How Not to Rob A Bank
I would like to know what the heck these bank robbers in Ulsan were thinking?:
A pair of robbers armed with air rifles took 70 million won ($68,900) in cash and checks from an Ulsan branch of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation yesterday morning in what appears to have been an elaborate plot gone wrong.
Lee Yong-cheol, the manager of the Bonggye branch of the agricultural bank, said two men entered the bank wearing mountain-climbing hats and sunglasses. They ordered the six employees and four customers there at the time to lie face down on the floor. As one of the pair guarded the door, the other ordered a staff member to transfer 950 million won to an account at another bank in a Japanese name. The employee stalled for time, saying the branch would have to get its headquarters’ approval before transferring that large a sum.
The robbers then ordered the staff members to put all their cash into a bag they were carrying and fled.
“The whole thing took no more than three to four minutes, and we did not have time to send an alarm to the police or our security guard agency. No closed-circuit television was on at the time,” Mr. Lee said.
About 30 minutes after the robbery took place, three men were arrested in Kimhae, south of Ulsan, while attempting to withdraw money from the bank account named by the Ulsan robbers. Police are questioning them about the Ulsan incident.
The white Hyundai Accent getaway car was found about an hour after the robbery at a village 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the bank. It had been set afire.
I think it is safe to say these two are idiots.
