"He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. They kept several furnishings from the previous owners, including a painting of Elvis Presley on black velvet. So what made you do it? HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP6. David Ghantt : [voice-over] Steve was a petty thief, mostly known for stealing tiny wheelchairs from pediatric hospitals. MASTERMINDS will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download tomorrow. I live down here in Jacksonville, Florida. I wanted to change my life. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. All but $186,000 in that theft was recovered from a North Carolina storage building. He is now a stepfather to her two daughters, Ethel, 10, and Marnie, 9. One of the FBI's wiretaps caught a conversation between David Ghantt and Kelly Campbell, the one who bought the minivan and shopped for the liposuction. You've decided to give up on a part of your life. Have a good one y'all," wrote David Ghantt on his Facebook page Tuesday morning. He pleaded guilty in January to charges of kidnapping, money laundering and interfering with interstate commerce. People did come up to me and asked me for my autograph. David Ghantt, who pulled off the Loomis, Fargo & Co. vault robbery in 1997 and was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime, served as a consultant for the film (in theaters Friday).. Shelly Miscavige, David's wife, has not been seen in public for 15 years. LRM had an exclusive phone interview with David Ghantt last week, the real-life culprit who pulled off the successful bank heist. She is the diamond of my soul. I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal. Last March, almost $19 million was taken from Loomis, Fargo in Jacksonville, Fla., in what was believed to be the largest heist in U.S. history. Despite a mega-watt cast featuring Zach Galifianakis and a handful of some of Saturday Night Lives biggest current and former stars, Masterminds, the comedy about Loomis Fargo robbery completely tanked at the box office in its opening weekend, bowing in sixth place with just $6.6 million. Fried chicken, cornbread and cake what brings you back to this Charlotte restaurant. So what exactly did you do for this production? Also Monday, seven people believed to be involved in the scheme were arrested in North Carolina. Day in and day out, he drives an armored vehicle,. Question: Which do you regret more, stealing the money or getting caught? ", "If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about.". I stole $17 million, and Zach Galifianakis played me in a movie. David Ghantt: Since the movie came out, I probably say I would have more now. The Internet was still new at the time. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. Chambers himself was a former FBI informant who had provided information on a then future Loomis armored car robbery that never happened, court documents stated. DeSantis: Youre a History Grad. Every time I meet this guy, it was always in a very public place. Im still going through the friend requests. I really shouldnt change anything. I've read that once the FBI actually closed in on you, you were relieved because you were fearing for your life at that point. Although the FBI investigation was able to quickly connect Ghantt to Campbell, connecting Ghantt to Chambers was a more difficult task. Campbell, 29, had pleaded guilty to charges of bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small.". Court documents said an informant who was not identified tipped off federal agents about the couples suspicious spending habits. David Scott Ghantt Ghantt, his former co-worker Kelly Campbell and her friends Steve and Michelle Chambers carried out the Loomis Fargo heist on Oct. 4, 1997. He had stayed in a luxury hotel and paid for expensive food and activities such as scuba diving and parasailing. In real life: False. What was it like to have a movie based on your story? David Ghantt: Its a little less dramatic on what they had shown in the movie. The couple was married for 22 years before her untimely death in 2012. The police then called the FBI because most of the money handled at the facility belonged to banks, which technically made it a bank robbery a federal offense.[5]. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Kelly Campbell, the woman who helped plan the $17 million robbery of armored-car company Loomis, Fargo was sentenced yesterday to nearly six years in prison and ordered to pay back more than $4 million. The affidavit described Chambers as a former FBI informant who had provided information on another Loomis armored car robbery that never materialized. To me, [all of this] was a business deal between the original three of us. From there, the money was moved from the company vehicle to private vehicles. LRM: Do you enjoy the publicity for yourself? Glad you like the movie. Good question , Oddly most employers are very understanding as long as you are honest with them up front . David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. Purchases included a pool table, jewelry (including a $43,000 diamond ring), a minivan, $20,000 worth of cigars, and the 7,000-square-foot home on the side of Cramer Mountain. All were convicted. [3][4] Its Charlotte office would be the victim of David Scott Ghantt and his confederates later that year. Additionally, we also discussed about his life in Mexico, the discoveries, and his life today after all this fame. Thats probably not the best answer to be honest with you. Masterminds - Zach Galifianakis 'David Ghantt' [On-Set Interview]SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://goo.gl/SrrTlTSUBSCRIBE MOVIE TRAILERS: http://goo.gl/8WxGeDA night gu. More than 2 million dollars is still missing to this day. