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
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.
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