Thief steals $ 210,000 in 25 cent coins

Not infrequently we hear about some thief who has played the smart guy and managed to do something illegally when buying something illegally, but a trickster who must have many piggy banks at home simply surpassed all the other daring.

A New York mechanic has accomplished the feat of stealing $ 210, 000 over five tons of 25-cent coins over the course of eight years. We're talking about James Bagarozzo, a guy who used his power to tinker with vending machines - though he couldn't access the cash-strapped place - to get along. He placed a coin receiver inside the machines so that the deposited coins would end up in another compartment, to which he had access, without being prevented from selling.

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Over the years, it has sabotaged about 70 different machines. This was possible, he said, because one of his friends worked making vending machines, such as the ones he cheated. According to the FBI, he went to the bank several times to exchange large amounts of currency.

“Business” went well for Bagarozzo, who eventually lost to technology, as machine managers began to notice that new machines, which were automatic in process, generated far more money than old machines with mechanical processes. Police went to the criminal's house and found about $ 40, 000 in coins hidden in the roof. Real-life Scrooge was arrested and sentenced to 30 months in prison.