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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.

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start quizzing the brazilian members

jeez, 37 million

reading that reminded me of oceans eleven, lol

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Originally posted by may73alliance
£37m

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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!

that would be $65,843,316.86

$65,978,459.08 USD
United States Dollar

702,207,615.38 MXN
Mexico Pesos

€53,467,817.59 EUR
Euro

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Originally posted by Absorbation
that would be $65,843,316.86

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hmm what did you use?

i was using www.xe.com

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Originally posted by qgroessl

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Originally posted by may73alliance
£37m

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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!

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http://www.xe.com/ucc use it and remember it.


i'd love to see the tunnels =p

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