- Saddam’s Robbery
- Being a dictator has some amazing advantages, such as being able to go to the bank and take out however much money as you want.
- Because whose gonna say no to that iron fist amirite? Saddam Hussain did just this the day before “Operation Iraqi Freedom” began. Sending his son down to the Central Bank of Iraq with a note saying “Give my daddy all the money”, tellers poured out 1 billion US dollars over 5 hours.
- Of course this wasn’t from Saddam’s personal account or anything, the bank just gave him all the money they had. Turns out over half of it ended up being stuffed in the palace walls which is an odd place to hide it considering you’re about to be invaded.
- Brink’s-MAT
- Even when a heist goes wrong it can, it can be a blessing in disguise…for the robbers I mean.
- One of the largest gold heists in UK history happened kinda by accident. In 1983 a group of criminals broke into one of the most secure warehouses in England, thinking they were taking 1 million pounds. But what they actually found was a newly arrived deposit of gold. 3 tons worth 26 million pounds.
- They had been let in by an inside man, guard Tony Black and proceeded to pour petrol on the other guards…threatening to set them alight if they caused trouble. The robbers mostly got away. Three were convicted, including Black, but the gold was never recovered.
- Antwerp Diamond Caper
- They call this one the heist of the century and it’s not hard to see why.
- Antwerp is to diamonds as what Las Vegas is to gambling, meaning that many criminals have tried to get at its sweet gem filled center. This heist too years of preparation. With ringleader Leonardo Notarbartolo renting out an office in the building and posing as a diamond merchant…For 3 years…
- Then when the day came, he and a crew of 4 broke through 10 walls of high tech security, Mission Impossible style. Making out with $100 million worth of stones. While the criminals were caught, but the diamonds were never found…
- Daredevil turns bad
- Turns out being blind does give you superpowers, including the power to pull off multiple bank robberies.
- After being released from prison in 1974, blind criminal Robert Toye decided to put some knowledge he learned in the slammer to good use. Hearing that bank tellers were instructed to compile with demands. He entered a branch and threatened the staff with a note written on a one eyed jack playing card.
- Surprisingly Toye got away with the crime and managed to rob another 17 banks using the same method. Only getting caught because he decided to go to a discount store after one of the robberies. According to Toye he gave a large sum of his loot to charities making him a kind of blind Robin Hood.
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