#4 Baghdad Bank Robbery
12th July 2007- Baghdad, Iraq: $282 million
One day the employees of the Dar Es Salaam bank reported for duty and found that the doors were unlocked, the vault was open and all the money was gone.
It is believed that that was the work of three guards who worked at the bank, and who managed to steal $282 million.
That’s more money than the entire economies of some small countries. No one knows why the bank had such a large amount of cash on hand, but it was all in US currency.
It is suspected that the guards had the assistance of militias, to avoid detection at security checkpoints around Baghdad, as having a lazy $282 million in the boot of your car might raise suspicions.
No one has been brought to justice for this brazen crime and none of the money has been recovered.
