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Release time 2023.10.30 05:58 Taipei time
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The wall-traveling thief Lin Jinfa pretended to open an account, but he was actually confirming the location of the vault in the bank lobby.Journalist Photography Cooperation
On Saturday, December 3, 1994, Taiwan’s governor and county mayor elections were held. While all police forces in Taipei City were engaged in polling and election activities, a thief who had just returned from “further education” in Green Island Prison was arrested. Target the Dadaocheng branch of Hua Nan Bank on Yanping North Road, Taipei City, and wait for the opportunity to make a big move. In order to learn more about the thief Lin Jinfa, the prosecutor secretly investigated his background and found that although he was only 32 years old, he already had multiple theft convictions. In 1988, he was sent to Green Island Prison to serve a seven-year sentence. As a result, he learned various skills in prison. A method to destroy safes, vaults, and security systems, and prepare to “apply what you have learned” after you are released from prison and do something big.
Lin Jinfa testified that after he was released from prison, he returned to Taipei and took a bus to look for the target of the crime. Whenever he saw a construction site next to a bank, he would get off the car to check the terrain. Because the construction site was noisy, it could be used as a cover for him to dig into the wall. , don’t worry about being disturbed.
The police found tens of millions of dollars in banknotes at Lin Jinfa’s rental house. (Provided by Dongsen News)
After choosing the Dadaocheng branch of China South Bank to commit the crime, Lin Jinfa made a trip first, pretending to open an account. But as soon as he stepped into the bank, he was mentally calculating how many floor tiles there were on the floor, the length and width of each floor tile, and determining the vault. Once you are behind the counter, calculate the distance between the vault and the counter to accurately grasp the location of the vault. After that, Lin sneaked into the top floor of the construction site every day after the construction was completed and the bank was off work, then climbed to the fire alley, and used the existing electric drills and wires at the construction site to start drilling holes in the wall of the vault where he calculated.
Because he knew the alarm would sound, Lin Jinfa put down the electric drill every 3 to 5 minutes, climbed out of the fire alley, walked to the opposite side of the bank to smoke, and waited for the security personnel to come to check. After the other party left, he would dig another 3 minutes. , 5 minutes, silently recording the time when the security personnel appeared every time. Later, he found that the security personnel mistakenly thought that there was a “system failure” and no longer appeared.
Lin Jinfa testified that he only took away one box of banknotes and the other three boxes were missing. (Provided by Dongsen News)
Just like this, he dug a little bit every day, and the 30-centimeter wall was broken through in one month. However, Lin Jin was not in a hurry. He waited until the night before the voting to enter the vault, destroyed the security system, and bagged the banknotes the next day, using a hanging Transport it to the construction site on the 3rd floor, then divide the cash into 4 cartons and rappel down to the fire alley. As for where the missing 70 million yuan is hidden? Lin emphasized that he really didn’t take it, and it should have been picked up by a woman.
Lin Jinfa testified that at that time, a woman suddenly walked into the fire alley to take out the garbage. He was startled and hurriedly picked up a cardboard box and got into the car and left. When he turned back, he saw a police car patrolling nearby. He thought something had happened and decided to Leave quickly, where are the remaining cartons? It remains a mystery to this day. In response to this theft case, Lin was eventually sentenced to seven years in prison by the court. After he was released from prison, it is said that he went to work for a freight company and was not involved in any theft cases again. He changed his ways.
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