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12-08-2009, 09:48 PM
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Brazil thieves tunnel to money transport firm, steal nearly $6M while nation watches
SAO PAULO, Brazil - Thieves who spent months tunneling from a rented house to an armoured car company made off with nearly $6 million over the weekend as season-ending football matches virtually paralyzed the nation, Brazilian authorities said Monday.
The heist was discovered Sunday evening - after the games ended. Officers followed the tunnel from the company's safe some 110 yards (100 metres) underground to a house, Sao Paulo police said in a statement.
Police said the home, abandoned when they arrived, had been occupied for about four months. Its former occupants are considered suspects, but there were no immediate arrests.
Officials with the armoured car company - Transnacional Transporte de Valores e Seguranca Patrimonial Ltda - told officers 10 million reals ($5.9 million) were missing, according to the statement.
Globo TV's G1 Web site reported that electricity was cut off to the company's office and some security cameras were not on when the theft happened, but authorities did not immediately confirm that.
The heist occurred on the last weekend of the football season, when the league championship and relegation matches had people nationwide glued to their televisions.
A security guard at the building heard a loud noise at about 5 p.m. Sunday, but figured it was from fireworks that sports fans had been setting off throughout the afternoon, O Estado de S. Paulo reported.
The newspaper said thieves left behind sacks of coins in the tunnel, and police found bags of dirt in the house - presumably from the excavation.
Firefighters who inspected the tunnel Monday said it was about a yard (meter) high and a yard (meter) wide and contained maps and tools, G1 reported.
Two years ago, thieves used dynamite to blow up a safe and steal nearly $10 million from the office of another money transport company in Sao Paulo, South America's largest city and Brazil's hub of finance and commerce.
In 2005, about 10 suspects tunneled under a city street and stole more than $70 million in cash from central bank branch in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. It was the world's biggest heist ever until more than $90 million was taken from a security warehouse in London a year later.
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/091207/K120706AU.html
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12-08-2009, 09:53 PM
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Lomac owned my ass at least once
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ahah nicely done.
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12-08-2009, 10:49 PM
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That's a terrible title. Steal $6M while the nation watches implies a completely different story. I was expecting a slicker heist.
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12-08-2009, 11:00 PM
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saw something similar to this on crimeTV but it was in the states. pretty slick plan though good timing
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12-08-2009, 11:30 PM
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Originally Posted by wahyinghung
Two years ago, thieves used dynamite to blow up a safe and steal nearly $10 million from the office of another money transport company in Sao Paulo, South America's largest city and Brazil's hub of finance and commerce.
In 2005, about 10 suspects tunneled under a city street and stole more than $70 million in cash from central bank branch in the northeastern city of Fortaleza. It was the world's biggest heist ever until more than $90 million was taken from a security warehouse in London a year later.
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sounds like these similar cases were done better since it was quicker + more cash 
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12-08-2009, 11:51 PM
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now they got it made 
i think the police should look for whoever buys a new ferrari in the next few months LOL
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12-09-2009, 12:00 AM
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Check out this story of $100M worth of diamonds and other valuables being stolen...
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/ma...04/ff_diamonds
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12-09-2009, 06:33 AM
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who else thinks this will make a preety good movie? hell i wouldent be suprised if its COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU!
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12-09-2009, 08:43 AM
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who else thinks this will make a preety good movie? hell i wouldent be suprised if its COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU!
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+1
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12-09-2009, 01:18 PM
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Police better watch out around noon, on February 28, 2010 then!
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12-09-2009, 01:33 PM
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I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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wow, such genius
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12-10-2009, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Vansterdam
who else thinks this will make a preety good movie? hell i wouldent be suprised if its COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU!
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12-10-2009, 03:54 AM
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Hypa owned my ass at least once
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lol kinda sounds like the plot to armored even though i haven't watched it yet
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12-10-2009, 05:43 PM
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Quote:
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who else thinks this will make a preety good movie? hell i wouldent be suprised if its COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU!
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they made one. The Bank job.
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12-10-2009, 06:04 PM
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damn misleading title..... i thot the nation watched them steal the money....
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