The audacious money heist has garnered attention for the sheer boldness exhibited by the thieves who conquered such difficult route to reach to the collection box. The act has shocked people in Switzerland.
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A score of a lifetime.
That’s what Youngstown burglar Amil Dinsio was thinking in 1972, when a Cleveland mobster told him about the job. President Nixon [allegedly] had $30 million in a bank in California, Dinsio said.
Nixon was still in the White House (Watergate hadn’t happened yet), and according to the tipster, a stash of $30 million – some of which was rumored to belong to the president - was sitting in a bank vault in California. Nixon had allegedly been shaking down the U.S. dairy farmers – promising to raise the price of raw milk if the farmers lobby gave him a big contribution.