Huge Brazilian Bank Robbery! 67 Million $$$

[bryanthompson]

A friend of mine is spending a semester in Brazil and he sent me this article: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=atj5PS2.KTiw&refer=latin_america

The 4-meter deep tunnel ran 80 meters (263 feet) under the floor of the bank's concrete, steel-reinforced vault, the federal police said in a statement today. After intruders got into the 500-square meter room over the weekend, they broke into five boxes of bills the bank's circulation group was inspecting for wear and possible replacement, a bank statement said.

``There has to be very clever and detailed preparation to rob a central bank,'' said John Shockey, a retired special assistant with the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency who probed more than 500 shell banks and led prosecutions of financial crimes. ``You're looking at a block and a half of tunneling.''

[URY914]

In US $$$ it's worth about $1.98.