35 Eye-Opening Facts About Bank Robberies and the People Behind Them

In 2011, Bank of America hired three intelligence firms to dismantle Wikileaks, instructed by the Department of Justice. Anonymous then proceeded to hack these intelligence firms in response.

27. In 2002, Boston orthopedist David Arndt, while performing complicated spinal surgery, walked out on his patient, who was lying on the operating table, anesthetized and sliced open, just so that he could go cash his paycheck before the bank closed.

28. In 2013, in Virginia's Fairfax County, a 26-year-old named Joshua Brady pretending to be a CIA agent convinced people to try to rob banks to test the security of Washington-area banks.

29. Dick Fuld, the former CEO of Lehman Brothers, got punched in the face and knocked out cold in the Lehman Brothers gym, the same night the bank announced its bankruptcy.

30. Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar had more illegal money than they could deposit in the banks, storing it in warehouses. He annually wrote off 10% of the stored money as ‘spoilage’ when rats crept in at night and nibbled on the hundred dollar bills.

An old man (made up name Carlos Hector Flomenbaum) gained the trust of ABN Amro bank in Antwerp's diamond district (Belgium) by bringing the workers chocolate. He was given VIP access to the bank vault and in 2007, stole $28 million worth of diamonds.

32. Carl Gugasian, dubbed the "Friday Night Bank Robber", was the most prolific bank robber in U.S. history. A doctoral student and a third-degree black belt, he robbed over 50 banks in a 30-year span and was known to be extremely meticulous in his methods.

33. Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd, a Great Depression-era gangster and notorious bank robber, endeared himself to the public by destroying mortgage papers at the banks he robbed, freeing many from their debts.

34. A 20-year-old named Theodore J. Conrad obsessed with a movie about a heist stole $215,000 from the bank he worked for and disappeared. His whereabouts are still unknown.

35. At the age of 14, Tom Anderson (also known as MySpace Tom) cracked the security of Chase Manhattan Bank and caused one of the biggest FBI raids in California history, but wasn't arrested due to his young age.