I Spent 50 Hours With Real Criminals

[00:00] -- I'm spending the next 50 hours with them to learn how they commit these I'm meeting with a professional car thief who's made a living

[00:12] At least 200. The key is right here. Alright, we're going to take a kind of secret tool,

[00:25] So we're going to knock the lock out and we're going to twist Let's see it! How long does this usually take you?

[00:37] Usually pretty quick. Something just came out. What is that? We're going to use a tool.

[00:51] This is completely real. So what we're going to do, Mike, we're going to remove this plastic So I'm gonna go ahead and do that for you real quick.

[01:07] This is insane! Breaking some plastic. Just need this tool.

[01:20] I hear beeping. Oh! He just started the engine! How did he do that?

[01:34] We can take it to a chop shop. Drive-bys, home invasions, dash-and-grabs, most amount of cars you've stolen in a day?

[01:48] I didn't get caught stealing them, but I got caught. I fell asleep inside of one, and that's how they ended up catching me.

[02:00] So what you want to do, Mike, is you want to avoid low-lit areas. to break into your car or steal your car. Keyless entry cars or cars that use key fobs can also be stolen.

[02:17] and they're able to, now, once they capture it, start your vehicle You can go on Amazon and buy a signal-blocking bag,

[02:30] capture your signal. Oh, man, I'm gonna have to get one of those. I highly recommend, is installing a kill switch.

[02:43] from the battery underneath your seat, anywhere throughout the car. The starter won't activate unless you flip that switch.

[02:57] So the thief would have to know where that switch is in order to steal the car? but the car won't start because the starter is not engaging, So don't keep valuables in your car, park somewhere well-lit,

[03:10] and buy one of those cheap Amazon products he said to protect your car. That was nothing compared to what's next. secretly cons more people in a single week than most criminals do in a lifetime!

[03:25] and while working as a waitress, Exactly like this. Restaurants like this have high clientele. shiny and American Express cards.

[03:38] It's a black American Express. And so how do you figure out who's going to have that type of card? More than likely they're going to have a black American Express card.

[03:54] Then what would you do? All right, I'll take that now. I knew we were going to have a black American Express card.

[04:06] Thank you so much for joining us today. And what does that mean? So it's harder to trace?

[04:19] And how much money did you make off this? You have a code or...? But like I said, with those corporate cards,

[04:32] So I only have to remember I'm going to research where he's spending the money so that it's Well, I'll let you get to the research.

[04:46] we're meeting with someone who can steal your most valuable possessions in minutes. keep his identity a secret. Now, We've hidden two safes in this that I want you to break into.

[05:01] But being that I'm playing the role, yeah, why not? So let's see what they have here, huh? I would love to go behind the bar.

[05:18] But uh... And, uh, if I was in a timed mission, is I would just walk out.

[05:33] You got to come back here, though, man. I'm going to have to bust this one open. Power tools. we would, uh...

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[06:28] That was like, I guess, five minutes at the most. We got a bigger, harder one for you to break into next. All right. We got one more safe hidden in this place.

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[06:57] Somewhere in this room. Yeah. for anyone to hide it In the book. Behind a painting.

[07:10] Wait, Where is my secret tool? Okay. How many safes like this have you broken into?

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[08:04] What the heck? That was a nice... Daytona. Yeah.

[08:17] All right, well, before that, And so if you broke into a house, you could literally take this... I'm sure you're going to have something more secure

[08:31] Is there a certain type of safe that you would suggest buying? It's a jeweler protection vault safe where... The only thing that stops a burglar... is time.

[08:45] Let's go! Can you drive me? Yeah, sure.

[08:59] What'd you find out about him? He's on Facebook, he's on Twitter, he's on Instagram. he's buying Rolex watches.

[09:13] Because now I can spend in the same category. Then I can go shop at those same exact stores. So if I'm buying all the same types of things he is,

[09:29] So do you just buy the items and send them to your house? I know what all my neighbors' schedules are. So if I have something delivered between nine and five,

[09:41] I'm using my neighbor's address and name. people's credit card information. And I keep all this stuff for myself, or I give it to family and friends,

[09:56] You're like Robin Hood. Well, as long as the card is not blocked, I have to sit here and find a buyer. let's go meet a real criminal that makes counterfeit money.

[10:13] Well, that's what they say. It could be more. Okay. Well, Whoa!

[10:25] So the first process is printing each layer independently. And I said, "Oh, okay, I'll just follow that." Starting up.

[10:39] So we would do the watermarks and the strips You wanna see the offset? So over there, I showed you the inkjet,

[10:52] This is where the printing of the actual bill would happen. Then from there, we would do... the border Right?

[11:06] the serial numbers and the, the seals, right? And that's good old LA right there. So smart. Oh, nice.

[11:20] Yeah, that's the fun part, putting it together. All right, we're here at the warehouse. What's step two? We're going to cut out the strips, we're going to cut out the watermarks,

[11:34] It can be tedious because you got these lines. All right. All of it's going to come together and make one bill.

[11:46] Yeah. When you're gone for two weeks? 500,000 for weeks, right?

