How Bridgerton restarted buzz about her ancestry. To me, [all of this] was a business deal between the original three of us. I was standing there at the time with this hug spear in my hand. Five years he told how he explains his past like this: "People are very forgiving if you're open and honest right from the start. David Ghantt talks to us about his part in the robbery of Loomis Fargo where he stole over 17 Million Dollars \u0026 the events that transpired soon after.Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/crimeandentertainment/Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimenentertainment/Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4T67Bs5kksA7HP22LoKzt4Listen on Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-entertainment/id1573321645Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/show/crime-entertainmentListen on Google Podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjcxNTQzLnJzcw==Listen on Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9cdb3854-414d-4b69-8022-4479e01dad44/crime-entertainment?ref=dm_sh_OVZBcFDuxatVNE3y3mD1HHBtm The only defendant to not plead guilty, Chambers's attorney Jeff Guller, was found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to eight years in prison. I loved it that she is part of my life now, because of all this. In real life: False. The Internet was still new at the time. Chambers finished serving his prison sentence in November 2006 and told the Associated Press in 2009 he was "changed.". Day in and day out, he drives an armored vehicle,. We're always making new tools to help you discover, save, and share your favorite books. Ghantt plead guilty to his charges andserved six years in prison, along with21 other defendantswho received chargesrangingfrom money laundering to bank larceny. Hes scheduled to be sentenced in May. I really shouldnt change anything. No idea. My Proof: https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760, My AMA time is up now, but thank you all for your participation in the Ask Me Anything session :-). Get ready for less sleep in Charlotte. The Book of Dave A New Path After a $17 Million Misstep, Name: David Scott GhanttBorn: October 20,1969Infamous for: When he literally drove off with $17+ Million one day after work (admit it, youve all thought about it, lol)Famous for (at time of writing): Being an inspiration for the character David Ghantt in the major motion picture comedy- Masterminds. But Ghantt has been open about what he did and how he believes it changed him for the better. [1], This robbery was the second-largest cash robbery on U.S. soil at the time, as only seven months earlier, on March 29, 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, Philip Noel Johnson stole $18.8 million from the Loomis Fargo armored vehicle he was driving.[2]. [1], Steven Chambers finished serving his sentence in November 2006. Also Monday, seven people believed to be involved in the scheme were arrested in North Carolina. "He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. Did you get to spend much time on set? #CLXGaming#CLXRa#evokethegods 1 2 But McKinney never stopped trying to kill Ghantt although, initally, McKinney thought Chambers had paid for the hit over a drug deal gone bad, Diamant said. On Monday, he was returned to Charlotte, where he is charged with stealing a van stuffed with cash from the vault at Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte. 1:38 On Oct. 4, 1997, former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt finished his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney, and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most. Authorities said a Loomis employee pulled a gun on two co-workers. You'd be amazed at how much stress you can relieve yourself from in your life by just taking 20 or so minutes a day for yourself and just letting the world go. I felt relieved, I knew that things were getting ready to come to an end and getting caught was a stress reliever even if I knew I was going to jail. Even after the tapes showing Ghantt stealing the. At the. The true part is that Kelly did say, Did you try the backdoor? They were ready to set the van on fire for real. . David Ghantt struck up a relationship with fellow Loomis Fargo employee Kelly Campbell, and they continued to maintain contact even after Campbell left the company. Now, here we are, two years later. People still laugh when they think of the "velvet Elvis" Chambershad in his Cramer Mountain mansion, or how his former wife showed upat a local bankto deposit wads of cash that she assured the teller was not "drug money.". He discovers that it's pretty boring stuff, and he often fantasizes about getting robbed. On the non-philosophical side, it probably be much better off if I done everything by myself. This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 16:45. Q: Do you ever think about what your life would be like if you had gotten away with the money? Shelly Miscavige, David's wife, has not been seen in public for 15 years. The Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery was the $17.3 million cash robbery of the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis Fargo & Company on the evening of October 4, 1997, by armored car driver and vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt.An FBI criminal investigation (which became international in scope) ultimately resulted in the arrest and conviction of eight people . The van was later found with $3 million in it, but the rest of the money is still missing. Example video title will go here for this video. He was the only employee unaccounted for the next morning, and videotapes recovered at the Loomis Fargo Charlotte office showed Ghantt removing "cubes of cash" and loading it into a Loomis Fargo armored van for over an hour. GASTONIA - Nancy Carolyn Ghantt, 71, died September 6, 2018. A: When you're locked up, you live in an 8-by-10 box and you share that with two other people. "I've learned that I'm a fortunate . David Ghantt: My standard answer now is [to say] that the person I was thenI am certainly not that person now. I would like to think, in my heart-to-heart, he wasnt going [to kill me]. But after one visit, she asked a teller "How much can I deposit before you have to report it to the feds?" A: I hate to think about what I'd be doing if I hadn't gotten caught. Has this affected your ability to get a job? David Ghantt commits the second largest bank heist in US history . $7 Million by Air. I'll take the live one. His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. After two years of dating, Jon Hamm and Anna Osceola are ready to spend the rest of their lives together. The unlikely suspect in the Charlotte heist was 27-year-old David Scott Ghantt, a quiet, unassuming vault supervisor who earned $360 a week. They asked me how I felt about it and I said, Its my story, but its your movie so have at me. You can reach Kevin Ellis at 704-869-1823 or www.Twitter.com/TheGazetteKevin. David GhanttRetweeted Iraqveteran8888 @Iraqveteran8888 Dec 9, 2022 Elect me President and I'll fire everyone, free Julian Assange, and pardon Edward Snowden. I had more than 700 message requests. Within 24 days of the real heist, Chambers went from a mobile home to a $635,000 home in Cramer Mountain Country Club, authorities said. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. I did get to spend a good amount of time on the set in North Carolina and having a movie based on my story was a bit surreal and a bit funny to be honest. She was a graduate of Ashley High School and attended Gaston Co CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM MASTERMIND MOVIE. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, David Ghantt was the mastermind behind the 3rd largest bank robbery in U. I went in there to do a basic search. The Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery was a robbery of $17.3 million in cash from the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis, Fargo & Co. on the evening of October 4, 1997, by vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt, his married girlfriend Kelly Campbell (a former Loomis co-worker), Steve Chambers, his wife Michelle Chambers, Michael Gobbies and four other co-conspirators. 44:38. No one could just pull off the crime of the decade. DeSantis: Youre a History Grad. With the bandits blowing millions on lavish and ridiculous luxuries, they leave behind a glaring trail of evidence. Ghantt labeled himself as a jerk who was dissatisfied with his life before stealing the money. An FBI criminal investigation ultimately resulted in the arrest and conviction of eight people directly involved in the heist, as well as sixteen others who had indirectly helped them, and the recovery of approximately 88% of the stolen money. David Ghantt: I was very sure they [were looking for me]. The police then called the FBI because most of the money handled at the facility belonged to banks, which technically made it a bank robbery a federal offense.[5]. LRM: Do you enjoy the publicity for yourself? Steven Chambers (left) and David Scott Ghantt Facts Before he decided to steal $17 million from the bank, Ghantt worked for years as a relatively silent and compliant employee. In real life: Mostly true. He just never had the opportunity. What are Jandice and Kelly up to now? I took a picture from back in those days to show them. Director Jared Hess Writers Chris Bowman (screenplay) Hubbel Palmer (screenplay) Emily Spivey (screenplay) Stars Zach Galifianakis Kristen Wiig Owen Wilson The Associated Press contributed to this report. And it didn't take long to figure out that this was not the place for me. At the time it was thesecond largest bank heistin U.S. history. Were you really hailed as a hero? If I hadnt done on what I did and how everything unfolded like it didI wouldnt have my daughter today. Ghantt was already married when he took part in the heist, to a woman named Tammy who author Diamant described as very nice. It is true, however, that she had no idea about the plot and that he fled to Mexico without telling her. David Ghantt: That was the first thing the FBI told me when they had arrested