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. David Ghantt: Well, my compatriots did lock themselves out of the van. The Army veteran and Hunter Huss High graduate was captured in Mexico five months later when one of the others involved in the theft, Steve Chambers, decided he needed to tie up loose ends by having Ghantt killed. . One night in a small North Carolina town, a down-on-his-luck guard at Loomis Fargo manages to steal $17 millionliterally more than one ton of cash. This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 16:45. I ended up buying a small sailboat and go out to catch lunch. He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. Heres my last question for younot all of the stolen money was accounted forwhat do you think actually happened to the last few million dollars? ``During the conversation Campbell. Hes scheduled to be sentenced in May. 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. Where ever it was, it is long gone now. Its baggeditup.net. People still laugh when they think of the "velvet Elvis" Chambershad in his Cramer Mountain mansion, or how his former wife showed upat a local bankto deposit wads of cash that she assured the teller was not "drug money.". I'd probably be that infamous gringo living in Belize, kicked back on the beach, fishing and bored out of my mind. All of us will be looking forward to your story by watching the movie on Blu-ray or DVD. Chambers, who made an ill-fated decision to buy a home in the gated Cramer Mountain community with his newfound wealth, now runsa gym on Lowell-Bethesda Road. You look nothing like Zach? LRM: When you first heard the story he was there to get rid of you, what was your reaction? 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. A: When I first got in, I thought, "What in my life has led me to this?" Were just getting started on that. Mary E. Ghantt, 38, died Tuesday in Scranton after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis), an employee of Loomis Fargo, robbed his own vault, left the $17.3 million in cash with his co-conspirators, Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig) and Steve Chambers (Owen Wilson) and fled the country to Mexico. After the movie [premiered in theaters], my Facebook account exploded. David Ghantt was portrayed by Zackary Hatfield. LRM: Do you still have that well-known fame today after being a free man? Updated: Sep 29, 2022 / 03:23 PM CDT. For a time, it was nicknamed "the hillbilly heist" because nearly all of the major players in the case came from small towns around Charlotte. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP5 . Quizs imagin al protagonista. In real life: False. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. All rights reserved. With the plan in place, Ghantt sent a newly employed co-worker home early (reportedly at 6 p.m) who had been assigned to train with him. David Ghantt: I think its a great story. An FBI criminal investigation ultimately resulted in the arrest and conviction of eight people directly involved in the heist, as well as sixteen others who had indirectly helped them, and the recovery of approximately 88% of the stolen money. She was devastated, Diamant said. They took a lot of liberty with the story here and there. LRM: Were you actually concerned that you were one of the most wanted man in the United States while you were in Mexico? What happened to the 2 mil that is still unaccounted for? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760. A version of this story originally appeared on CharlotteObserver.com. Mrs. LRM: So tell me on where are you now? Service 11 a.m. Saturday . That just added to the comedic element. So the last third of the movie is almost entirely fiction. The Mandalorian S3 Episode 1 Review: ROUGH START!!! ", After successfully tracing Ghantt's phone call, FBI agents coordinated with Mexican police to arrest Ghantt on March 1, 1998, at Playa del Carmen, a city near Cancun. Born in Bristol, Mary was a resident of this area until the late '90s, after which she moved to Susquehanna t Why is Assange in Jail and Not Seymour Hersh? followed by "Don't worry, it is not drug money," the bank filled out a suspicious activity report, which ultimately reached the FBI. The FBI investigation was aided by the gang's extravagant spending. Investigators considered Ghantt to be the prime suspect almost from the beginning. I got no real complaints, not at this point., The heist became the premise for the movie,Masterminds, released in September 2016. I'll take the live one. A lot of people ask me, Oh, do you have any regrets? No, not really. 