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Added on: 10th Jul 2015

 

UNITED CALIFORNIA BANK ROBBERY

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The United California Bank burglary took place on 24 March 1972,

when the safe deposit vault at United California Bank in Laguna Niguel,

California, was broken into and looted by professional burglars led by

Amil Dinsio. While the burglary itself was executed perfectly, the thieves

made the mistake of perpetrating a similar crime back in Ohio a few

months later which eventually led to their arrest.

 

 

MILLENNIUM DOME RAID

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The Millennium Dome raid was an attempted robbery of the Millennium

Dome’s diamond exhibition in Greenwich, South East London occurring

on November 7, 2000. A local gang including Lee Wenham, Raymond

Betson and William Cockram had planned to ram-raid the De Beers

diamond exhibition which was being held in the dome at the time

and then escape via the Thames in a speedboat. The attempted

robbery was foiled by the Flying Squad of the Metropolitan Police

Service, who already had the gang members under surveillance for their

suspected roles in a number of unsuccessful armoured vehicle

robberies which had taken place.

 

 

DAR ES SALAAM BANK ROBBERY

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On the morning of July 13, 2007, employees at the Dar Es Salaam Bank

in Baghdad were surprised to see that the bank had been ransacked

and completely laid bare. Three security guards made off with over

$282 million from its vaults. Following the raid officials were relatively

quiet and unwilling to answer questions so not much more is known

about the heist except that the guards must have had connections

to local militias in order to get the loot passed so many check points.

 

 

SMBC LONDON ROBBERY

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A network of offshore accounts had been prepared, passwords and

matching account details secretly intercepted. Using the stolen information,

a team of foreign hackers smuggled into the bank dispatched

payment orders to every corner of the globe. Had the international

gang succeeded in siphoning £229m out of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking

Corporation (SMBC), they would have pulled off the largest robbery in

British criminal history. The elaborate operation almost outwitted

security systems on the Swift (Society For Worldwide Interbank Financial

Telecommunication) payments mechanism. But unfortunately for the gang,

some of the electronic forms had been filled in incorrectly.

 

 

GARDNER MUSEUM ROBBERY

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In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990 – as the city was preoccupied

with Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations – a pair of thieves disguised

themselves as Boston police officers, gained entry to the Isabella Stewart

Gardner Museum, and stole thirteen works of art. The stolen artworks

have not yet been returned to the museum. However, the investigation

remains an open, active case and leads are investigated by the museum

and the FBI. An offer of a reward from the Gardner Museum of up to

$5 million for information leading to the recovery of the stolen

artwork remains open.

 

 

CITY BONDS ROBBERY

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At 9.30am on 2 May 1990, John Goddard, a 58-year-old messenger

with money broker Sheppards, was mugged at knifepoint on a quiet

side street in the City of London. Mr Goddard was taking Bank of

England Treasury bills and certificates of deposit from banks and

building societies. The bonds were in bearer form and as good as

cash to anyone holding them. The mugger escaped with 301

Treasury bills and certificates of deposit, mostly for £1 million each.

City of London police and the FBI infiltrated the gang involved in

laundering the bonds. The police recovered all but two of the

301 bonds thanks to an informant.

 

 

CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ ROBBERY

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On the day before the bombing of Iraq by coalition forces on March 19,

2003, Saddam Hussein sent his son, Qusay, to make a withdrawal from

the Central Bank of Iraq with the help of a note, thinking that he owns

the bank. The process was simple, and bank personnel consented to

the request because of fear. The 5-hour withdrawal period summed over

$100 bills that amounted to over $1 billion.

 

 

STEPHANE BREITWIESER

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Although for some time Saddam’s scheme was one of the largest

heists in history, he was toppled by a waiter named Stephane Breitwieser,

a certified art collector and now thief. although he is not known for any

single heist (ok, so direct comparisons to Saddam may not be so relevant),

ever since he began stealing paintings and other works of art in March

1995 he successfully made off with over 239 pieces from over 172 museums

worldwide, gaining a total of over $1.2 billion before being caught

in November of 2011.

 


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