Superbly subprime: Some bank robbers are almost as stupid as bank governors
Here’s a nice story for you:
A would-be bank robber came away empty-handed but left behind something useful for police: her photo identification. The woman was arrested less than an hour later on a charge of attempted armed robbery, Police Commissioner William Dwyer said.
The woman filled out an account application Thursday morning, then pulled a handgun and demanded cash, Dwyer said. She panicked and fled without getting any money; police found an address on the account application, along with her photo ID.
The address was for an apartment near the bank. The manager gave the woman’s new address to police, who arrested her without incident.
“We’re probably not dealing with the smartest person in the world,” Dwyer told The Detroit News for a story published online Thursday.
True – and to stick to the banking theme, one could even say this failed bank robber had a subprime intelligence.
In other words, she would actually have been much better suited to govern banks than to rob them. Incompetence seems to be the most sought-after quality in the world of high finance – and one that’s extremely well-rewarded too.
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