- Japanese companies had a system of giving employees bonuses at the end of the year. These were almost always in cash.
- Someone sent threatening threatening letters to the bank in the weeks leading up to the heist. The bank immediately notified employees about the threat and told them to be aware.
- While delivering 300 million yen, the bank's nondescript car (thought to be safer than an armored truck) was stopped by someone dressed as a police officer, on what appeared to be a police motorcycle.
- The "officer" told the bank employees that bombs had gone off at the bank and the bank CEO's home, and police believed delivery cars might also be targeted.
- The "officer" got under the car and yelled that he'd found a bomb. In actuality, he was just lighting a typical road flare. The bank employees, seeing smoke and flame from the flare, ran away.
- The "officer" then got in the car and drove away.
Edit: Forgot D. B. Cooper took place in 70's not the 60's.
This Japanese man flies to Turkey for facial reconstructive surgery, then recreates an identity in America as D. B. Cooper (maybe an alias of his real Japanese name).
He gets the idea to do some real crazy shit and steals more money off of a plane and disappears.
He goes back to Turkey because now he needs a new face, since his new one got compromised. From there, he goes back to Japan because he grew up there and wants to be able to use his money for whatever prompted him to carry out these heists in the first place.
DB Cooper had to get on a plane, tell them how much he wanted, land at a different airport and jump off of it into a forest. This guy just made a left.
"As of 1988, the thief has also been relieved of any civil liabilities, allowing him to tell his story without fear of legal repercussions."
I feel like that's a good sign he's dead. Unless he still feared repercussions from people outside of the law. But that seems like another easy couple million for book deals and such.
If you're smart enough not to get caught and/or spill the beans to someone you "can trust", chances are that you also don't want any type of potential trouble
There's also major social repercussions, especially in Japan. In addition to what others have said, there's a real chance they fear being socially ostracized for committing a grand theft and being silent about it for decades.
Criminal statute of limitations was 7yrs, civil limit was 20yrs, AND you cannot be charged simply for 'possession of stolen money/goods' for a time-barred offence... HOWEVER you could be charged for tax avoidance for not declaring the income/assets, and potentially money laundering or similar offences surrounding moving or using the money.
There's this awesomely adorable game series called Hungry Hearts where you work in a diner in Japan. And the newest one takes place in the 80s. You serve dishes/deliver dishes to customers and you gradually hear their stories. And one involves this exact case. I had no idea it was based off of a true story! This is so cool!
It was a bit more complicated than that.
- Japanese companies had a system of giving employees bonuses at the end of the year. These were almost always in cash.
- Someone sent threatening threatening letters to the bank in the weeks leading up to the heist. The bank immediately notified employees about the threat and told them to be aware.
- While delivering 300 million yen, the bank's nondescript car (thought to be safer than an armored truck) was stopped by someone dressed as a police officer, on what appeared to be a police motorcycle.
- The "officer" told the bank employees that bombs had gone off at the bank and the bank CEO's home, and police believed delivery cars might also be targeted.
- The "officer" got under the car and yelled that he'd found a bomb. In actuality, he was just lighting a typical road flare. The bank employees, seeing smoke and flame from the flare, ran away.
- The "officer" then got in the car and drove away.
Well I understood your comment more than the post , Thanks for the explanation buddy
Holy shit what a fucking G
Man good old days, no cameras, no videos, no nothing, if you drove away you safe
He deserved that money. Flawless plan where no one got hurt. Good for him.
Japanese D.B. Cooper
D.B. Okeya.
Okay, real conspiracy theory crafting time.
Edit: Forgot D. B. Cooper took place in 70's not the 60's.
This Japanese man flies to Turkey for facial reconstructive surgery, then recreates an identity in America as D. B. Cooper (maybe an alias of his real Japanese name).
He gets the idea to do some real crazy shit and steals more money off of a plane and disappears.
He goes back to Turkey because now he needs a new face, since his new one got compromised. From there, he goes back to Japan because he grew up there and wants to be able to use his money for whatever prompted him to carry out these heists in the first place.
He’s like an evil Forrest Gump. Every great unsolved robbery of the 2nd half of the 20th century was just this guy and his wealthy plastic surgeon
That's just Arsenic And Old Lace basically
Then he gets a job in Hollywood under the stage name Nicholas Cage
Loki season 3?
DB Cooper had to get on a plane, tell them how much he wanted, land at a different airport and jump off of it into a forest. This guy just made a left.
I love this guy.
Pretty amazing pic of someone they don’t know and was never found.
For those interested in more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery
I wonder what happened to that guy with all that money?
"As of 1988, the thief has also been relieved of any civil liabilities, allowing him to tell his story without fear of legal repercussions."
I feel like that's a good sign he's dead. Unless he still feared repercussions from people outside of the law. But that seems like another easy couple million for book deals and such.
If you're smart enough not to get caught and/or spill the beans to someone you "can trust", chances are that you also don't want any type of potential trouble
There's also major social repercussions, especially in Japan. In addition to what others have said, there's a real chance they fear being socially ostracized for committing a grand theft and being silent about it for decades.
Letting people know you have a bunch of money is never a good idea
D.B Cooper and him laughing and enjoying there riches to this day🤣🙌🏽
Criminal statute of limitations was 7yrs, civil limit was 20yrs, AND you cannot be charged simply for 'possession of stolen money/goods' for a time-barred offence... HOWEVER you could be charged for tax avoidance for not declaring the income/assets, and potentially money laundering or similar offences surrounding moving or using the money.
for anyone wondering more about it heres a video on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33KAMUrv_8g&rco=1
I love Qxir
Sounds like some GTA heist lol
There's this awesomely adorable game series called Hungry Hearts where you work in a diner in Japan. And the newest one takes place in the 80s. You serve dishes/deliver dishes to customers and you gradually hear their stories. And one involves this exact case. I had no idea it was based off of a true story! This is so cool!
Plot twist, it was done by real police officer
Do any companies still transfer cash this way?
Asking for a friend...
Most banks in my area remit cash to the central bank every day. But they're all in armored vehicles.
Yeah... my... friend... isn't particularly interested in the whole armoured vehicles and guns thing.
;-)
300 million yen is only $2M, but good for this guy!
was it $2m in 1968?
From 1949-1971 supposedly the rate was fixed at 360JPY to $1, so it would have been $833,333.33. According to Wikipedia at least.
funnily enough, a quick search reveals that its roughly 8m dollars in today's money, accounting for inflation, instead of the 2m you said originally
obviously not quite the 10m the picture claims, but also 4 times the 2m you claimed
Ah thats just the website name for 2013, ignore my ramblings hahah
And with that being 2013, sounds very close to the $10M. I just googled it too and found an exact copy of this meme that said $26M too lol
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1O6eOR6sD5mTs3qduM4WIMybvTua1ktu-X3I5fRcBpdK8GmPpgMRgDlQ&s=10
Damn bro u must b loaded if 2M USD isn't a lot in your eyes
Legend
the 300 million yen robbery was a bit more complex than that
Now we have Ubisoft
You forgot to give a source ;-)
That’s straight up gangsta,he wasn’t playing.