Submitted by Lagavulin16_neat t3_ya4qel in todayilearned
Would be awesome if they also sold the dirt.
Omg you're right
vanloads?
Did they get away with it?
The 2005 Banco Central burglary in Fortaleza, Brazil, was once recognised by Guinness Book of World Records as the world's greatest bank robbery.
To pull it off, a 25-member gang set up a fake landscaping business. They spent three months digging a 256-foot tunnel that led up through the bank's vault floor.
Once inside, they stole several containers that held 160 million Brazilian reals. Only eight people were arrested, and just 20 million real was recovered.
If we're hearing about it, the chances are, probably not.
Gimme a number and lemme see what I can do, I got a family of ants already interested in this mound - Dirt Salesman
It was a 2.3 ft square 264 ft long tunnel. Prisoners of war have done that shit without real tools. And it doesn’t cost $71.6 mil to rent a small building.
There's a documentary about that in Netflix.
The title in English is a bit misleading, as it makes it sound that there's one building of the Central Bank of Brazil but in fact it has many branches in many cities; that one was in Fortaleza. It's kind of like the US Federal Reserve.
By the way the original title is "3 Tonelada$" ("3 Tonne$"), in reference to how much the money weighted.
As you can see in the Netflix documentary (see my other comment) the tunnel was pretty narrow and excavated by hand. It wasn't like in that Top Secret scene.
El Chapo
I got a better idea. First we get a job working at the bank. Doesn't matter the position as long as we get in there. Then we just go in there for twenty, thirty years, and gain their trust while they deposit the money.
You're a government contractor, aren't you? Must be if you're quoting number like that.
*sound of Redditors getting out tape measures to see if they'd fit in there*
70% of the 25 men got away with it. The others who were caught never said a word about the other guys. Legends
You know a better way to move dirt? And if you don't carry a passenger, you can use that space too!
It's like the YouTube video of people carrying a ladder and getting in to random places. The biggest secret is to look and act like you belong.
like a van van, like a family minivan with the sliding door?
If they named the landscaping company “the red headed leaves” it would have been the perfect nod to the Sherlock Holmes story
Nice to see Brazilians can mind their own business... RIGHT BRITTANY?!
Mofo, that's called a job!
If the neighbors see you? Just smile and wave, boys.
Yes you dont know much lol
Nah legitimate landscaping companies lol
What the rest of the world calls "Van" America calls "pickup truck" if that makes things any clearer for you
A little flick about this:
the rest of the world calls pickup trucks, vans?
Is this the same story from the duolingo podcast?
/r/actlikeyoubelong
It's the long con.
They got Charles Bronson to do most of the heavy digging.
Add a white work van and you have the whole package.
And ya'll think Colin Furze is just a YouTuber. He's basically just doing educational videos for criminals.
For reals?!
This is the 'Great Escape' sequel I never knew I wanted
Well that's where the embezzlement comes in.
Sherlock Holmes and The Red Headed League shit fr
8 people were caught of 25 and they recovered 1/8 of the stolen cash.
this thread has more vans than a 90s skate park
No, 160 million reals
They only knew each other by colour. Can’t snitch on a colour unless Mr Orange convinces you to tell him your name
2 blocks in Brazil = 256?
Wait is that vans the shoes or vans the trucks?
And they call vans semis.
Nice one Mr blue
People usually don’t mean minivan when they say van in this context. They typically mean a work/utility van like a Ford Econoline or Chevy Express, or a full cargo van like a Ford Transit.
I don’t know about that other comment, I don’t think I’ve ever heard a pickup truck (a light-duty truck with an open bed) called a van.
For like an extra 10,000 on top of the 80 million? Why bother?
Police reported that they only recovered 1/8 of the stolen cash.
That was the plot of Short Circuit 2. The bad guys were tricking Jonny 5 into digging an tunnel into a nearby bank, by pretending they were friends and were helping.
More of less like the Carrero Blanco car bombing: Spanish prime minister took always the same path at the same time. Terrorists rented a house, they digged and put a bomb in the middle of the street and this way Spain had its first astronaut.
Lmaoo A+
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This baby has so many vans in it, which in turn can fit so much dirt in them
Im surprised they had the Capitol for equipment and whatever space they were using im assuming was in a city had no one looking after it? Like was there an empty investment property next door or did they rent it and start going to town
Either way respect for the hustle
They may have needed some cash to keep the operation going before the big payday.
No, we don't. A van is a fully enclosed vehicle almost anywhere, never with a tray.
Good dirt can be very valuable to construction sites.
The world's cheapest and smallest disguise is a white rag in the back pocket of your pants.
Unlike a friend of mine whose grandfather, Adolf Maffie, was one of the guys that was involved in this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Brink%27s_Robbery
No, it was A bank job.
Such a shame they only managed to recover 1/10th of the cash
And after. You don’t want to go spending right after, if you’re not laundering the money…which you obviously should.
Nah, to really do it right, the dirt should have been used for some second major heist, this one requiring a large amount of dirt. For example, maybe constructing a large earthen ramp against a prison yard wall, in an elaborate attempt at freeing a partner of theirs.
And make a point of doing landscaping right near major banks and government buildings! So the police are always watching, befuddled as they try in vain to figure out what dastardly plot you're running.
It was.
Watching Colin Furze is like watching the real-time development of a supervillain. Like, imagine the 15 minutes of a movie that documents the life story of a supervillain, and expand that into a multi-year YouTube channel. That's Colin Furze.
Ocean’s 11 vibes. Or 12 or 13, you know one of those movies.
What movie is this from? I recognize it.
from key and peele skit
Thats how you launder it. You legit sell the dirt. But report it to the IRS as a cash sale of 80 million. Bam. Free and clear, baby.
You laugh, but I’m literally in the market for a large pile of nice dirt.
Classic Brittany.
Thanks!
>Thanks!
You're welcome!
I was just thinking how that would make a great movie! Thanks!
Here for this. First thing I thought of as well.
That was my first question!
Best I can do is a few rocks for that pile of dirt
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I've used the "act like you belong" strategy many, many times throughout life to get into places I shouldn't have. Act like you belong, walk at a good pace, don't look around like you're figuring out where to go, and keep going in the right direction.
Here's a link to the video
So the guys who didn't get caught made sure the ones who were caught were compensated. Gotcha.
I mean, it could be worse, at least they got that 1/12 of the cash!
Okay so open another laundry business so they can launder money there and neighbours would assume it is business related.
Free and clear for a very short period of time. As always read the fine print.,
I never realized how true this was... at my work there are constantly new contractors roaming around that I wouldn't think twice about
Well it was more clearly explained in this article here
Who moves dirt in a van?
Or that old movie with the Rat Pack where they are all former military
Brazil is corrupt for sure
People vastly underestimate the value of fill dirt.
Yea but your opening up a trail of people to do business with who have seen your face.
I have some dirt if you want it.
That's the one. Kinne is hilarious IMO.
A team? With Mr. T
Act like you belong and you will belong.
Hell, you let the competition out.
The backstop on this heist is even better. The mastermind had escaped from prison and spent like 9 months orchestrating this plan. The group was never caught!
Andy Dufresne says hello
Short Circuit 2
Cleaner the better. Even bigger market for materials that compact to certain psi
Damn, I googled the dates to see if The Room was made after that. No dice, 2003.
To pay for the thing before they get the money? Also it would be a hell lot cleaner money than the bank money. They didn't exactly want to use that money when they went to go grocery shopping.
The_Skippy73 t1_it95v4e wrote
And it was business related !