10 Biggest Bank Robberies of All Time
Thieves made off with billions in these daring, historic heists.
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10. The Dunbar Armored robbery
Stolen: $18.9 million
In 1997,6 men pulled off what remains the biggest cash heist in the history of the United States. The leader was Allen Pace, who turned out to be the worst "safety inspector" the Dunbar Armored trucking company ever employed.
Pace timed the security cameras at the Dunbar facility in Los Angeles so he could avoid them, and recruited five childhood friends to help him rob the vault. They broke in, assaulted two guards on their lunch breaks and loaded $18.9 million dollars into a U-Haul.
They almost got away with it — except one robber got sloppy and lent some of the stolen cash to a friend without removing the original cash straps.
9. The United California bank heist
Stolen: $30 million
In 1972, Amil Dinsio, a professional criminal from Ohio, assembled a gang of six robbers and flew them to California. They rented a town house and planned a heist on a bank where they had (mistakenly) heard President