Posted on 12/31/2025 11:58:41 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
One of the biggest bank heists in German history took place over Christmas – and no one noticed for days.
Inside the underground vault, bank robbers emptied most of the 3,300 safety deposit boxes rented to 2,700 customers for several hours.
At least 2,500 people banking with Sparkasse were affected, with officials advising customers to just assume their belongings were stolen.
Other customers questioned the bank’s security measures, noting that even Lidl and Aldi supermarkets have motion detectors.
(Excerpt) Read more at metro.co.uk ...
Such a deal.
Likely someone disabled the security systems, which tends to make it an inside job.
I noticed in the photos that there seemed to be no rebar in the concrete or concrete block walls.
Rebar would have made it a bit more difficult to cut their way in.
I saw this movie.
Indeed
Lidl and Aldi supermarkets have motion detectors.
A neighbor owns a concrete cutting and coring business.
He displays various mementos from unusual jobs, including a concrete-encased I-beam that they cut right through; he said it slows them down and needs more water for cooling.
I was not aware that folks can rent those for several hours. Thought it was more long term. 🤔👍
I’ve never dealt with bigger cheapskates than Scots.
My last company was run by them until a German one bought them and installed some even worse ones.
I heard from someone still there that some higher up one bought a fortune in new computer equipment and apparently none of it is compatible with the existing manufacturing infrastructure. To make it funnier, the guy who bought it all quit.
I’m so glad not to be there.
Another good one, it has taken 11 engineers to replace the chief engineer who left just before me. Apparently the plant manager calls it progress. The guy is grade A delusional.
He preached about things like employee education and training but I could barely get the time of day. I was the only guy in a critical job that he and most everyone would come running to when they wanted something.
emptied most of the 3,300 safety deposit boxes rented to 2,700 customers for several hours.
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So these customers had gold in their SB boxes?
Who knew? How?, etc.
Well, My Safety Deposit Box was full to the brim with a giant gold ingot, at today’s spot, is worth .....
Hawaii 5-0 - The Meighan Conspiracy.
It had Mike Brady and Eve Whitfield (Barbara Anderson).
Decent episode.
I noticed in the photos that there seemed to be no rebar in the concrete or concrete block walls.
I have an alibi.
I also have $30 million in recast gold that needs a buyer.
Holesaw, not a drill.
There was a similar job in Malden, Massachusetts, about 40 years ago. The duty lieutenant in the Malden PD was the inside man. The alarm went off, the police ignored it.
A descent alarm would have made rebar irrelevant.
You’d think that several of the boxes would be unrented and rigged to trip a separate alarm.
Any gold-toothed beavers over there?
it’s always an inside job.
Did your father or grandfather happen to serve in the 90th Infantry Division during World War II?
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