Bank teller who vanished with $215,000 in stolen cash 52 years ago is finally tracked down to a Boston suburb - but he's dead: Made off with equivalent of $1.7m, became a golf pro and sold luxury cars before dying of cancer

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[Rastus]

This is the alternate ending to the one where Dick York was the bank teller who could read minds.

[Jim W N]

He steals $1.7 million in today’s money in 1969.

He goes bankrupt in 2014, 45 years later.

He dies in May 2021 at the age of 71.

They figure out who he is in November 2021.

Looks like he pulled it off but blew the money somehow.

[outpostinmass2]

He was a golf pro for 50 years. He essentially retired in 1970.

[b4me]

likely have to pay the bill with God

[Jim W N]

Look at this guy. Happy Go Lucky.

Would you buy a luxury car from him?

[CIB-173RDABN]

Easier way to steal money.

Start up a “green company”. Apply for government backed loans. Pay all the top guys tons of money. When it comes time to deliver, go bankrupt.

Repeat as needed.

[farming pharmer]

Keeping your mouth shut is a big part of getting away with things.

^^^^THAT!!!

[alexander_busek]

Looks like he pulled it off but blew the money somehow.

He spent most of it on wild women, race horses, and blow.

The rest, he just wasted.

Regards,

[Celtic Conservative]

As a corrections officer I was in the unique position of being able to read prisoner case files at my own discretion.The number of people who would’ve gotten away with their crimes if they had only shut their mouths is rather high.

CC

[outpostinmass2]

US Marshals found him. The FBI only hunts down stolen diaries.

[Fury]

Got away with it by never contacting his family.

That’s sad that he would give up on his family like that and abandon them.

[SamAdams76]

Keeping your mouth shut is a big part of getting away with things.

That is very true. So many crimes are uncovered because people blabbed.

[SamAdams76]

Looks like he pulled it off but blew the money somehow.

Well, wouldn't that be the purpose?

He made it last for 50 years which is better than how most people make out who come into a windfall.

[Vaduz]

Might be what he wanted to run away from??.

[proud2beconservativeinNJ]

Easier way to steal money. Start up a “green company”. Apply for government backed loans. Pay all the top guys tons of money. When it comes time to deliver, go bankrupt. Repeat as needed.

So true!

We have political crooks sucking our country dry!

[Robert DeLong]

But being able to change his name played a big part also.

[arthurus]

Nowadays lots of criminals give themselves away by bragging on Facebook.

[plain talk]

He made $1.7M last 45 years. Of course he had other income. But still - not bad. A million or even two million ain’t what it used to be.

[Revel]

This article and the other one are very slack on details about how he was caught. The exact order of the events. I assume that the only reason that authorities decided to check him out was because of his confession. That somehow his confession was leaked. If that is the case then the authorities did not catch him at all. They only confirmed. Nothing more. Yet these articles attempt to paint a different picture.

[Roccus]

Bernie Getz.