An entire family landed in prison after alluding police and the FBI for a decade, for a string of thefts that targeted banks and armored vehicles. The Cabello family moved to Oregon after the father, Archie, was fired from his job in Wisconsin as an armored car driver when a bag of cash containing $150,000 went missing. No one was able to pin the theft on him, but then the bank his son Vincent worked at was robbed. The thief stole $750,000 from the vault, and while police suspected Vincent was involved, he stuck to his story. Archie landed another job as an armored vehicle driver, and was the “victim” of a heist that grabbed $3 million from the truck. The family lived very modestly but a closer look discovered huge credit card bills paid off with money orders. When Vincent paid cash for a Hummer, the authorities moved in and ultimately Vincent cracked and spilled the beans. And in case you were wondering, no, they didn’t report any of the income on their tax returns. (https://abcnews.go.com/US/family-thieves-hide-4m-stolen-cash-finally-caught/story?id=40782366)
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