300 million yen robbery - Wikipedia
WEBThe 300 million yen robbery (三億円事件, San Oku En Jiken), also known as the 300 million yen affair or incident, was a crime that occurred on December 10, 1968 in Tokyo, Japan. A man posing as a police officer on a motorcycle stopped bank employees transferring money and stole 294 million yen. [1]
The Unsolved Case of Japan’s Most Infamous Robbery
WEBJun 12, 2018 · On December 10, 1968, the biggest heist in Japan’s history ¹ was committed. That heist remains unsolved to this day, over half a century later. On that morning, four Kokubunji branch employees ...
December 10, 1968: The Greatest Bank Heist in Japanese History, …
WEBDec 11, 2020 · On the morning of December 10, 1968, four Kokubunji branch employees of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko (Nippon Trust Bank) transported 294,307,500 yen (about $817,520 at 1968 or $6.2 million today) in the trunk of a company car.
Japan's $300 Million Yen Heist That Remains Unsolved After
WEBOct 11, 2022 · This massive force went through 110,000 suspects and filtered through an eye-watering 780,000 montage photos in their attempts to find the culprit. They also went door to door with a composite sketch of the suspect, but ultimately, they were unsuccessful in finding their wanted man.
The Fake Cop who Pulled Off one of the Greatest Heists of the …
WEBSep 18, 2018 · The case truly became the most thorough investigation carried out by the Japanese authorities at the time, and perhaps in the entire wider region. An early suspect appeared, a teenage child of a real police officer with a bike. However, the boy, aged only 19, was dead within a week of the robbery.
The 300 Million Yen Heist | Blog | Museum of World Treasures
WEBDec 15, 2014 · The heist reigned supreme in Japan for over forty years as the largest robbery ever committed. In 1968, employees of the small Nihon Shintaku Ginko bank transported a car containing the bonuses of Toshiba factory workers.
10 December 1968: the “300 million yen robbery” - MoneyWeek
WEBOn 10 December 1968, four employees of the Kokubunji branch of the Nihon Shintaku Ginko Bank were transporting ¥300m in bonuses for Toshiba factory workers, when a motorcycle policeman stopped ...
Who was mysterious motorcyclist behind infamous Japanese heist?
WEBDec 11, 2018 · Early on the morning of December 10, 1968, a man in the uniform of an officer in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s motorcycle unit waved down a car owned by the Nihon Shintaku Bank as it was...
Japan heist remains unsolved, 44 years on - news.com.au
WEBDec 9, 2012 · ON A rainy morning in December 1968, a police motorcyclist screeched to a halt in front of a cash-laden Tokyo bank vehicle and ordered four men to get out, warning it was about to explode.
The Largest Bank Heist in Japanese History | 300 Million Yen Robbery
WEBIn 1968, four employees of a Japanese bank were robbed of an absurd amount of money. Despite an extensive investigation that examined over 100,000 suspects, ...
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