Generally the idea is that if you rob a bank, you're going to get caught sooner rather than later. It's easier to just give them the money with can, and is, easily tracked through dye packs and the like. Hell, if it's in 100s the bank reports the serial numbers and they get picked up as soon as they try to spend or deposit the cash at any legitimate business, not to mention the amount of cameras watching your every move in and out.
Whenever I hear about a bank robbery in the present, I assume the perpetrator is either incredibly stupid, or was really in it for the thrill and accepted the eventual arrest and prison sentence in advance as part of their mental calculation of whether to do it. Because of all crimes it must be the one you’re least likely to get away with, by far.
Do you mean for you, me, or any other average person? Or are we talking about someone favored by the administration occupying the White House at the time?
Which is why a lot of robbery has moved to the things that can easily be converted to cash later: jewelry, gold, hard goods.
Amusingly enough, there was a case a few years back where a jewelry store in DC got robbed buy a four man team in suits and clown masks, which caused a lot of players of a certain bank robbery simulator game to break out in a cold sweat.
Generally the idea is that if you rob a bank, you're going to get caught sooner rather than later. It's easier to just give them the money with can, and is, easily tracked through dye packs and the like. Hell, if it's in 100s the bank reports the serial numbers and they get picked up as soon as they try to spend or deposit the cash at any legitimate business, not to mention the amount of cameras watching your every move in and out.
It's risky after the fact nowadays.
Whenever I hear about a bank robbery in the present, I assume the perpetrator is either incredibly stupid, or was really in it for the thrill and accepted the eventual arrest and prison sentence in advance as part of their mental calculation of whether to do it. Because of all crimes it must be the one you’re least likely to get away with, by far.
Less likely to get away with than smuggling hard drugs into the white house?
Do you mean for you, me, or any other average person? Or are we talking about someone favored by the administration occupying the White House at the time?
Which is why a lot of robbery has moved to the things that can easily be converted to cash later: jewelry, gold, hard goods.
Amusingly enough, there was a case a few years back where a jewelry store in DC got robbed buy a four man team in suits and clown masks, which caused a lot of players of a certain bank robbery simulator game to break out in a cold sweat.