[11:58] what do you do next? The, the back of them? the back, we got the front, we got the strip, Step three. Here we go.

[12:10] And then I'm going to need... your help. Making me, making me his accomplice. Right.

[12:23] And then I'm going to lay it. Here you go. Wow, that's crazy. So I want you to hold that up like that.

[12:35] So what this is going to do is it's going to press the paper together, It'll dry to where it feels like one sheet of paper. And usually I'd let it sit overnight,

[12:50] So now that we have that out of the press, what we'll do is we'll cut one out. And what the last step is... It's my secret sauce.

[13:04] All right, so this is... step five. and we'll make it feel like money. And then once you spray it,

[13:19] you grab the heat gun, and this... will dry it out. So basically, it's tightening the cotton in the fibers, but, yeah, there we go.

[13:33] So now that we know how a counterfeit bill is made, So on the real money, You could feel it. The other way is

[13:46] When you turn it, it would turn green to purple. A real bill, those will be a little wavy.

[13:59] are the shifting ink in the hundred. Because this feels real smooth right now. What you're telling me is I should feel around his neck and shoulder

[14:11] And then, Yeah. And then there's visual physics. to defeat this paper.

[14:24] Wow. Yeah. I'm able to do the hundred, but I can't do that. even though you... even though you can do it.

[14:38] Yeah, we don't want to give everything away. June of 2013. Well, I still print money, but it's for art,

[14:52] I started painting while I was in prison. I got fortunate, I met Arnold Schwarzenegger. dollars worth of art prints.

[15:04] a half a million dollars worth, worth of art, Which one was more rewarding? You know, I have my own gallery. I have my own studio.

[15:16] There you go. There you go. I just got word that the credit card scammer found a buyer. Later in this video, we'll be filming a live bank robbery.

[15:29] we need to see how these card fraudsters move when they meet a buyer. How did you find him? I really don't want to deal with any local people or people that I know.

[15:41] I want to keep it completely inconspicuous and deal with a stranger So how do you arrange the meetup? Like, there goes my buyer right there.

[15:56] What?! but Angela handed him the documents and it looked like he gave her cash. but how do I prevent this from happening to me?

[16:12] Make sure that the bank contacts you every time a transaction is done. Scammers don't start off by making hundred-dollar purchases. Then they go on to the hundreds of dollars.

[16:25] Now we're going to meet up with a real bank robber. an armed robber will bust through those doors. have been told to treat the simulation is real.

[16:39] and we have no idea what the robber will do. This is as close to a real bank robbery as you can legally get. No problem. Let me...

[16:52] Isaac, can you close up for me? You have anything planned for today? Ooh, that sounds fun.

[17:04] All right, have a great night. Sorry, hi. I need you to lock the door and pull the shade down.

[17:16] Come through the little... door. No. No. Leave the keys in the door, please.

[17:30] Calm. You can put your hands down. Let's go to the back room, everybody. You, sir, come on.

[17:45] do this nice and quickly. Go on back there to the vault. Thank you.

[17:57] Nice and calm. Okay, everybody walk in, please. Sir, in the suit,

[18:13] please. You two, put the money in the duffel bag. Don't shake. It's okay. If it all don't fit, it all don't fit.

[18:29] Everybody's gonna go home. Little inconvenience. After you're done,

[18:42] -- If you got to take out a few, you got to take out a few... Sorry. You two, to the back wall, please. Okay.

[18:57] I need you to count to 100. After that, -- Thank you. two. three,

[19:10] Okay. Let's just keep going.

[19:26] All right. I got some... I don't, I don't hear anything.

[19:38] Okay. I got to back him away from the counter so he doesn't I got to get him out from behind there and up here.

[19:52] Right. I have to have the bank closed. And then I got to get him backed up, and then I'll get everybody out here. The first question you asked me is,

[20:06] No. But, I mean, If there is, I just have to deal with it There was no smartphones or anything.

[20:20] Yeah. Right. I don't want and the bait money is.

[20:33] I'm coming in to get what I want, Right. I'm not going to touch it. or did it all happen too fast?

[20:46] just caught me, so off guard. I was, Cause I don't want to intimidate anybody. I mean, it's already a traumatic experience,

[20:58] So it's not like the movies where you see someone shouting, I mean, you see people do that, but -- that's a lot of Hollywood stuff. So the main thing is being calm and in control.

[21:12] All right, let's go through here. you're a third person. You're a You didn't need an extra hand with anything?

[21:26] But I don't want you to put a lot to memory. put the money in the duffel bag I had hidden. I'm going to have them fill up as much as they can.

[21:40] Once the bag is filled up, Kind of like a big score. I got a big lick. I probably think

[21:53] You had us all count to 100 seconds. But That's almost two minutes.

[22:06] for over $500,000. So if you're in a bank robbery as a bystander, You don't need to be a hero.

[22:20] Don't get hurt over something like that. Also, what his mindset is in. just be calm, do what he says.

[22:35] Absolutely. Especially the tellers. Obey the bank robber because you control the safety of everybody in the bank. what I did. It cost me

[22:48] You're going to get caught eventually. And don't let greed... catch up. Absolutely.

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