All of us will be looking forward to your story by watching the movie on Blu-ray or DVD. Directed by Jared Hess and written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer and Emily Spivey, the film stars Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis.. That just added to the comedic element. I work for a small construction company. Ghantt was in fact hiding out in Mexico using McKinneys I.D., which had been sold to Chambers months earlier. Follow him on twitter: @MSainat1, 20 Years Later: Masterminds of One of the Largest Bank Heists in U.S. History, The CIAs Changing Take on the Climate Emergency, Emancipation, Hollywoods Best Civil War Film Ever. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ After a five-month manhunt, an armored car driver suspected of stealing $17 million from his companys vault was in custody Monday after being captured at a Mexican resort. When I interviewed for this job about three years ago, I told (my boss) that I had some dirt in my background, and if he went digging for it, he would find it. Thats probably not the best answer to be honest with you. 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. Thats my standard answer these days. Will California Save the Iconic Joshua Tree? All are charged with aiding, abetting and counseling the commission of a bank larceny and being accessories after the fact and hindering Ghantts apprehension. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. Ghantt labeled himself as a jerk who was dissatisfied with his life before stealing the money. As we said . A movie based on the heist starring Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones and directed by Jared Hess (the guy who made Napoleon Dynamite) is out now on Blu-ray and DVD. Ghantt plead guilty to his charges andserved six years in prison, along with21 other defendantswho received chargesrangingfrom money laundering to bank larceny. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. You've decided to give up on a part of your life. LRM: Oh, that is an interesting question. Q: How do you tell prospective employers you once stole $17 million? I figured it had to be me. Masterminds was a fun movie. A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. At the. I was also made myself available on set in case if someone wanted to talk to me. Following romance reports in 2019, the Stranger Things actor and vocalist married in Las Vegas in September 2020. A: I hate to think about what I'd be doing if I hadn't gotten caught. Ghantt added, I really enjoyed the movie. The contents were missing. Kate. One of my compatriots, Steve Chambers was in charge of the money. 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. LRM: For whatever its worth, its a good answer. David Ghantt: Since the movie came out, I probably say I would have more now. "A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. It has a lot of things youll look for in a storya little romance, money, adventure and travel. Thats going to be your life for quite some time, typically. Authorities seized several vehicles and the contents of nine safe deposit boxes. Wife Lily Allen. Galifianakis will play the armored car driver, David, who evades authorities, will be searching for his co-conspirators who betrayed him, Kelly (Kristen Wiig) and Steve (Owen Wilson). But it was Ghantt, now 47 and living with his wife and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida,who actually took more than 2,000 pounds of cash and just drove away from his job. $17.3 million in cash was robbed from the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis, Fargo & Co. on the evening of October 4, 1997. Day in and day out, he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other peoples money with no escape in sight. Oakland Police Department: Above the Law? David Ghantt worked as a vault supervisor for the armoured cash vehicles at the Charlotte, North Carolina branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. Ironically even though he worked for a company that moved millions of dollars every day, he was relatively underpaid. Chambers had no intention of following those rules, believing the FBI would never connect him to Ghantt. Ghantt was charged in connection with the . Like I said before, money does weird things to people. Heres what happened on Sunday nights episode. I know your compatriots would like to keep this low key. LRM: [Laughter] As for yourself, besides diving, what did you really do in Mexico? So he convinced a local hoodlum in Mexico to try to kill Ghantt. David Ghantt: At first, I had a pretty good party. David Bowie 's widow recently took to Instagram to post selfies, while promoting both her makeup brand and fashion line. I realized a lot of things that were wrong with me as a person. The van was later found with $3 million in it, but the rest of the money is still missing. David Ghantt: The number one question is usually, What made you do it?. ', He explained the glorification and glamour often associated with bank heists and bank robberies in Hollywood films is far from reality. He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. 44:38. I'll take the live one. Chambers and his wife decorated their new home with a "Velvet Elvis" painting, which came to represent the crime. He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. Authorities say Steve. David Ghantt: They did hire a guy to kill me. