SAP executive Thomas Langenbach allegedly resold the Lego sets on eBay out of his $2 million, Lego-filled home.
Thirteen works were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990
As people look for a way to make a quick buck in the throes of the economic downturn, a “metal rush” is sweeping through the Czech Republic.
Serbian police are now guarding a recovered Cézanne painting, which was stolen at gunpoint four years ago in one of history’s largest art heists. But this wasn’t the first time thieves have famously run off with famous artworks.
Successful identity theft requires a certain bit of stealth. That usually includes avoiding the use of famous names and actors – like, say, Jack Nicholson.
High schools across Southern California are being raided by thieves searching for a very specific and peculiar item—a tuba. (Well, a sousaphone, to be exact.)
It’s one of the strangest – and most unwieldy – thefts we’ve ever come across. Police in a small western Pennsylvania town are searching for a missing steel bridge.
The cast of Gone in 60 Seconds would be proud. No forced entry, no threats; just a devious plan that netted two thieves a $148,000 Porsche.
The down economy has fueled theft of all sorts: shoplifting, bank robberies – and even pig heists.
Flash mobs, the social network and text-message organized groups comprised mainly of youths, are nothing new. Originally, they came together for very quick performance art in public places. But whereas the clusters used to get together mainly for nonsensical fun like pillow fights and Glee performances, some have taken on criminal intent — and some [...]
