List of bank robbers and robberies
This is a list of bank robberies , bank robbers and gangs involved in bank robberies .
Austria
Canada
China
Denmark
The first bank robbery in Denmark occurred August 18, 1913 in the bank Sparekassen for København og Omegn at Østerbro in Copenhagen . It was carried out by two men, Danish salesman Lindorff Larsen and a German machinist Güttig, armed with revolvers; the two got away with 9000 Danish kroner. Güttig was arrested August 30 and Lindorff Larsen committed suicide after having fled the police.[ 1]
Finland
France
Robbers
Robberies
Bank of France, 1986, Saint-Nazaire , $11.4 million.[ 4]
Bank of France, 1992, Toulon , 160 million francs (£30 million).[ 5]
Caisse d'Espargne bank, 1980, Paris, $11.5 million.[ 6]
Société Générale S.A , 1976[ 2] [ 3]
Georgia
Germany
Robbers
Robberies
Hungary
Robbers
India
In 1987, Labh Singh (Sukhdev Singh Sukha) allegedly masterminded[ 7] what was at that time the largest bank robbery in Indian history, netting almost 60 million (58 million rupees-US$4.5 million) from Millar Ganj branch of Punjab National Bank , Ludhiana ;[ 7] a part of this stolen money belonged to the Reserve Bank of India , India's central bank.[ 8] [ 9] It was documented as “Biggest Bank Robbery” under “Curiosities and wonders” in Limca Book of Records .[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
The Chicago Sun-Times reported that "12 to 15 Sikhs dressed as policemen and armed with submachine guns and rifles escaped with nearly $4.5 million in the biggest bank robbery in Indian history." "No one was injured." A Police spokesman described it as "a neat and clean operation".[ 9]
Khalistan Commando Force members who allegedly participated in the robbery included Harjinder Singh Jinda , Mathra Singh,[ 13] Paramjit Singh Panjwar,[ 14] Satnam Singh Bawa,[ 15] Gurnam Singh Bundala,[ 16] Sukhdev Singh Sukha , Daljit Singh Bittu ,[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] Gursharan Singh Gamma[ 17] [ 18] and Pritpal Singh.[ 20]
Israel
Japan
Robbers
Sadamichi Hirasawa (controversial conviction in bank robbery that killed 12 people by poisoning)
Robberies
294,307,500 yen was stolen from the Nippon Trust Bank December 10, 1968 by man impersonating police officer. The case remains unsolved.[ 21]
540 million yen robbery incident in Fukutoku Bank Kobe branch, August 1994.[ 22]
600 million yen robbery incident in Tachikawa, Tokyo, May 2011.[ 23]
Lebanon
Malta
Netherlands
Robbers
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Robbers
Robberies
Romania
Russia
Slovenia
On the night of October 31, 2005, robbers entered the safety deposit boxes of SKB Bank (Société Générale ) in Ljubljana through the main door and deactivated the alarm system.[ 26] [ 27] Robbers disarmed the security guard and opened more than 400 safety deposit boxes. They took at least €32 million in gold, precious stones and cash.
In March 2012 two robbers were arrested. One of them was a security guard at the bank.[ 28] The court process against two robbers started[ 29] in November 2013. At least one robber is[when? ] still free.
Serbia
Sweden
Robbers
Robberies
United Kingdom
Robbers
Robberies
Name
Year
Location
Amount
Great Gold Robbery
1855
Between London and Folkestone , Kent
£12,000 (£1.4 million in 2023)
Great Pearl Robbery
1913
Hatton Garden , London
£150,000 (£18.6 million in 2023)
Eastcastle Street robbery
1952
Eastcastle Street , London
£287,000 (£10.4 million in 2023)
Great Train Robbery
1963
Mentmore , Buckinghamshire
£2.6 million (£68.8 million in 2023)
Baker Street robbery
1971
Baker Street , London
£3 million (£53.6 million in 2023)
Bank of America robbery
1975
Mayfair , London
£8 million (£93.2 million in 2023) stolen £500,000 (£5.3 million) recovered[ 30]
Brink's-Mat robbery
1983
Heathrow International Trading Estate, London
£26 million (£110.8 million in 2023)
Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery
1987
Knightsbridge , London
£40 million (£142.1 million in 2023)
City bonds robbery
1990
City of London , London
£291.9 million (£838 million in 2023)
Midland Bank Clearing Centre
1995
Salford , Greater Manchester
£6.6 million (£16 million in 2023)[ 31]
Northern Bank robbery
2004
Belfast , Northern Ireland
£26.5 million (£51.4 million in 2023)
Securitas depot robbery
2006
Tonbridge , Kent
£53 million (£96.9 million in 2023)
Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary
2015
Hatton Garden , London
£14 million (£19.6 million in 2023)
United States
Robbers
Edward J. Adams
Aryan Republican Army
John Ashley
Earl Edwin Austin
Jorge Ayala
Harvey Bailey
Arthur Barker
Albert Bates
Clyde Barrow , of Bonnie and Clyde
Eddie Bentz
Earl Best
Naomi Betts
Tyler Bingham
George Birdwell
Black Liberation Army
Stanley Ray Bond
Fred William Bowerman
Christopher John Boyce
Ford Bradshaw
Al Brady
Robert Brady
Everett Bridgewater
Joseph Brodak
Henry Newton Brown
Harry Brunette
James J. Bulger
Edward Bunker
Fred Burke
Donald Richard Bussmeyer
Tommy Carroll
Butch Cassidy , leader of the Hole in the Wall Gang
John Paul Chase
James Clark
Jim Clark
Russell Clark
Archie Clement
Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe
Bernard Coy
Joseph Paul Cretzer , formed the Cretzer-Kyle Gang
Patrick Critton
Pat Crowe
William Daddano Sr.
