In what has to be one of the dumbest capers I've heard in recent memory, an owner of a Nebraska car dealership tried to "steal" 81 cars from his own lot and sell them off as his own. Suddenly these cars disappeared along with the owners, and some of the cars were found and sold in dealerships and auctions in Utah. There's a lot of things that show lack of intelligence and forsight into this grand larceny attempt.
First, don't you think someone would notice 81 cars were missing from a lot? It's not like you're trying to steal airbags and sell them on the black market or swapping out pricey Xenon headlamps with less expensive lights. And nothing says "I'm guilty" more than disappearing along with the merchandise. Wouldn't it have made more sense to phone in the disappearance yourself, suspect that you got hit by Nicolas Cage's character in Gone in 60 Seconds and then claim the insurance while also collecting on the sale of the cars, the proceeds which would be laundered through an offshore account? And couldn't you have swapped at least some parts with VIN etchings with that of used vehicles to make the stolen cars harder to trace? And you need to get your accomplice network in order - why weren't the employees fed a plausible cover story which could provide a decent red herring for authorities to chase? Maybe a impending sale of the car inventory to a shadowy mob figure? Wouldn't that tie wonderfully into the mysterious disappearance of the three executives?
See? I'm not even a felon and I can easily devise better schemes with the circumstances this numbskull did. Well, maybe it comes too easily for me, but that's besides the point.
Anyway, not a smart caper. It's sort of like that idiot who tried to finance a $50 billion pyramid scheme by getting people to give him money to invest, while he was simply putting into a bank account, and then paying them off with the money received from other suckers. It's not like he would ever get away with such a ... oops, never mind.
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