The film stars Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Kate McKinnon and Jason Sudeikis. David Ghantt: Awesome. David Ghantt was portrayed by Zackary Hatfield. Jokes soon followed the news of how Chambers and his former wife spent their ill-gotten gain. Born in Bristol, Mary was a resident of this area until the late '90s, after which she moved to Susquehanna t I would like to think, in my heart-to-heart, he wasnt going [to kill me]. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. Q: Do you ever think about what your life would be like if you had gotten away with the money? 33. But after one visit, she asked a teller "How much can I deposit before you have to report it to the feds?" 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. 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. LRM: So tell me on where are you now? 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. Both were involved in the second-largest cash heist in U.S. history, in which a group of people stole $17 million from the. Twenty-one people were charged and convicted in the . Chambers had broached the possibility of a robbery to Campbell earlier in the summer. He is now a stepfather to her two daughters, Ethel, 10, and Marnie, 9. 121 90 1,443 Show this thread David GhanttRetweeted C.A. 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David Ghantt was the vault supervisor for Loomis, Fargo & Co. armored cars, which managed the transportation of large sums of cash between banks in North Carolina. With a star-studded cast including Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis and director Jared Hess, Masterminds was bound for comedic success. Its the small things like that. Loomis, Fargo offered a $500,000 reward for his arrest and conviction. In the meantime, Ghantt's wife reported him missing and the CMPD had found his . LRM: Most people who commits the crime of the decadedont usually want their story to be told. LRM: Did you like the portrayal of yourself in the movie? But Ghantt has been open about what he did and how he believes it changed him for the better. Answer: The painful one is getting caught. No idea where it is I only ever had what I took with me and what was sent to me. All were convicted. David Ghantt: I was very sure they [were looking for me]. People did ask questions or they wanted to chat. If I hadnt done on what I did and how everything unfolded like it didI wouldnt have my daughter today. 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 . We talked about the fiction and fact from the movie. LRM: Do you still have that well-known fame today after being a free man? In October of 1997, I was a vault supervisor for armored truck company Loomis Fargo, when I made off with $17.3 million. 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. Updated: Sep 29, 2022 / 03:23 PM CDT. Name: David Scott Ghantt Born: October 20,1969 Infamous for: When he literally drove off with $17+ Million one day after work (admit it, you've all thought about it, lol) Famous for (at time of writing): Being an inspiration for the character David Ghantt in the major motion picture comedy- Masterminds. And most importantly, talking with Zach. He pleaded guilty in January to charges of kidnapping, money laundering and interfering with interstate commerce. 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. Thats some of my work. More than 2 million dollars is still missing to this day. Gov. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. 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David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday on an island off the Mexican coast, near the resort city of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said today. Chambers would then occasionally wire Ghantt money and see to his basic financial needs; when "the heat was off," Ghantt was to re-enter the U.S. and the money would be split up among all of the co-conspirators. I'd probably be that infamous gringo living in Belize, kicked back on the beach, fishing and bored out of my mind. Money does weird things to people. He was insecure. [1], This robbery was the second-largest cash robbery on U.S. soil at the time, as only seven months earlier, on March 29, 1997 in Jacksonville, Florida, Philip Noel Johnson stole $18.8 million from the Loomis Fargo armored vehicle he was driving.[2]. In 1997, Loomis Fargo employee David Ghantt robbed the armored car company of $17 million. Mostly with Zach. I took a picture from back in those days to show them. LRM: For whatever its worth, its a good answer. Ghantt ultimately agreed to the plan, largely, due to a mountain of credit-card debt and in hopes of changing his life for the better. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near the island resort of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said. David Ghantt: When I first met Zach and sat down to talk about it, he said, You realize Im going to be playing a dumber, clumsier version of you. Its all being part as a comedy and its Hollywood. 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. