In my experience, most criminals are stupid. Really stupid. Lest you think the story you posted is unique, let me tell you a real life story of criminal masterminds at work:
A fellow heard of a trailer load of silver bullion that would be delivered and stored in a yard somewhere in an industrial park in Greater Toronto. Just drive a truck into that yard, hitch up to the trailer and drive out a rich man. Value on the black market: a cool half-million. But they needed help and each new guy would get an equal share of this limitless loot. They paid off a security guard, a guy to drive the semi-tractor, a guy to steal the tractor, someone to paint the stolen vehicle, which as it turned out needed considerable repairs (and another miscreant who required a share). By the end there were a dozen involved. And the shipment was delayed - by over a year. In the meanwhile the bottom dropped out of the silver market and the best their truckload would fetch on the black market was $65,000. For a year's work. Split 12 ways. They'd have made more working part time at a fast food joint. Even better: the cops were on to them early and just sat back, rubbing their hands with glee as the ring got larger and larger. They were all arrested and pleaded out to about a year of pre-trial time served. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> Sent: December 29, 2011 12/29/11 To: [email protected] Subject: OT: A man calls 911 Someone sent this to me and I thought I'd share. http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/12/man-calls-911-to-report-hookers.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