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Ghantt was already married when he took part in the heist, to a woman named Tammy who author Diamant described as very nice. It is true, however, that she had no idea about the plot and that he fled to Mexico without telling her. Hes a great person. On similar grounds, four other people were ultimately also charged with money laundering. Man accused of planting explosive at Grandfather Mountain Highland Games pleads not guilty, Falcon 9 launches Crew-6 from Cape Canaveral, Flight attendants to get 10 hours rest between shifts under new US rule, Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies, National Taco Day 2022 | Deals and offers. Dont come to me for a treasure map, Ill put it to you that way., Michael Sainatos writing has appeared in the Guardian, Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, Denver Post, Buffalo News, the Hill, Alternet, and several other publications . I figured it had to be me. LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. After the robbery, Ghantt took off to Mexico. But last Oct. 4, when he still hadn't gotten home by 2:30 a.m., she called his parents in. Few who were around then will forget the theft of $17 million in unmarked bills from the armored car company's vault in Charlotte, pulled off by a group of residents of Gaston and Cleveland counties, who were subsequently caught five months later. They not only moved from a trailer into an expensive house just miles away from where the theft took place, but also paid for cosmetic surgery, bought a BMW convertible, Rolex watches and other signs of excess. 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. Did you get to spend much time on set? A: People are very forgiving if you're open and honest right from the start. 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. An additional tip reached the FBI when Michelle Chambers made a large deposit at a bank. Because surprise! She knows Owen Wilson's Steve, the bad apple . One of them went into a bank and asked, How much money can I deposit before you call the IRS? Its things like that. They put some elements of the real thing into the movie. 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 . David Ghantt: My standard answer now is [to say] that the person I was thenI am certainly not that person now. In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. Ghantt was never in Chamberss presence until he actually handed off the money to him. I loved it that she is part of my life now, because of all this. As we said . David GhanttRetweeted Iraqveteran8888 @Iraqveteran8888 Dec 9, 2022 Elect me President and I'll fire everyone, free Julian Assange, and pardon Edward Snowden. 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. I did do a lot of diving down in Mexico, which is a great diving spot. Were you really hailed as a hero? 44:33. He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. In real life: True. But, thats a huge amount of money that would just disappear. However, it's a Hollywood comedy. 121 90 1,443 Show this thread David GhanttRetweeted C.A. . In real life: False. How? Ghantt had worked with the branch since 1994, and had been promoted from a driver to the vault supervisor. If I hadnt done on what I did and how everything unfolded like it didI wouldnt have my daughter today. Everything changes when he meets Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig), a new employee at his bank, Loomis Fargo. I thought he did a really good job. Philip Noel Johnson, 33, was arrested in August while crossing into the United States from Mexico. It's based on the true story of David Ghantt (Galifianikas), a vault supervisor at the Charlotte Loomis Fargo depository in Uptown Charlotte that was involved in the second largest cash robbery in history, making off with $17.4 million ($25 million today). The Radical Senate: James Abourezk of South Dakota, America is Not a Racist Country: How Nikki Haley Became Israels Candidate for the White House, Three Reasons (Other Than Age) Why Joe Biden Should Not Run Again For President, The Global South Refuses Pressure to Side With the West on Russia, The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney. Jandice : In any case, we got to talkin' afterwards, and I thought, well, that one's dead, this one's alive. The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. They bought a huge diamond and paid with cash for it. Ghantt was in fact hiding out in Mexico using McKinneys I.D., which had been sold to Chambers months earlier. Hes way smarter than youd think he would be because he tends to play Bozos. Ghantt labeled himself as a jerk who was dissatisfied with his life before stealing the money. Ghantt, a U.S. Army veteran, was living a relatively "boring" life working as the vault superintendent at a Loomis Fargo armored car warehouse just outside Charlotte, North Carolina making a relatively meager paycheck, when he crossed paths with Kelly Campbell. David Ghantt: They did hire a guy to kill me. Iraqi war vet, David Ghantt, was a guard at the Loomis Fargo cash vault in Charlotte in October 1997 when he decided to steal 17-million-dollars. It wasa painful process, but I learned to be happy with me and with what I've got. I did get to meet him. You did something else instead. