A thief posed as a G4S security guard to fool bank staff into giving over money boxes with £150,000 inside.
The criminal walked into a Santander’s Brixton branch in a uniform kitted out with both helmet and visor, although sources claimed it wasn’t even a G4S uniform.
The man reportedly showed a fake ID and took two boxes at once, which is against regulation.
A source told a newspaper outlet that it’s being called the Noah’s Ark job because the cash boxes went out two by two.
Another source said questions had to be asked as they claimed the uniform wasn’t even a G4S one.
The criminal may have had a getaway driver waiting to rush him away from the scene in south London.
Staff at the Santander branch only became worried it was a con when the thief didn’t return to sign for the six boxes that had £25,000 each in them.
Although the money boxes have coded dyes that would soak the bank notes if anyone unauthorised accessed them, the criminal may have had inside help to get past this barrier.
Police have been questioning staff and examining CCTV of the suspect. Santander is working with the police on the matter.
This was a cunning criminal, but you’ve got to almost admire him for his arrogance, and how foolish were Santander staff because just a quick phone call to his company to check would have told them that he was a con man.
This dude just strolled into the branch with a fake ID, yet you can’t open a simple account and deposit money without an appointment, ID and your life history.
It looks like the staff were to blame for this one. They know the routine, but they didn’t observe it.
Bank staff have to do numerous checks before they even let the man into the area where they would give him the boxes, and if any one of those checks fails they call the police straight away, so how on earth did this happen?
I didn’t realise that Santander was giving money away which was a tad foolish of them seeing as there was no collection scheduled. Now that’s what you call great customer service.
Clearly, this was extremely well planned in advance, although this guy just strolled in there and took the cash straight from their hands. It does make you wonder about the level of intelligence of the staff because Santander clearly doesn’t employ the sharpest tools in the box.
Generally, money talks and BS walks. On this occasion, BS talks and money walks.
Technically he didn’t even rob the bank. The fools just gave him the cash and he just strolled out of the bank. He was brazen, to say the least, but at least nobody got hurt.
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