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. The company reported the theft Oct. 5. You said that was the number two question. Inside $3.3 million was located along with the two stolen surveillance tapes, apparently left due to the robber and his accomplices being sloppy, or in a hurry. Grants brother, Eric Scott Grant, also was in federal custody but it could not be determined late Monday whether he was charged in the scheme. Ghantt was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. They bought a huge diamond and paid with cash for it. Q: You say your time in federal prison changed you. Although the history of the predecessor Wells Fargo & Company dates back to 1852, Loomis Fargo & Company was established in 1997 by the consolidation of Wells Fargo Armored Service and Loomis Armored Inc.; the resulting corporation employed 8,500 people and provided armored transportation, cash handling services, and automatic teller machine maintenance. Ghantt @ChristyGhantt Dec 7, 2022 I just entered the @clxgaming Ra PC Giveaway! Although the FBI investigation was able to quickly connect Ghantt to Campbell, connecting Ghantt to Chambers was a more difficult task. His accomplices included coworker Kelly Campbell, as well as friends Steve and Michelle Chambers. 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 . He then began loading $17 million in unmarked bills inside a company van before driving away. I cut out a lot of partying and stuff that wastes my spending. I was like, Okay.. ", "If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about.". Chambers did hire McKinney to kill Ghantt, but initially McKinney was making personal cash deliveries to Ghantt in Mexico on behalf of Chambers. Heist! Do you still have contact with him? The informant ``felt the timing of their sudden wealth certainly aroused suspicion in light of that theft, the affidavit said. The name she gave the pup is apropos. Good question , Oddly most employers are very understanding as long as you are honest with them up front . 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 20 years ago, on the night of October 4, 1997, David Scott Ghantt loaded $17.3 million of cash from the bank vault in Charlotte, North Carolina he was employed to supervise into a van. So what exactly did you do for this production? In real life: False. Ghantt was. Chambers was always considered the "mastermind" behind the theft, but he doesn't talkmuch about his Loomis heist days, not even when actor Owen Wilson portrayed him in the 2016comedy about the heist titled"Masterminds.". The robbery was committed by Loomis vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt, his married girlfriend Kelly Campbell (a former Loomis co-worker), Steven Eugene Chambers (a one-time FBI informant), his wife Michelle Chambers, Michael Gobbies, and four other co-conspirators. When they painted the cars, they were the wrong shake. Chambers did more than 11 years. When they showed the mansion scene, the great big velvet Elvis painting was for real. He discovers that it's pretty boring stuff, and he often fantasizes about getting robbed. 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. You can't get barbecue slaw in this hedonistic state (Florida), and there's nowhere to get real ice cream here like Tony's. 'Not for lunch' David Ghantt normally came home between 6 and 8 p.m., and often he was late, his wife said. C hristopher David Ghantt Phone Numbers (704) 678-8911. As a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo, David had access to the vaults and all the cash within. Im like, You need to understand that, that money has been missing for 20 years. Steven Chambers, left, and David Scott Ghantt leave federal court. [citation needed], The defendants were the targets of many barbed jokes in Charlotte and across the country, in part because of their extravagant spending. Jandice : In any case, we got to talkin' afterwards, and I thought, well, that one's dead, this one's alive. The scary one is stealing the money. In November 1990, David married Margaret in San Diego, California. He said he put that amount of money in a storage building. Get ready for less sleep in Charlotte. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near the island resort of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said. . Its the small things like that. 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. GASTONIA - Nancy Carolyn Ghantt, 71, died September 6, 2018. After years of working hard, the realisation hit . David Scott Ghantt: Vault Supervisor David Scott Ghantt was the vault supervisor at the regional branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. (His wife tells him to change that word to "selfish."). LRM: So tell me on where are you now? Then I realized I needed to be more conservative. Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cash..only problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. Hes scheduled to be sentenced in May. At the time it was thesecond largest bank heistin U.S. history. The odds of you actually getting away with something these days is pretty damn slim. [1] Tips had led the FBI to begin monitoring Chambers's (and his wife's) activities, but it was not until the FBI recorded a phone call from Ghantt in Mexico that the final connection was made. Updated: Sep 29, 2022 / 03:23 PM CDT. The only person not to plead guilty in the case, former Gastonia attorney Jeff Guller, ended up doing eight years for money laundering. 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