> > In my experience, most criminals are stupid. Really stupid. >
The clever ones work for banks. Or go into law. B > 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 -- 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.
