Reviews for Where the Money Is: True Tales from the Bank Robbery Capital of the World

The average rating for Where the Money Is: True Tales from the Bank Robbery Capital of the World based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-02-18 00:00:00 Kevin Moriarty Written around 2002 by the FBI's lead bank robbery agent in the Los Angeles Field Office, this book chronicles the most infamous robberies from the 1980's and 90's in LA. Although I lived in LA during those years, I was unaware that the city was the capital of bank heists in the U.S.. Twenty percent of all bank jobs went down in LA. In some of those years, the FBI worked 2600 bank robberies in LA, an astonishing 10 per day, one robbery every 45 minutes during banking hours. I thought drug traffic was the life's blood of LA gangs until I read this and learned their main source of revenue was bank robberies. There was very little publicity about these thefts, and I had no idea at the time. This is a well-written explanation of the different types of robberies, what motivates the robbers, the techniques they use, and the FBI's response to them. It's verbose in places, but an overall fascinating nonfiction/crime book.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-26 00:00:00 Chris Doubble Bold, brilliant, and audacious the mind of intelligent criminals whose works at first sight seen flawless. But wouldn't you know, they made the stupidest errors in their crime that begs the question as to what are their IQ's chart. Or was it that simple to find them? Well, William J Redher takes us on a 30yrs plus as an FBI Agent specializing in bank robberies or heists and his pursuit to apprehend the suspect(s) before more harm is done. Some are downright funny and some very clever. Almost! California, the bank robbery capital of the world... who knew?