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  2. Bank robbery - Wikipedia

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    Bank robbery is the criminal act of stealing from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence. This refers to robbery of a bank branch or teller , as opposed to other bank-owned property, such as a train , armored car , or (historically) stagecoach .

  3. Evil Genius (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Release. May 11, 2018. ( 2018-05-11) Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist is a 2018 true crime documentary series about the death of Brian Wells, [1] a high-profile 2003 incident often referred to as the "collar bomb" or "pizza bomber" case. [2] [3] It was released on Netflix as a four-part series on May 11, 2018.

  4. Death of Brian Wells - Wikipedia

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    On August 28, 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells robbed a PNC Bank near his hometown of Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Upon being apprehended by police, Wells died when an explosive collar locked to his neck detonated. The FBI investigation into his death uncovered a complex plot described as "one of the most complicated and ...

  5. List of bank robbers and robberies - Wikipedia

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    Ronald Ryan. Andrew George Scott (Captain Moonlite) Squizzy Taylor. Robberies. Bank of Australia robbery, 1828, £14,000 in promissory notes and coins. 1984 Sydney bank robbery and hostage crisis. Great Bookie robbery. Nelson robbery. Perth Mint Swindle.

  6. Father's Day Bank Massacre - Wikipedia

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    Not guilty. The Father's Day Bank Massacre was a bank robbery and shooting that took place on Sunday, June 16, 1991, at the United Bank Tower (now the Wells Fargo Center) in Denver, Colorado, United States. The perpetrator killed four unarmed bank guards and held up six tellers in the bank's cash vault. An estimated $200,000 was stolen from the ...

  7. North Hollywood shootout - Wikipedia

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    Robbery. The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, [2] was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997. Both robbers were killed, twelve police officers ...

  8. Theodore John Conrad - Wikipedia

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    Theodore John Conrad (July 10, 1949 – May 18, 2021) was an American bank teller who stole $215,000 (equivalent to $1.79 million in 2023) in cash from the vault of a Cleveland bank in July 1969. He was never apprehended or convicted, but he privately admitted to the crime on his deathbed.

  9. United California Bank burglary - Wikipedia

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    The United California Bank burglary took place on 24 March 1972, when the safe deposit vault at United California Bank in Laguna Niguel, California, was broken into and $9 million ($66 million adjusted for inflation) in cash and valuables were looted by professional burglars led by Amil Dinsio. [1]