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Burglars steal as much as $30 million in one of L.A.'s largest cash heists ever (www.latimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Got dang! I wish I could steal 30 million dollars! It's crazy that they went in through the roof. Back when I worked construction it occurred to me how effective it would be to just sawsall my way through a roof if I ever wanted to burglarize anything. But I wasn't connected enough to know of any buildings with $30M in them.

This heist beat even the notorious Lufthansa heist, shown in the Goodfellas movie, which was the largest heist of all time for a very long time. Adjusted for inflation, that heist was worth $27.6M.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I find it kind of hilarious and ingenious that the burglars made the effort to cover the hole with plywood so as not to leave climate control traces.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

“The Big Score” - Mission Passed

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This is crazy. How do they not have multiple armed guards on site 24/7.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or heavily layered security which prevents even a small group of internal people from doing something like this (which would also prevent this kind of scenario).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This almost has to be an inside job. I can't imagine a rando would know a plain Jane looking building like that would have 30 million in it even with armored trucks parked there. Retail is so credit card heavy this must have been piling up a while.