Boring thieves had tunnel visions (2009)

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/dec/27/local/la-me-then27-2009dec27

by smacktoward • 9 years ago

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jfoutz• 9 years ago

That headline is amazing. The article is interesting. The headline is just a jewel. I suppose someone might be tempted to call it clickbait, but it's in no way misleading. it's just a spectacular title.

emmelaich2• 9 years ago

You might like "The World's Biggest Diamond Heist" from the same year (2009).

https://www.wired.com/2009/03/ff-diamonds-2/

CamTin• 9 years ago

That's a decidedly less interesting headline.

casi• 9 years ago

“Headless Body in Topless Bar” quality

KineticLensman• 9 years ago

The British politician Michael Foot was involved with nuclear disarmament, for which the headline "Foot heads arms body" was proposed [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foot

peterburkimsher• 9 years ago

"no tunnel bank jobs have been pulled in the L.A. area since" - but there was one foiled last month in Brazil.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/04/brazil-bank-ro...

skhro87• 9 years ago

2013 Berlin http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2264567/Robbers-tunn...

leggomylibro• 9 years ago

Fans of The Red-headed Leauge, I guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red-Headed_League

emmelaich2• 9 years ago

Quite possibly with the Spaulding reference!

codefreq• 9 years ago

Something similar happend in India this month itself! http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/how-shop-used...

stretchwithme• 9 years ago

There were tunnel bank robberies like these in the Black Echo, the first Bosch novel.

Not the first underground break ins. I think there's one in a Sherlock Holmes story. But seems like banks could just monitor vibrations to prevent this attack.

mbrumlow• 9 years ago

Black Echo was based off the heist described in the article. It was also mentioned in the article.

tryingagainbro• 9 years ago

Not doable today, I think they use seismic sensors.

But then Elon Musk musk know something I don't... https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/29/16567088/elon-musk-the-b...

(a joke, OK? I know Tesla has enough money--for a few more quarters)

zkms• 9 years ago

Not doable today, I think they use seismic sensors.

Those are circumventable. Trigger the seismic sensors (before making access to the vault) a bunch of times until the alarm gets ignored or the sensors get temporarily disabled.

trowaybloway• 9 years ago

So how do you know when it's ignored?

dannylandau• 9 years ago

I love stories like this, keep them coming!

e9• 9 years ago

great read, but reading title I thought it had something to do with Elon Musk's Borking company and it's tunnels lol

thomasfortes• 9 years ago

The biggest brazilian heist was also made using tunnels, but they got away with a lot more money than those guys and most of the criminals involved were never captured.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Central_burglary_at_Fort...

mnai• 9 years ago

Recalled me of "The Bank Job" movie, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job

Boring thieves had tunnel visions (2009)

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