me. Mrs. ", After successfully tracing Ghantt's phone call, FBI agents coordinated with Mexican police to arrest Ghantt on March 1, 1998, at Playa del Carmen, a city near Cancun. Outside the building, Ghantt met up with Campbell, Chambers, and others who were involved in the plot, and drove off to a printing business called Reynolds & Reynolds in northwest Charlotte. On similar grounds, four other people were ultimately also charged with money laundering. They took a lot of liberty with the story here and there. Click here to sign up for the daily Wake Up Charlotte newsletter. You take a movie like Oceans Eleven, the whole concept of that movie is so farfetched, its not even funny. LRM: True. LRM: Im curious. One time, he knocked on my door when I was getting ready to go scuba diving. As we said . Then you end up in a eight by ten cube and youre going to share that cube with two other people. On March 12, a Charlotte grand jury indicted the eight co-conspirators for bank larceny and money laundering; the latter offense was included because of how they spent the stolen money. David Ghantt (@DavidGhantt) is a man that still holds the record for the second largest bank heist on American Soil. LRM: Obviously, this is comedy and not a documentary. LRM: [Laughter] As for yourself, besides diving, what did you really do in Mexico? All were convicted. LRM: Did you like the portrayal of yourself in the movie? Then you have the huge velvet Elvis. Did you really only go to Mexico with 50k? MASTERMINDS will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download tomorrow. Also famous for (at least with his friends and family) finally getting his first book finished.Current Life: Wooer of the Wife, Drinker of Coffee, Father, Gamer, Photographer, Fisherman, Gentleman, Mastermind of this book ;-). C hristopher David Ghantt Phone Numbers (704) 678-8911. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small.". Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. At first, David Ghantt said, "I didn't take her seriously. You said that was the number two question. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP6. When McKinney realized Ghantt was wanted for the Loomis Fargo robbery, he backed off personally because he didnt want to be anywhere near a federal investigation. Q: How do you tell prospective employers you once stole $17 million? David Ray Camm (born March 23, 1964) is a former trooper of the Indiana State Police (ISP) who spent 13 years in prison after twice being convicted of the murders of his wife, Kimberly, and his two young children at their home in Georgetown, Indiana, on September 28, 2000.He was released from custody in 2013 after his third trial resulted in an acquittal. Ghantt got arrested by the Mexican police at Playa del Carmen on March 1, 1988. Spending years in prison, he said, gave him time to re-invent himself. If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about. The only person not to plead guilty in the case, former Gastonia attorney Jeff Guller, ended up doing eight years for money laundering. Money does weird things to people. Search warrants also were executed at Ghantts home in North Carolina, federal officials said. FBI agents pulled stolen cash out of barrels they had stashed around their home. David Ghantt talks to us about his part in the robbery of Loomis Fargo where he stole over 17 Million Dollars & the events that transpired soon after.Like u. Honestly, it got spent and no one noticed. Masterminds is a 2016 American crime comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina. Going to prison helped me grow up as a human being. ``During the conversation Campbell. Will California Save the Iconic Joshua Tree? Spending years in prison, he said, gave him time to re-invent himself. Ghantt had worked with the branch since 1994, and had been promoted from a driver to the vault supervisor. Then I realized I needed to be more conservative. All ofWCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. Tony Mendez, long an on-air fixture handling the cue cards for David Letterman on The Late Show, took the wrong cue this week, assaulting staff writer Bill Scheft, a 15-time Emmy nominee, and getti I gave him the short synopsis. I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal. Chambers did hire McKinney to kill Ghantt, but initially McKinney was making personal cash deliveries to Ghantt in Mexico on behalf of Chambers. My face popped up. Born in Bristol, Mary was a resident of this area until the late '90s, after which she moved to Susquehanna t But, thats a huge amount of money that would just disappear. Why would you want this story to be told and to enjoy this? Do you still have contact with him? So the last third of the movie is almost entirely fiction. More than 20 people ended up in the FBI's dragnet. [3][4] Its Charlotte office would be the victim of David Scott Ghantt and his confederates later that year. But even though he worked for a company that regularly moved millions of dollars, David Ghantt himself was underpaid. 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