Thread: Bank Security Van Guard On Run With £10m

Pretty neat.

^^^
So our hero has got about 24 hours to exchange the cash for another currency before the serial numbers get flagged as stolen.
Easy with 750k USD but 10 million euro is a different kettle of fish

He's fucked then.

But only for three years, then it's happy days!

As slick as this little caper was, I doubt that he executed it without having given thought as to how he could securely convert his ill-gotten gains into spendable loot.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

^^^
So our hero has got about 24 hours to exchange the cash for another currency before the serial numbers get flagged as stolen.
Easy with 750k USD but 10 million euro is a different kettle of fish

Exactly - it is indeed a little bit more than a local bank could exchange over the counter !


Just thought I would tell you how it worked in Taipei !

Sad to see so many people on this forum happy to promote crimes.

There's different types of crime.

This is a good one.

^ OK, then if the cashier at your bar steels 150,000 bahts from you it's a good crime ?

No harm, no gun, then it's good eh ?

Learn something new everyday.
Euro notes are not numbered consecutively.

Unlike euro coins, euro notes do not have a national side indicating which country issued them (which is not necessarily where they were printed). This information is instead encoded within the first character of each note's serial number.

The first character of the serial number is a letter which uniquely identifies the country that issues the note. The remaining 13 characters are numbers which, when added up and the digits of the resulting sum then added together again until a single digit remains, give a checksum also particular to that country. Because of the arithmetic of the check-sum, consecutively-issued banknotes are not numbered sequentially, but rather, "consecutive" banknotes are 9 digits apart.

and to make it even more interesting the checksum is calculated like this

Each note has a unique serial number. The serial number contains a check digit (last digit) between 1 and 9, that fulfills the following criterion: if the initial letter is replaced by its position in the alphabet (that is L is 12, M is 13,..., Z is 26), the remainder from division of the resulting number by 9 is 8. The remainder from division by 9 can easily be found by repeatedly adding up parts of the number.

For example: Z10708476264 gives 2610708476264. The remainder from division by 9 can be found by: 26 + 1 + 0 + 7 + 0 + 8 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 4 = 71 , 7 + 1 = 8

By replacing the initial letter by a different system, you will get different required remainders. For instance, when replacing the letter by its ASCII value, the remainder will be 0, meaning the resulting number will be divisible by 9 (see Divisibility rule; in this case, the repeated addition will result in 9).

Another example: Z10708476264: the ASCII code for Z is 90, so the resulting number is 9010708476264. The addition of all digits gives 54; 5+4 = 9 - so the number is divisible by 9, or 9010708476264 modulo 9 is 0.

Originally Posted by Wallalai

if the cashier at your bar steels 150,000 bahts from you it's a good crime?

If you're stealing from a person (like the owner) that's a bad crime.

If you're stealing from a bank, that's a good one. As long as nobody is hurt, it's perfectly fine, I reckon.

It's only fair to spread the wealth a little bit.

Anyway, this money belonged to nobody. They'd just printed it. They can print some more.

You only get one shot at life & you may as well do it with ten million in a suitcase, than not.

Originally Posted by Thetyim

Learn something new everyday. Euro notes are not numbered consecutively. Unlike euro coins, euro notes do not have a national side indicating which country issued them (which is not necessarily where they were printed). This information is instead encoded within the first character of each note's serial number. The first character of the serial number is a letter which uniquely identifies the country that issues the note. The remaining 13 characters are numbers which, when added up and the digits of the resulting sum then added together again until a single digit remains, give a checksum also particular to that country. Because of the arithmetic of the check-sum, consecutively-issued banknotes are not numbered sequentially, but rather, "consecutive" banknotes are 9 digits apart. and to make it even more interesting the checksum is calculated like this Each note has a unique serial number. The serial number contains a check digit (last digit) between 1 and 9, that fulfills the following criterion: if the initial letter is replaced by its position in the alphabet (that is L is 12, M is 13,..., Z is 26), the remainder from division of the resulting number by 9 is 8. The remainder from division by 9 can easily be found by repeatedly adding up parts of the number. For example: Z10708476264 gives 2610708476264. The remainder from division by 9 can be found by: 26 + 1 + 0 + 7 + 0 + 8 + 4 + 7 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 4 = 71 , 7 + 1 = 8 By replacing the initial letter by a different system, you will get different required remainders. For instance, when replacing the letter by its ASCII value, the remainder will be 0, meaning the resulting number will be divisible by 9 (see Divisibility rule; in this case, the repeated addition will result in 9). Another example: Z10708476264: the ASCII code for Z is 90, so the resulting number is 9010708476264. The addition of all digits gives 54; 5+4 = 9 - so the number is divisible by 9, or 9010708476264 modulo 9 is 0.

Is this good or bad news for him then?

It is nice of them informing him much he got away with.
Just imagine counting all those bills.

He won't know what bad news is unless they catch him.

I hope they're not trying to trick him by saying he'll only get three years.

The best thing he can do is get to Cambodia ASAP, or to another non-extraditional country. Only 3 years, man I'm moving to France!

Wonder if he has been in contact with Ronnie Biggs across the channel of late.

Good on him.....run frenchy run

Originally Posted by Thetyim

So our hero has got about 24 hours to exchange the cash for another currency before the serial numbers get flagged as stolen. Easy with 750k USD but 10 million euro is a different kettle of fish

he is within the euro zone , so he has a few countries to play in.
hopefully his plan stays as well thought out as it has been so far

Originally Posted by baldrick

he is within the euro zone , so he has a few countries to play in.

Yeh, but he really needs to get out of Europe and stay out of any countries with extradition treaties with France.

What he really should do is hit the middle East changing as much as he can on his way through to China and then on to Japan. Though I guess he should also think about crossing as few international borders to get to his desired destination as I guess he has to make any international travel on a false passport now. I presume the French authorities would have canceled his passport, can they/would they do that?

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Is this good or bad news for him then?

Bad news for him.
Anyone trying to change a decent wedge will be caught as the serial numbers have been flagged.
He will be OK buying fags, beer and groceries for the rest of his life.
He will need professional help to launder any large amounts.
He should end up with 6 million euro.