08-08-2005, 09:51 PM | #1 |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) -- Thieves tunneled into a bank in northeastern Brazil and stole $68 million, the biggest bank heist in the nation's history, police said on Monday.
"It's something you see in the movies. They dug a tunnel ... that goes underneath two (city) blocks. They've been digging for three months," police investigator Francisco Queiroga told Reuters by telephone. The thieves broke into a branch of the central bank in the northeastern state of Ceara over the weekend and removed 156 million reais ($68 million). The theft was not discovered until Monday morning because the bank was closed. And will stay closed until further notice!
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08-08-2005, 11:52 PM | #2 |
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Ouch!!!! Well, at least they kinda had to work for it.
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08-09-2005, 07:01 AM | #3 |
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Do banks normally keep that much cash on hand? Unless this was a "federal reserve" type bank, I wouldn't think so. Seems like a great way for some drug dealer to double his money. Dig a tunnel to the vault, then when you're ready to break thru, make a huge cash deposit. Steal your own money back, and get reimbursed by the bank when you "officially" withdraw your cash.
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08-09-2005, 10:22 AM | #4 |
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CAme out of the news.. biggest bank robbery in history so far. Was a central bank so i guess they must have had heaps of money.
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08-09-2005, 01:42 PM | #6 |
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68M!? I'm gonna go rob some banks too!
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08-09-2005, 03:02 PM | #7 |
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i agree, robbing a bank would be fun.
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08-10-2005, 06:43 AM | #8 |
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One can only respect the way these guys went to work. I hope they never catch them.
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08-10-2005, 07:07 AM | #9 |
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Haha - maximum respect to these guys!
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08-10-2005, 11:40 PM | #10 |
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Ya KNOW there's gonna be a movie about this...
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