING COOPER

Snowbeat

Rampant Entity wrote: »

What that guy pulled off there is much more reminiscent of what the robbers did in that bank heist movie released a couple years back. The one with Clive Owen in it, and that guy somehow being involved with Nazis in the end.

Shit, what was it called?

Inside Man

cogell

Rampant Entity wrote: »

What that guy pulled off there is much more reminiscent of what the robbers did in that bank heist movie released a couple years back. The one with Clive Owen in it, and that guy somehow being involved with Nazis in the end.

Shit, what was it called?

Inside Man

edit: God damnit! Beat'd

redfenix

this is pretty slick

and not like inside man, they knew each other
outfits notwithstanding

Peter Ebel

Except in Inside Man it wasn't clothes but tits, just some big ol' titties, that fucked up the police. I can respect that.

redfenix

funny part where the guy that tried to stash the cell phone
and they call it

and it's golddigger

i mean, i know its a movie deal for money
but cracka man w/ that as his ringtone? didn't see it comin

arod_77

So they figure out what email address registered the account and where he accessed from but if he took a couple small precautions on that end I guess he is home free (depending on what he does with the cash)

DrIanMalcolm

This made thread made me think of Killdozer, but it's not that related

CrossBuster

This guy pulled off a pretty sweet heist.

Rhesus Positive

Reminds me of the bank job featured in The Bank Job with Jason Statham - right down to the incriminating documents.

Auntie Shibby

So, the cops didn't arrest the people as accomplices?

Captain Cthulhu

yeah, that was local, I wish I had answered the ad. Also, my initial reaction to the thread title was: Vaginas.

CrossBuster

Auntie Shibby wrote: »

So, the cops didn't arrest the people as accomplices?

Unless they intentionally helped him, they didn't commit any crime.

Captain K

Cap you got a link to a better news writeup?

Faricazy

CrossBuster wrote: »

This guy pulled off a pretty sweet heist.

When Spaggiari heard that the sewers were close to the vault of the Société Générale bank, he began to plan a break-in into the bank. Eventually he decided to do it by digging into the bank vault from below. Spaggiari rented a box in the bank vault for himself and then put a loud alarm clock in the vault. He set the clock to ring at night in order to check the possible existence of any acoustic or seismic detection gear. In fact, there were no alarms protecting the vault because it was considered utterly impregnable; the door wall was extremely thick and there was no obvious way to access the other walls.
Spaggiari contacted professional gangsters from Marseille. Although it has never been verified, he probably got support from Gaëtano Zampa to build a team that was completed by some of his OAS friends, including would-be-assassin of Charles De Gaulle Gaby Anglade and con artist Jean Kay. His men made their way into the sewers and began a two-month effort to dig an eight meter long tunnel from the sewer to under the vault. Spaggiari had taken many precautions during this long dig. His men worked long hours continuously drilling. He told his men not to drink coffee nor alcohol and get at least 10 hours of sleep every shift to avoid any danger to the mission.
On July 16, 1976, during a long weekend due to Bastille Day festivities, Spaggiari's gang broke into the vault itself. They opened 400 safe deposit boxes and stole an estimated 60 million francs worth of money, securities and valuables.
According to some accounts, Spaggiari brought his men a meal including wine and pâté, and reportedly they sat down in the vault for a picnic lunch, after welding the vault door shut from the inside. The gang spent hours picking through the various safety deposit boxes. Spaggiari and his men found nude photos of some wealthy and famous locals, which they attached to the walls of the vault to be seen by all who entered. Before they left on July 20, they left this message on the walls of the vault: sans haine, sans violence et sans arme ("without hatred, without violence, without weapons"). This was Spaggiari's message to the world, and he obviously considered himself to be something more than a common thief.

That is a fucking class act, and no doubt a major inspiration to The Bank Job.



Also, remember DB Cooper??

At 4:35 PM on Thanksgiving Eve, November 24, 1971 in the United States, a man traveling under the name Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight 305 flying from Portland International Airport. He carried a briefcase containing wire and "red sticks" resembling dynamite. When the plane landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 5:45 PM, its intended destination, he released the passengers in exchange for $200,000 and four parachutes. At 7:45 PM he had the flight crew take the plane back into the air, ordering them to fly towards Mexico at low speed and altitude with the landing gear down and 15 degrees of flap. Six minutes later, a warning light indicated that the 727's built-in rear stairway had been lowered. Six minutes after that, the crew felt a "bump" suggesting that Cooper had jumped from the ramp into the stormy night somewhere over the Washougal River watershed.

Auntie Shibby

CrossBuster wrote: »

Auntie Shibby wrote: »

So, the cops didn't arrest the people as accomplices?

Unless they intentionally helped him, they didn't commit any crime.

But they're getting paid to be have a part in it, whether they knew or not. Accepting stolen money is as good as stealing it yourself.

Captain K

Auntie Shibby wrote: »

CrossBuster wrote: »

Auntie Shibby wrote: »

So, the cops didn't arrest the people as accomplices?

Unless they intentionally helped him, they didn't commit any crime.

But they're getting paid to be have a part in it, whether they knew or not. Accepting stolen money is as good as stealing it yourself.

you're seriously telling us you believe these people actually got paid

Auntie Shibby

We just don't have all the real details.

Captain Cthulhu

Captain K wrote: »

Cap you got a link to a better news writeup?

this one's pretty good from the local King 5 news

CrossBuster

Auntie Shibby wrote: »

CrossBuster wrote: »

Auntie Shibby wrote: »

So, the cops didn't arrest the people as accomplices?

Unless they intentionally helped him, they didn't commit any crime.

But they're getting paid to be have a part in it, whether they knew or not. Accepting stolen money is as good as stealing it yourself.

That's a separate issue from accomplice liability.

Also, if they didn't know that the money was stolen, and immediately turned it over to the authorities when/if they found out, they shouldn't face any criminal liability.

Auntie Shibby

I'm pretty sure they're not getting paid, but that might be the dudes downfall.

Captain K

guys

there's no way these dudes got any money

Auntie Shibby

this just happened a few days ago, dudes gotta let things cool down first.

Calamity Jane

goddamn it yes, i remember d.b. cooper

hell, i mentioned him earlier faricrazy i mean dang

Faricazy

He then made his escape in an inner tube on the Skykomish River.

ahahaha

The suspect is described as a white man in his 20s, between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10, wearing a dark blue shirt, jean shorts and a mask.

well. i'd say mission complete.

Faricazy

oh yeah anjin do you remember that time that

Captain K

I dunno

jean shorts

Calamity Jane

goddamn you faricrazy

you so

faricrazy

Faricazy

Captain K wrote: »

I dunno

jean shorts

if you knew you were going tubing you wouldn't wear jeans would you

Auntie Shibby

Maybe he tore away the legs.

Captain K

The dude successfully robs an armored car and then he gets to go tubing!


best crime ever

Auntie Shibby

God, I'm done being retarded for the day.

Calamity Jane

i don't know there's still plenty of day left

Druhim

don't make promises you can't keep shib