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. There are also a bit of comedy and some tragedy. A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. The Mandalorian S3 Episode 1 Review: ROUGH START!!! When to set your clocks for daylight saving time, Novant to take over two hospital systems near Charlotte in a $320 million deal. [citation needed], It was later confirmed by the FBI that more than 88% of the stolen cash had been located or otherwise accounted for. BOSTON (AP) A former eBay Inc. executive was sentenced on Thursday to almost five years in prison for leading a scheme to terrorize the creators of an . But even though he worked for a company that regularly moved millions of dollars, David Ghantt himself was underpaid. David Ghantt: At first, I had a pretty good party. Thats my standard answer these days. My wife and I are starting a microbusiness. LRM: Were you actually concerned that you were one of the most wanted man in the United States while you were in Mexico? I got no real complaints, not at this point., The heist became the premise for the movie,Masterminds, released in September 2016. Masterminds is a 2016 American crime comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina. The Confess, Fletch co-stars are engaged after they first started . 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. Lessons Not Learned From the Pentagon Papers, The US Navy is More Than Just Broken, Careerism is Tearing It Apart, Sensitivity Rewrites: The Cultural Purging of Roald Dahl, The Biden National Security Team Must Get SmarterSooner, Building Direct Democracy in an Atlanta Forest, Truth, No Matter What: Why Watering Down Palestinian Reality is a Crime, How Howard Schultz Made Starbucks the Poster Child of Corporate Abuse, Letter from London: Meeting at Maison Bertaux, Why Much of the Global South Isnt Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine. The company reported the theft Oct. 5. Q: How do you tell prospective employers you once stole $17 million? They obviously werent trying to get it right they were putting together what they believe is a better story, said Diamant. He has a regular life now, but 25 years ago, David Ghantt was the mastermind behind the 3rd largest bank robbery in U. David Ghantt talks to us about his part in the robbery of Loomis Fargo where he stole over 17 Million Dollars & the events that transpired soon after.Like u. Do you still have contact with him? There are a bunch of bizarre things they bought. Ghantt was scheduled to work a shift at the armored car company Oct. 4. Ghantt was charged in connection with the . If you know, you know. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP5 . How? By then, the FBI had become greatly concerned for Ghantt's personal safety; they had learned that Chambers had plotted to have Ghantt killed in a murder for hire scheme using a "hit man" named Michael McKinney. The movie was overly silly and, based on a post-screening conversation with former Observer reporter Jeff Diamant who wrote a detailed 279-page book about the occasionally funny but mostly just-plain fascinating crime, titled Heist much of what wound up in the film is fiction. Search warrants also were executed at Ghantts home in North Carolina, federal officials said. David Ghantt struck up a relationship with fellow Loomis Fargo employee Kelly Campbell, and they continued to maintain contact even after Campbell left the company. On similar grounds, four other people were ultimately also charged with money laundering. On March 12, a Charlotte grand jury indicted the eight co-conspirators for bank larceny and money laundering; the latter offense was included because of how they spent the stolen money. Ghantt was the vault manager. LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. Has this affected your ability to get a job? Inequality is Weakening Social Security. The only person not to plead guilty in the case, former Gastonia attorney Jeff Guller, ended up doing eight years for money laundering. Six were accused of plotting the heist and helping Ghantt flee: Steve and Michelle Chambers; Kelly Jane Campbell; Michael L. McKinney; Thomas Nathan Grant; and Eric Haley Payne. Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones with his wife Shirley and daughter Seraphina at the Grammy Awards at Kensington Roof gardens, London,. I was shocked. As we said . I ended up buying a small sailboat and go out to catch lunch. Despite being caught on camera wheeling the money from the vault to the getaway van, David Ghantt makes off to Mexico before the FBI can blink. My Proof: https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760, My AMA time is up now, but thank you all for your participation in the Ask Me Anything session :-). Philip Noel Johnson, 33, was arrested in August while crossing into the United States from Mexico. Why did this Charlotte engineer leave her job? No. In 2020, the television show Super Heists portrayed the heist in Episode 3, "Van Full of Dollars". Its a yes: Clover teen shakes off nerves to earn American Idol golden ticket, Deputy rapes woman at traffic stop and tells her she wont be charged, Tennessee cops say, Charlotte woman was locked in room for 5 days before police shooting, report shows. Chambers declines to comment on the events that made him notorious. 