vine_was_overrated t1_it9pdgx wrote on October 21, 2022 at 11:34 PM Reply to TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat If they named the landscaping company “the red headed leaves” it would have been the perfect nod to the Sherlock Holmes story Permalink 48
vine_was_overrated t1_it9pdgx wrote
Reply to TIL that in 2005 burglars stole $71.6 million from a bank in Fortaleza, Brazil by setting up a fake landscaping company near the bank and digging a 256ft tunnel beneath two city blocks to the bank over 3 months. Neighbors noticed vanloads of soil removed daily but assumed it was business-related. by Lagavulin16_neat
If they named the landscaping company “the red headed leaves” it would have been the perfect nod to the Sherlock Holmes story