Emmett Dalton , principal of the Dalton Gang , 1890s
Ed Davis
Lawrence DeVol
Bennie and Stella Dickson
The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
John Dillinger
Bill Doolin , 1890s
Frederick Grant Dunn
Earl Durand
Egan's Rats
Aussie Elliott
Jeffrey and Jill Erickson
Gilbert James Everett
The Flathead gang
Fleagle Gang
Joseph Paul Franklin
Rufus Franklin
John Franzese
Ralph Fults
Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd
Geezer bandit
George Jackson Brigade
Russell Gibson
Fred Goetz
Eddie Green
Carl Gugasian
Granddad Bandit
John Hamilton
Clarence Hill
Holden-Keating Gang
Anthony Hathaway , "Cyborg Bandit" and "Elephant Man Bandit"
Shon Hopwood
Cora Hubbard
J.L. Hunter
Hunt-Gant Gang
Phillip Hutchinson
James-Younger Gang , 1866–1881
Elmer H. Inman
David Stanley Jacubanis
Frank James , one of the two James Brothers
Jesse James , the other member of the James Brothers pair
Christopher Jeburk
Charles E. Johnson
Morris Johnson
W. D. Jones
Anthony Michael Juliano
Alvin Karpis
Tom Ketchum
Machine Gun Kelly
John Allen Kendrick
Israel Keyes
Ben Kilpatrick
Herman Lamm
Elzy Lay
George Leonidas Leslie
Robert Van Lewing
Loan Ranger Bandit
Harvey Logan
Harry Longabaugh , known as "The Sundance Kid"
James C. Lucas
David Mack
Carlos Marcello
Christopher Magee
Charles Makley
Candice Rose Martinez , "The Cell Phone Bandit"
Emil Mătăsăreanu & Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. , North Hollywood shootout
William Matix & Michael Platt , 1986 FBI Miami shootout
Mad Hatter (bank robber) , 2006–2007
May 19th Communist Organization
McCanles gang , 1861
Ben Golden McCollum
Henry Methvin
Midwest Bank Robbers , 1990s
Vernon Miller
William Miller
Barry Mills
Bugs Moran
Joe "Pegleg" Morgan
Frank Nash
Salvatore Naturale
Jay Wesley Neill
George "Baby Face" Nelson
Newton Gang
Earl Northern
Albert Frederick Nussbaum
Joseph "Specs" O'Keefe
The Order
Bonnie Parker , of Bonnie and Clyde
Burton Phillips
Harry Pierpont
The Piggy Bank Bandit - Identity still unknown (2021 Robber)
Duane Earl Pope
Katherine Ann Power
Phineas Priesthood
Gerhard Puff
Reno Gang
Kenneth "Speedy" Raulerson
David "Chippy" Robinson
Leslie Ibsen Rogge robbed a total of $2,000,000
Verne Sankey
Frank Sawyer
Susan Edith Saxe
John Paul Scott
Scott "Hollywood" Scurlock
Mutulu Shakur
Ted Skeer
Tommy Silverstein
Edward Smith
Luke Elliott Sommer
Henry Starr
Steady B
The Stopwatch Gang
Willie "The Actor" Sutton
Symbionese Liberation Army
Too Tall Bandit , identity unknown
Robert Toye
Trenchcoat Robbers
Forrest Tucker
Wilbur Underhill, Jr.
United Freedom Front
Homer Van Meter
Clayton Waagner
Donald Eugene Webb
Wheaton Bandit
Whittemore Gang
Bobby Randell Wilcoxson
Johnny Madison Williams Jr.
John Wojtowicz
The Wonderland Gang
Adam Worth
Jerry Lynn Young
Cole Younger
Deadly US robberies
Security Pacific Bank, Norco, California , 1980, deadly shootout between local law enforcement and five bank robbers
Geronimo bank robbery in Geronimo, Oklahoma, 1984, resulted in the deaths of three bank employees and one customer
1986 FBI Miami shootout , deadly shootout between FBI and two bank robbers
North Hollywood shootout , 1997, deadly shootout between local law enforcement and two bank robbers
PNC Bank, Erie, Pennsylvania , 2003, robbery by pizza delivery man Brian Douglas Wells wearing a neck collar bomb
Large-value US robberies
Ocean National Bank robbery , 1869, $768k, done by George Leonidas Leslie and carried out by himself and others.
Northampton Bank robbery , 1876, $1.6 million ($26 million in 2019[ 32] ), done by George Leonidas Leslie and carried out by others.[ 33]
Manhattan Savings Institution robbery , 1878, $2.7 million ($78.9 million in 2023) including $12,000 in cash, with the rest in securities, done by George Leonidas Leslie and carried out by "Jimmy" Hope , Samuel Perris and others.[ 34] [ 35] [ 36]
Lincoln National Bank robbery , Lincoln, Nebraska, 1930, $2.7 million ($49.2 million in 2023) in cash and securities.[ 37]
United California Bank robbery , 1972, $9 million ($65.6 million in 2023) in cash and valuables.[ 38]
First National Bank of Arizona, Tucson , 1981, $3.3 million ($11.1 million in 2023) in cash.[ 39]
1798 Bank of Pennsylvania heist - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1798, $162,821 (over $2.9 million today)
Seafirst Bank robbery , Lakewood, Washington, February 1997, $4.5 million ($8.5 million in 2023) in cash, done by the Trenchcoat Robbers.[ 40]
1998 Bank of America robbery , 1998, $1.6 million ($3 million in 2023)
Uruguay
Zimbabwe
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