Thieves Find Deceptive Way To Steal Money At Banks
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Police in Arkansas and Missouri say
someone has discovered a deceptively easy way to steal money with
the assistance of their victims.
The thieves apparently install a false box over bank night
depositories and watch while unsuspecting customers drop in cash.
Officers say the ruse has been used in Eureka Springs and Branson,
Missouri.
Eureka Springs Police Chief Early Hyatt said the customers were
bamboozled. Hyatt said security camera videotape shows two men in a
station wagon with no license plate pulling up to a bank over the
weekend, removing the box from the vehicle and approaching the
depository. He said five customers, most depositing cash from local
businesses, made drops while the crooks apparently watched from
nearby.
