The $18.8 Million Armored Car Heist: Phil Johnson's Bold Gamble

Fed up with his $7-an-hour job, a security guard at an armoured car company makes off with $18.8 million- the largest heist in U.S. history. Daring Capers tracks some of the world’s most fascinating criminals and their audacious crimes. Here’s a rogue’s gallery of bank robbers, art thieves, and...

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