Dr. J. Marquardt
Eng1300
10/7/2014
653 words
What happens when someone rob the most money?
There is endless money in the bank. And people always are greedy and want to get it,even in illegal ways. So some people choosed to rob a bank. But what happened after that? Were they succeed? Were they catch? Did they have happy ending?
There are Top 10 Robberies because they robbed most money in 21st centuries. And I choose three of them as a example.
Northern Bank in Belfast,Northern Ireland 2004,Number 8
On December 20th,2004,someone went to Northern Bank in Belfast,Northern Ireland and robbed there. They were so smart that they hijacked some employees' families and asked them to work as usual. They got £26.5 million and some other currencies and ran away successfully. A large amount of money,right? Why there were so much money? There would be Christmas in three days,and people would buy a lot of things to celebrate it, so the bank put so much money in safes. So it was a excellent day for them to rob and a awful day for the bank. Because of it,it is the biggest bank robbery in Irish history. But unluckily to those robber,the bank did something to make those money useless;they use a new-look money(This way can be used in some small countries,but in countries like China and America,it will not work.) So maybe what they did is a vain thing. The bank also called police,but this robbery has not be solved yet.
( BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4480582.stm)
Sumitomo bank in London,UK 2007,Number 2
With the development in science and technology,robbers began to rob the bank at home with computers. Two hackers used a USB memory stick to install a software named "key-logger" in a computer. They got the usernames and passwords of employees who had used this computer. They tried to get $300 million with the information they got. But they made a mistake so they got no money at last. But they did not only make one mistake,they changed some cameras,even cut one. So some employees could find it and call police,and robbers were catch. They were so unlucky that they saw no money because of computer. Also because of computer,they were so lucky to get so much money that this robbery is one of famous robberies.
(BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7909595.stm)
the Banco Central in Fortaleza,Ceará,Brazil 2005,Number 6
People not only rob in some tough way,but also in some other more gentle way(still rude in fact), such as digging a tunnel which will spend more time. On Brazil,there was a thing like this. Robbers spent some months to dig it from a house someone rented. And on August 6th,they came to the bank vault and got more than $ 70 million which made it the biggest robbery in Brazil. Because it was a weekend,employees found it on Monday. (It was also a good day.) And only some of them have been arrested when there were 25 took part in this robbery. And only some of money have been regained up to now.
(BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4133388.stm and FOXNEWS http://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/12/02/brazilian-officials-arrest-3-more-in-bank-heist-probe/)
Information we can get:
1.After the robbery happened, the bank would often came up some ways to reduce loss.And no people had happy ending.Some people were catched,and as for people that haven't been catched,they have to hide all the time.
2.There are some new ways to rob like rob with computer though going to bank with some dagerous things is still a common way.
3.Robbers usually planed a lot. If not,they can be caught easily. So many robberies haven't been solved.
4.And most of them will chooes a good day. Some people will choose a day that some day before a festival so there will be much money in the bank. And some will choose a holiday so the police and employees won't find it at once.
5.According to (Natalie Jaro,http://www.toptenz.net/the-top-ten-bank-robberies-of-the-21st-century.php) The article was posted in 2009,so we can see there was no huge robbery after 2009.
