ATM Repairman Accused of Taking (and Faking) Cash

fysdt writes "An ATM repairman was nabbed in Phoenix on charges of having stolen about $200,000 in ATM funds. His method was almost brilliant in its sheer stupidity: He pocketed the cash, and replaced it in the machines with 'counterfeit or photocopied $20 bills.'"

Would come as a suprise...

[houstonbofh]

Go to ATM... Spit out money... "Yep, the dollar ain't what it used to be..."

held in lieu of bail?

[Spectre]

Geez, he has $200,000 in cash and can't make bail? He should have asked the arresting officer to stop by an ATM on his way to jail ...

Fractions

[travdaddy]

If he wanted to steal from the bank, here's a better, technical solution:

Every time there's a bank transaction where interest is computed, you know, thousands a day? The computer ends up with these fractions of a cent, which it usually rounds off. Just take those little remainders and put them into an account.

There were a couple movies where this was done and it worked brilliantly.