In 2003, Stephen Trantel lost his trading job, though he left the house “for work” every morning to keep up appearances with his wife. He couldn’t find a new gig and didn’t know what he was going to do. Then one day while sitting in his car, after being unemployed for over two months, it came to him.
“I was just sitting in my truck looking out the window. And I’m like: ‘I need money right now. What can I do where nobody’s gonna get hurt?’ I just came to this epiphany that there’s no other way. If I wanna hold on to everything, then I’ve got to steal money.”
He started “researching” how one goes about robbing a bank without getting caught and found out a few things, like that 80% of the people who rob banks are caught in their getaway car so he “took that out of the equation. Stephen decided to “focus on one bank at time,” and “observing that most blue-collar men and cops cash their cheques on a Wednesday, avoided mid-week heists.” He planned his escape route in advance and on the big day, would wear a disguise that consisted of a baseball cap, sunglasses and a fake ‘stache. He’d enter the bank, identify “the weakest” teller and despite not actually having a gun, would slip him or her a note that read, “Hey, I have a gun. No funny games. No alarm.” This worked out pretty well for a while and Stephen successfully robbed 9 banks. Until he made two big mistakes.
Mistake number one: “he carelessly left a fingerprint on a note he passed to a bank teller.” Mistake number two: he forgot about having a record.
Police checked their database and matched the print to a teenager who was arrested for drunk-driving back in 1984. The teenager was Stephen.
So! What have we learned today? If there’s a record of your fingerprints anywhere, you’d best take extra precautions when robbing a bank. If you were arrested at Preakness ten years ago but it was expunged, you can rob banks worry-free.
My Banker Husband Was Actually A Bank Robber [Mirror via BI]
60k what a waste of time, now doing time.
60k what a waste of time, now doing time.
60k what a waste of time, now doing time.
60k what a waste of time, now doing time.
At least he went to church regularly.
Not a trader, but doesn’t FINRA also take your prints?
No, but a DUI is a prerequisite so I suppose you’re technically correct.
employed British trader kills a guy and gets off, unemployed trader gets time for crimes..
if you are worth your salt as a trader, well that’s the best defense.
Anyone with a securities license has their prints on file.
Britain has been hooligan-friendly since the Danes first came through.
since the hold up of the Great Train, not so much robbery
He traded oil in the pit. He used to carry a Starbucks cup after robbing a bank because he figured police wouldn’t suspect a guy walking along with a Starbucks cup in hand to be a bank robber. I think his father was/is a cop. This is sort of old news and interested to see his wife wrote a book about it.
we had to be finger printed to work on the floor
we had to be finger printed to work on the floor
The note actually said “gub” not “gun”.
Wasn’t this story basically a Jim Carrey movie?
Pretty sure that those fingerprints are not accessible to the law enforcement in general.
In my office, their are not only printed, but fingered.
-J. Gundlach
I would wager that they are to the Feds, but not local police.
Bess…Wait, are you a preakness chick? But as a point of order: you couldnt have been arrested 10 years ago at preakness, the police were kicked off the infield and replaced with “local security” which consisted of fat gang members in red shirts from the neighborhood.
It was a shout-out to my friend who, along w his friends, got arrested for drunkenly wrestling each other after being yelled at by some female cop, who sprayed them with mace. I don’t know what year that happened, he’s a little older.
there’s always money in the Banana Stand.
Were they just sprayed and that was it, or were they arrested for disorderly?
-Guy who needs conclusion
sprayed and arrested.
He made the same mistake he made when trading.. he didnt account for black swan event ..
We are arrested all the time at our fund, it’s not that big of a deal.
totes-mcgotes, gotta get arrested if you get maced! (Though not necessarily in that order, which is what makes the preakness so interesting!)
SO I know what you’re thinking: should we be live blogging preakness for dealbreaker? Maybe! Hit me up,. Bess. I havent missed a year since that asian kid hopped the fence in the 13th race and tried to punch a horse in the home stretch (lol) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6roevoWFCA
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должны смотреть на это детские вечерние платья , специальные предложения