Saturday, December 17, 2016

"Legendary Jewel Thief" caught in Atlanta

I'm not sure how one goes about being labeled a "legendary jewel thief" but according to this article in the Guardian, Doris Payne was one.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

FBI closes DB Cooper investigation

The FBI has announced that it is closing the 45 year old investigation into the DB Cooper hijacking.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Hatton Garden sentences

The BBC has an article about the sentences in the Hatton Garden heist.  Roughly seven years each though given the ages of the robbers that is probably a large chunk of their remaining lives.  Around a third of the stolen fourteen million pounds has been recovered.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

More meta

Another meta post in the followup to Hatton Garden, this time from the Daily Beast.

Friday, February 26, 2016

The Future of Heists

The Telegraph has an article about the future of heists in the wake of the Hatton Garden heist.

Sunday, January 31, 2016

Caught rigging the lottery

BGR.com have an article about an insider who fixed the Multi-State Lottery.  The interesting part from our point of view is how he got caught.

In 2012, lottery officials in Iowa grew suspicious when a New York lawyer “representing a newly created trust” withdrew a claim for a $16.5 million jackpot after being asked to reveal who had initially purchased the ticket. Curious as to who in their right mind would turn down $16.5 million, video of the winning ticket purchase was eventually released to the public.