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. Could you talk a little more about that? LRM: [Laughter] Now the movie portrayed that they sent someone to kill you in Mexico. All but one of the defendants pleaded guilty. ``Thats always something that sends up a red flag, she said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Tony Mendez, long an on-air fixture handling the cue cards for David Letterman on The Late Show, took the wrong cue this week, assaulting staff writer Bill Scheft, a 15-time Emmy nominee, and getti I was also made myself available on set in case if someone wanted to talk to me. All David Ghantt ever really wanted was adventure, and he takes the audience along with him for an hour-and-a-half of side-splitting comedy in Masterminds. David Ghantt: My standard answer now is [to say] that the person I was thenI am certainly not that person now. Please click here if you want to opt-out. (Source: People) 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).. HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP8. LRM: When you actually pulled off this heist, was there any comedic incidents at all that was actually true? Sixteen others who were indirectly involved were convicted and federal agents recovered most of the money. I even helped them design the set, where he breaks into the vault. This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 16:45. Charlotte radio stations labeled them the "Cramer Mountain hillbillies" and the whole crew as "the gang that couldn't steal straight.". I cut out a lot of partying and stuff that wastes my spending. $17.3 million . Spending years in prison, he said, gave him time to re-invent himself. Ghantt was. 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. In November 1990, David married Margaret in San Diego, California. 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. Ghantt knew Chambers as Steve, but didnt find out that his last name was Chambers until the arrests were made. 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. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM MASTERMIND MOVIE. David Ghantt, a Gulf War veteran, was finishing his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo when he loaded $17 million into a . Charlotte hotel chef who serves with a smile recognized as outstanding ambassador, Eritrean, Ethiopian restaurant owner was a big brother and father to many in Charlotte, Home tours: This wired-up Weddington smart home has a pool big enough for the neighborhood. [7][8], Rocket Science, a 1998 double-disc album by Charlotte-based radio personalities John Boy & Billy, includes a track ("Marvin: The Loomis Caper") mocking the defendants. A: I like the 47-year-old David Ghantt more than I did the 20-something David Ghantt. What was the number one question? In real life: False. Ghantt labeled himself as a jerk who was dissatisfied with his life before stealing the money. 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.". Wake Up CharlotteToGo is a daily news and weather podcast you can listen to so you can start your day with the team atWake Up Charlotte. I enjoy talking to you. Campbell, 29, had pleaded guilty to charges of bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: The Beast Lays On The Charm In New TV Spot. She was a graduate of Ashley High School and attended Gaston Co You can't get barbecue slaw in this hedonistic state (Florida), and there's nowhere to get real ice cream here like Tony's. Saffron Burrows plays . 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. Ghantt was never in Chamberss presence until he actually handed off the money to him. 43-year-old Margret and her mother both died in 2012 . Heres How We Fix That. 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. Good question , Oddly most employers are very understanding as long as you are honest with them up front . Tell Me When Systemic Racism Ended? His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. He then began loading $17 million in unmarked bills inside a company van before driving away. What was it like to have a movie based on your story? Chambers got 11 years. Authorities seized several vehicles and the contents of nine safe deposit boxes. Sign up now to get updates whenever we release new features! 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.". He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. I went in there to do a basic search. 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. To me, [all of this] was a business deal between the original three of us. Philosophically, now looking back I wouldnt be who I am now if I hadnt gone through all that, said David Scott Ghantt in an interview with the Observer. Any truth to that? 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. David Ghantt: Oh, yeah. With egg prices on the rise, are more people buying chickens? So the last third of the movie is almost entirely fiction. . Ghantt was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. Chambers did more than 11 years. In Kukulcan Plaza in Cancun, Mexico, they had a small Internet caf. ", "If you're trying to make yourself better today, that's all most people care about.". There was in fact a basically similar conversation involving Chambers and Campbell that took place during a barbecue the Campbells were hosting. Loomis Fargo employees could not open the vault the next morning and called the police. You did something else instead. At the time it was thesecond largest bank heistin U.S. history. She had previously been making frequent small deposits to avert suspicion. Al momento de dar su gran golpe en 1997, un robo de ms de 17 millones de dlares, David Ghantt probablemente pens que su historia terminara en una pelcula. Ghantt was apprehended in Mexico and returned to the United States in custody. No one could just pull off the crime of the decade. Yes, Carrie Underwood adopted a dog in Charlotte. LRM: When you first heard the story he was there to get rid of you, what was your reaction? Were you really hailed as a hero? I stole $17 million, and Zach Galifianakis played me in a movie. This website is using Google Analytics. 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. 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. Investigators also found Ghantt's pickup truck, abandoned at the warehouse. "He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. David Bowie 's widow recently took to Instagram to post selfies, while promoting both her makeup brand and fashion line. David Ghantt normally came home between 6 and 8 p.m., and often he was late, his wife said. 