A Polish film crew managed to capture a crime unfolding live in the background of their shot, as a man walked away from a shop with a bunch of flowers at a suspiciously brisk pace. Because he was stealing them. Read More >>
Featured comment by khos:
"Looks like the guy is even wearing a black cat suite, helps to give the image of being a thief ... this shit is staged/fake man!" More »
You might think it's all fun and games when you're Instagramming your dinner before you dig in, but former identity thief Nathaniel Troy Maye will tell you otherwise; doing just that got him arrested. Read More >>
Waving a gun around at a bank is so 10 years ago. With a little tech on their side, a squad of bank robbers were able to snag a cool £30 million in cash with nothing but some hacks and few old key cards that had ATMs across the globe virtually printing money. Read More >>
Featured comment by ScyBy:
"Yeah, but British ATMs probably read the strip as well as the chip, at least when reading cards for UK accounts. The banks wouldn't go to this trouble..." More »
If you're looking to steal money from an ATM, what do you do? Try to wheel it to your house and smash it until it opens? Continually rob people who try to take money out of the machine? Hmm, what about just blowing the freaking ATM up to smithereens with explosives. That's what these thieves did at a petrol station in Hampshire. Read More >>
We've heard quite a few happy-ending tales of how people have gotten their thieved gadgets back. Yes, you might be able to track your stolen phone with Find My Whatever, but remember you're not Liam Neeson. Let this be a lesson for you: criminals are dangerous, and confronting them is certainly not a good idea, without the police at least. Read More >>
Featured comment by iamtomalmond:
"12:20 - hilarious haha! He basically says "Can you let me know if this little crack monkey has a disease?" Hahah" More »
If you think you're having a rough day after your New Year's festivities, an Apple Store in Paris' opera district is still trying to determine just how much hardware was stolen after four or five armed thieves robbed the store three hours after it had closed. Read More >>
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"They keep track of both, so when you then used the device (iPhone, iPad, Macbook, iMac, whatever) they're all trackable." More »
Breaking into the same JFK airport cargo building featured in the movie GoodFellas, two thieves stole two pallets of iPad Minis — about £1 million worth — in a slick robbery that included using the airport's own forklifts and possibly an inside man. Read More >>
Enterprising tree poachers have stolen a gold, er, woodmine of a target: an 800-year-old red cedar tree that's one of the largest in the Vancouver Island area. It's gone now and it was stolen under a two-part operation that's been underway for the past year. Read More >>
Featured comment by Tacos:
"Totally was Greenpeace. They are going to start leaving large pieces of the tree infront of the doors of companies they don't like. Like some Eco Hipp..." More »
A mail order company is feeling the opposite of complete ecstasy after finding out that more than 400 of their raunchy items, worth £11,000, were stolen after robbers penetrated their property in Worcestershire. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Were you doing that for fun or for charity?
If the latter then I salute you
If the former then you need professional help :-)" More »
We heard that BT had had enough of its cables getting pinched, but now it’s unleashed the RABIT on the thieving bastards, which should help keep your broadband flowing freely and uninterrupted. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Pah!, I fart in your general direction.
Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Now go away or I shall taunt you a second t..." More »
If you're looking into becoming an enterprising criminal, don't be like these guys. Why? Because these two super slick robbers stole security cameras... without bothering to steal the security cam's footage. Meaning they were recorded stealing by the items they stole. Read More >>
A new collaboration between BT, the London Metropolitan Police, and Bexley Council, has been set up to target the miscreants that pinch the nations copper cables. The Waste and Metal Task Force aims to bring the pain on the thieves who cost the taxpayer £700m a year. Read More >>
Featured comment by z00york:
"Had the water pipes in my building stolen the other week. Completely flooded the basement, and our whole building didn't have water. That's just an an..." More »