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Sometimes you just have to admire the ingenuity of thieves...
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Clinically Insane
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Sep 24, 2010, 12:36 PM
 
Robbers clean up with vacuum | The Sun |News

This gave me a good chuckle. I'm sorry the money was stolen, but the way they stole it was pretty funny and clever.
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Sep 24, 2010, 12:59 PM
 
Yes, but doing something like that fifteen times in a row is incredibly, unfathomably stupid.
     
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Sep 24, 2010, 01:03 PM
 
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
Yes, but doing something like that fifteen times in a row is incredibly, unfathomably stupid.
You'd think the same of 8, 9, or 10 times, but somehow these ****ers are still out and active.
     
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Sep 24, 2010, 02:07 PM
 
15 times since 2006. There's no way the store chain would absorb that without fixing their security, unless their insurance covers it all.

Maybe insurance laws do not allow the insurer to drop them, so they're ignoring demands to upgrade security. It'll get fixed when the policy expires. That's the only angle I'm coming up with.
     
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Sep 24, 2010, 04:28 PM
 
The housewife bandits, I expect the money to be laundered next.
     
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Sep 24, 2010, 05:06 PM
 
I smell hollywood movie.

The housewife bandits.
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Sep 24, 2010, 06:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by boy8cookie View Post
the housewife bandits, i expect the money to be laundered next.
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Sep 24, 2010, 07:00 PM
 
Publicity stunt. aka inside jobs. If it is, then I’m sure that the robbers get a portion of the money, and then the rest goes back to the company. clever kinda.
     
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Sep 24, 2010, 07:54 PM
 
I remember a while ago there was a bank bragging about its new, impenetrable vault. It touted such features like 3 foot steel walls, floors, and one of the most complex vault doors.

So some robbers packed TNT on the roof, covered it with sandbags to direct the blast downward, and blew a giant hole in the concrete vault ceiling. They made off with over $10 million in a single go. I can't remember if they were caught.

It's like those stupid companies bragging about their encryption being uncrackable, until 3 days later someone releases a crack.
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