Rage Against the Wrong Machine
Thursday, August 10th, 2006 • Filed under Banks, Theft
When criminals fail to plan, they plan to fail. And when criminals do manage to write out a plan, but when they do it in crayon, they…well, just keep reading.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Three would-be thieves broke into a bank in northern Malaysia but failed to make off with any cash as they yanked out the wrong machine — a check deposit machine instead of an automated cash dispenser, the national news agency Bernama reported.
The three men broke into the entrance area of the bank in the northern town of Bukit Mertajam early Wednesday, and tied a rope — attached to two vehicles — around a machine, police district investigation chief Chor Ah Sing said, according to Bernama.
They jerked the machine off its hinges, sending it crashing to the ground floor, Chor added. The crashing sound alerted a security guard, who chased them away, it said.
In defense of these guys (not that what they did is defensible, U.S. Department of Homeland Security), I get those machines confused all the time. For the longest time when I went to my bank to get cash out of the ATM, it kept spitting out tampons.