By Thilak ⋅ October 3, 2008

How a Bank Robber got away using Craigslist

In a bank robbery, which sounds more like a Hollywood plot, a bank robber wearing a dust mask ripped off an armored truck and got away using unsuspecting decoys, which he employed on Craigslist. The robber walked up to an armored truck guard outside a Bank of America branch and sprayed pepper spray on the guard and ran away with bag full of money.

The robber setup dozens decoys nearby (which he recruited on Craigslist) to divert anybody who tried to follow his trail. The robber posted an ad for road maintenance project in Monroe, and offered a wage of $28.50 an hour. He instructed them to meet near the Bank of America, Monroe at 11 am on Tuesday wearing certain work clothing. Clever!

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Comments for “How a Bank Robber got away using Craigslist”

  • Thanks for sharing . This information is useful for me.
  • I'm not sure Christmas, but I think the robber would have covered up his tracks pretty well going by his expertise. Could have used an internet cafe, thus creatign a fake account, VPN tunnel or who knows. Any update if he has been caught yet?
  • Atleast they can track him down with the IP of the system using which he made classifieds on craigslist.
  • Not really sure how this worked. Sounds ingenious but how did they fool the people trying to catch him?

    You're right Wii, it reminds me of oceans 12? where the get everyone to wear top hat and carry a briefcase.

    Brilliant stuff.

    John
  • I am a little shocked, but at this point, I am not surprised that somebody did this through craigslist. That was pretty stupid as others have said that he did it online as he will probably be caught quickly. Also, I can't believe people would do a bank robbery for 28 bucks an hour, must be pretty desperate.
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