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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -29/+6910 greatest robberies? Let's see -- the 2000 election, the 2004 election....
- Alfyx, on 11/07/2008, -7/+45"Approximately $650 million was later found hidden in walls in Saddam Hussein's palace by US troops. The remaining money is currently unaccounted for."
I wonder how many bills the soldiers were able to stuff under their kevlar. - justice7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27The best heists are the ones we dont know about.
- Moria, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21$350,000,000, obviously.
- ollj, on 10/12/2007, -4/+20Inaccurate, and biased, because the greatest robbery of all time is called income-tax.
- Diggtatorship, on 10/12/2007, -18/+32What about when Danny Ocean hit The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand? ;)
- pathy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10It goes by amounts, Cooper only took $200,000.
- Clive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You wanna knock over a casino?(raises three fingers)
- joebrodie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7D.B. might have been the coolest heist, but it looks like the blogger was going for "most money stolen".
But I am with you on that one. That is why I watch Prison Break! - harumph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7what about the nearly 9 billion in cash missing from the coalition provisional authority in iraq right now?
- anonym41414, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Density. A billion dollars worth of the ludicrously depressed pre-war Iraqi dinar would have taken up so much space it would have been impossible to transport or store easily.
- Battlecry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If not using an electronic transaction, most countries (used to) use US dollars for large cash transactions, it spends easier and is accepted world-wide.
- musicmantrs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What about the A-Team knocking over the bank of Henoy?
- xajez, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm surprised that this article doesn't mention Stanley Mark Rifkin, who in 1978 stole $10,200,000 from Security Pacific Bank using codes to telegraph funds to other banks and a phone. I remember reading about it in Kevin Mitnick's book "The Art of Deception", a good read if you're interested in social engineering (and how to prevent it).
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzing!
You get a plus for humor. - 60days, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Actually I believe most of the top ten should be from Iraq:
"The CPA reportedly distributed funds to contractors in bags off the back of a truck. In one notorious incident in April 2004, $1.5 billion in cash that had just been delivered by three Blackhawk helicopters was handed over to a courier in Erbil, in the Kurdish region, never to be seen again. Afterwards, no one was able to recall the courier’s name or provide a good description of him."
Plenty of examples: http://www.amconmag.com/2005/2005_10_24/cover.html (and probably more in the last year) - joshjoneswas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Reminds me of that movie with Ice Cube and Dirk Diggler!
- autodata, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"Diyaa Habib al-Khayoun, general manager of the state-owned al-Rafidain Bank, claims that $250 million and 18 billion now worthless Iraqi dinars were also stolen, but by professional robbers unconnected to Saddam."
That's the better robbery. Saddam was a dictator who could basically do whatever he wanted, but apparently these guys took advantage of an opportunity, developed a strategy and got $250 million as a result. Genius. - joshjoneswas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Accepted worldwide?
American Express? :) - salinemist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Is it a robbery when a dictator pulls up trucks to the state bank and just starts loading up cash?
- bobba, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Anyone else notice the extreme bias of "The Greatest Robberies of All Time" to England?
No. Four in England, three in the USA, the others in Iraq, Ireland and Brazil. Doesn't sound like extreme bias. I'm sure there are more robberies in the US to make up the numbers if it makes you feel better. How about all the land the US stole from Mexico? That must count? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, that was the old Iraqi currency. That currency is worthless now. If the soldiers stole any of it, they might as well use it for toilet paper.
- ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If they count Iraq, they should also count robberies by Germans during WW II, Russia's privatization and so on.
- tdhurst, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2The best one was...LIBERATING OURSELVES FROM ENGLISH RULE BY TOSSING THEM OUT OF OUR COUNTRY (that we stole from American Indians and the Spanish)!
***** tea! Screw you and your cool accents and obnoxious habit of adding 'u' to words! Go see a dentist! - spazmotron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The £26.5 million stolen by the IRA at Belfast's Northern Bank was rendered useless after the bank changed its notes shortly after the raid.
All that work for nothing. - WorldGroove, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Insurance-companies.... those are the biggest rip-off, evEr.
I'm still debating if being paid a straight salary is a good deal... or the 2nd biggest rip-off ever. - DiodeGravy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In 1933 President Roosevelt stole $60 BILLION in gold from all U.S. citizens.
He issued an illegal {.. outrageously unconstitutional} Presidential Order directing all private owners of gold coins, bullion, etc. to turn it in to the Federal Government in exchange for 'paper dollars'. Failure to comply was declared a felony -- even though gold ownership had always been perfectly legal & commonplace in America.
FDR forced everyone to exchange each ounce of their gold for 20.67 'paper dollars'. After stealing that gold, he quickly raised the official price of gold to 35 'paper dollars' per ounce.
Overall, FDR's administration profited about $60 Billion (..in terms of year 2006 Dollars)... U.S. citizens lost $60 Billion in that robbery.
...robbing banks is for amateurs! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Oops, you missed a dosage of your medicine again Abdul...amusing, nonetheless
- Abdifatah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0this is not rumor! I myself the Jewish and The Bush Government robb about 100 billion dollars and still making money on my life to learn more go to www.theguidedone.bravehost.com
here is what I can only do with my money now
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I am indepent un touchable, a choosen person by the lord
,that can give you a hint why they can not come around me, by they are sitting with my money, they will sure by the price, I question this Government, and they will pay it plus fine - Mome, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Let's see the top 10 rapes. That would be something worth talking about.
- Abdifatah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Theifphats, , who told you!!!! you almost got it right
you must read the story on www.theguidedone.bravehost.com
what do you know about microsom Microsom? - Abdifatah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0mome lol, why have you seen someone raping people in millions then getting away with it,, please tell us what you have seen! I told you the number 1 robbery which Happened to me, I am not lying, Go read my story and you will see it
@ www.theguidedone.bravehost.com - joshjoneswas, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Anyone else notice the extreme bias of "The Greatest Robberies of All Time" to England?
So all of the greatest robberies were in England... just so you all know. - foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Why didnt Saddam keep his money in Iraqi currency and keep it in US Dollars?
hmmmmm..... I wonder why.... - bebop717, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2If they did not steal the 2000 election, they would of never been in the running to steal the election in 2004.
- seibed, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1anonym41414 - It was his country, couldn't he have just printed a couple of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 dinar bills? he could have had all that cash in his back pocket!
- Chopper3, on 10/12/2007, -31/+12Oh come on, they only stole the 2000 election :)
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