Stupid Theft Tricks

Part I I

Once again, a search of the World Wide Web reveals robbery and embezzlement plots that boggle the mind.

In Detroit, Michigan, a man was arrested for convincing a 12-year-old boy to rob a bank and then turning the boy in for the reward money. The boy entered a bank, handed the teller a note demanding money, received more than $1,500, but dropped it when a dye pack exploded. The man apparently promised to split the money, then decided to collect the reward money after the robbery was blotched.
A paralegal in Philadelphia embezzled $664,000 from the estates of dead clients, most of whom had received settlements in asbestos suits. The paralegal then proceeded to spend the money on a BMW, a mink coat she wore to work and a chartered jet to the Super Bowl. She's being held on bank fraud and money laundering charges.
A county judge in Omaha, Neb. was sentenced to 18 months in jail for writing bad checks to cover overdrawn accounts at four banks. The judge amassed thousands of dollars of credit card and other debts while his two daughters were in college.