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. Then, keeping with the plan, Ghantt took $50,000 (the maximum that could by law be taken across the border without further authorization) with him and left for Mexico, winding up at the popular Yucatan Peninsula resort-island of Cozumel. They asked me how I felt about it and I said, Its my story, but its your movie so have at me. Tell Me When Systemic Racism Ended? Alert: Obviously, spoilers abound. Why would you want this story to be told and to enjoy this? Well, it's 'based' on a true event, and there are accurate bits sprinkled throughout. Spending years in prison, he said, gave him time to re-invent himself. The movie is hilarious. Also famous for (at least with his friends and family) finally getting his first book finished.Current Life: Wooer of the Wife, Drinker of Coffee, Father, Gamer, Photographer, Fisherman, Gentleman, Mastermind of this book ;-). Eventually, federal agents found Ghantt, thanks to uncovering a plot for an assassin to hunt and kill him in Mexico. His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. 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. David Ghantt, who pulled off the Loomis, Fargo & Co. vault robbery in 1997 and was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime, served as a consultant for the film, which opens in theatres . Ghantt got arrested by the Mexican police at Playa del Carmen on March 1, 1988. Ghantt fled to Mexico immediately after the theft, only to be caught in March 1998 when one of his co-conspirators, Steve Chambers, sent a hit man to kill Ghantt in an effort to tie up loose ends. Back in 1997, David Ghantt, a resident of Kings Mountain and Gulf War veteran, was finishing up his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo when he started to load nearly $17 million into a company van and drove away. From Oct. 6 through Feb. 20, the couple made 47 deposits totaling $271,500 at a Belmont bank, and at one point Michelle Chambers tried to get an official bank check with $200,000 in cash, authorities said. Ghantt plead guilty to his charges andserved six years in prison, along with21 other defendantswho received chargesrangingfrom money laundering to bank larceny. In Kukulcan Plaza in Cancun, Mexico, they had a small Internet caf. Chambers had broached the possibility of a robbery to Campbell earlier in the summer. David Ghantt: Oh, yeah. $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. Gov. When they showed the mansion scene, the great big velvet Elvis painting was for real. Answer: The painful one is getting caught. We talked about the fiction and fact from the movie. Back then all I really wanted to do was just, I wanted to change my life. Soooooo will anyfuckingbody say what the movie is called? Ghantt was the vault manager. In the end, it is a good story. The van used to move the money was later located a few miles from the warehouse. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Chambers did more than 11 years. Ghantt was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. Being a quasi-famous bank robber and all? The unlikely suspect in the Charlotte heist was 27-year-old David Scott Ghantt, a quiet, unassuming vault supervisor who earned $360 a week. Has this affected your ability to get a job? CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A man caught on videotape looting an armored car company vault of $17 million -- one of the biggest thefts of its kind in U.S. history -- has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison. 90 Second Job. Just living day-to-day. In 2020, the television show Super Heists portrayed the heist in Episode 3, "Van Full of Dollars". Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. Its the small things like that. David Ray Camm (born March 23, 1964) is a former trooper of the Indiana State Police (ISP) who spent 13 years in prison after twice being convicted of the murders of his wife, Kimberly, and his two young children at their home in Georgetown, Indiana, on September 28, 2000.He was released from custody in 2013 after his third trial resulted in an acquittal. His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. Ghantt was charged in connection with the . 1:38 On Oct. 4, 1997, former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt finished his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte. But McKinney never stopped trying to kill Ghantt although, initally, McKinney thought Chambers had paid for the hit over a drug deal gone bad, Diamant said. A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. Officially retired Predators GM David Poile and his wife Elizabeth Poile poses for a portrait inside the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. I think Zachs a hell of an actor. Chambers declines to comment on the events that made him notorious. Thats going to be your life for quite some time, typically. How many years did David Ghantt get? 44:23. She had previously been making frequent small deposits to avert suspicion. CHARLOTTE, N.C. Tuesday is the 25th anniversary of the infamous Loomis Fargo heist in Charlotte, where a bank worker, with the help of two accomplices, stole almost $17 million before being captured in Mexico. David Harbour with Lily Allen. We're always making new tools to help you discover, save, and share your favorite books. While Ghantt spent more than 6 1/2 years in federal prison, he said he usedthat time to"re-invent" himself. 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