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by M73A on 08-09-2005 at 02:07 PM
quote:
Originally posted by skynews
Bankrobbers have stolen more than £37m after tunnelling into a Central Bank vault in Brazil.
It is thought the massive heist is the biggest bank robbery in the country's history.
The Central Bank vault in the city of Fortaleza, about 1,550 miles northeast of Sao Paulo, was hit over the weekend.
The thieves built a 262-foot-long tunnel from a house near the bank, digging about 13 feet below the floor of the vault.
The tunnel had wooden panels and plastic sheets lining the walls as well as electric lighting, police revealed.
Cameras and motion detectors inside the vault did not function when the thieves broke through the floor.
The theft was not even discovered until Monday morning because the bank had been closed over the weekend.
"It's something you see in the movies," investigator Francisco Queiroga said.
"They dug a tunnel ... that goes underneath two (city) blocks. They've been digging for three months."
The biggest previous bank heist in Brazil took place in 1999 when thieves got away with £7.5m from a Sao Paulo bank.
start quizzing the brazilian members
jeez, 37 million
reading that reminded me of oceans eleven, lol
by qgroessl on 08-09-2005 at 02:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by may73alliance
£37m
About how many US Dollars would that be? I'm no good with conversions... But I think that's kinda awesome (in a bad way) that they could dig a tunnel and rob the bank without anybody realizing it had been done for like 2 days!
by absorbation on 08-09-2005 at 02:11 PM
that would be $65,843,316.86
by M73A on 08-09-2005 at 02:12 PM
$65,978,459.08 USD
United States Dollar
702,207,615.38 MXN
Mexico Pesos
€53,467,817.59 EUR
Euro
quote:hmm what did you use?
Originally posted by Absorbation
that would be $65,843,316.86
i was using www.xe.com
by kao on 08-09-2005 at 02:13 PM
quote:http://www.xe.com/ucc use it and remember it.
Originally posted by qgroessl
quote:
Originally posted by may73alliance
£37m
About how many US Dollars would that be? I'm no good with conversions... But I think that's kinda awesome (in a bad way) that they could dig a tunnel and rob the bank without anybody realizing it had been done for like 2 days!
i'd love to see the tunnels =p
by kipper2258 on 08-09-2005 at 02:20 PM
It is around $70USD, pretty sweet 
Edit: *sigh* Most of you have betten me to it, an more accuratly too, I did that off the top of my head