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. David Ghantt, a Gulf War veteran, was finishing his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo when he loaded $17 million into a company van and drove away. Some received probation for money laundering, many others did hard time. David Ghantt: Since the movie came out, I probably say I would have more now. The British spy group MI5 is interested in a safety deposit box in this highly fictionalized version of an actual London robbery. Additionally, we also discussed about his life in Mexico, the discoveries, and his life today after all this fame. Before he decided to steal $17 million from the bank, Ghantt had worked for years as a relatively taciturn and compliant employee. At first, David Ghantt said, "I didn't take her seriously. A Dangerous Fishing Expedition: The Select Committee on China, Spying on Muslims, Good; Spying on Christians, Bad, Climate Code Red Analysis and Sea Level Warnings, Nichole Stephens, Administrative Assistant. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney, and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most. Here's whatGhantt says now about the heist that madethe "Cramer Mountain Hillbillies" famous and changed him forever. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. David GhanttRetweeted Iraqveteran8888 @Iraqveteran8888 Dec 9, 2022 Elect me President and I'll fire everyone, free Julian Assange, and pardon Edward Snowden. One of them went into a bank and asked, How much money can I deposit before you call the IRS? Its things like that. The FBI, in fact, obtained the evidence they needed to bring down the major players, including Chambers, after catching them talking about the murder plot on the telephone via wiretap. Following romance reports in 2019, the Stranger Things actor and vocalist married in Las Vegas in September 2020. Ghantt reported to Chambers that his supply of money was running low, but Chambers sent Ghantt just $8,000. David Ghantt : [voice-over] Steve was a petty thief, mostly known for stealing tiny wheelchairs from pediatric hospitals. In real life: True. Kate. I learned that I was an a--hole. 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. I wanted to change my life. They received sentences and probation ranging from several years to 11 years and three months in federal prison for Steve Chambers, who was also fined more than $3,500,000. At the. Service 11 a.m. Saturday . I got to eat my meal perfectly, but every 5 minutes, someone wanted to shoot a selfie with Zach or an autograph from Zach. Im still going through the friend requests. . Eventually, federal agents found Ghantt, thanks to uncovering a plot for an assassin to hunt and kill him in Mexico. From there, the money was moved from the company vehicle to private vehicles. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small. Steven Chambers (left) and David Scott Ghantt Facts Before he decided to steal $17 million from the bank, Ghantt worked for years as a relatively silent and compliant employee. Hes scheduled to be sentenced in May. Director Jared Hess Writers Chris Bowman (screenplay) Hubbel Palmer (screenplay) Emily Spivey (screenplay) Stars Zach Galifianakis Kristen Wiig Owen Wilson 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. I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal. MASTERMINDS is available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital download tomorrow. Did you get to spend much time on set? The FBI investigation was aided by the gang's extravagant spending. David Ghantt (@DavidGhantt) is a man that still holds the record for the second largest bank heist on American Soil. Everything changes when he meets Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig), a new employee at his bank, Loomis Fargo. 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. A: Zach and I have a runningtext conversation going, but he's very busy. I felt relieved, I knew that things were getting ready to come to an end and getting caught was a stress reliever even if I knew I was going to jail. Just living day-to-day. Ms. Campbell was a former Loomis employee who is the only person known to have contacted Ghantt in Mexico, while Chambers and McKinney conspired in recent days to kill Ghantt under the guise of bringing him more cash in Mexico, according to arrest affidavits. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. [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. "A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. No idea. David Ghantt: That is the like the number two question that everyone asks me. That was probably the first thing. He then proceeded to load about $17.3 million in cash (approximately $11 million of which was in $20 bills) into the back of a company van. "Your honor, if I could undo what I did, I would," David Scott Ghantt said before being sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Graham Mullen. Two days later, when the FBI found the Loomis Fargo armored van, they discovered almost $3.3 million in cash left in the back of the van; it was later discovered that the thieves had miscalculated the sheer bulk of the small denomination currency, and that they simply left the cash that they could not take with them in the back of the van. When it comes to crime news, few events have had the longevity or the notoriety of the Loomis Fargo heist, which occurred 25 years ago on Oct. 4, 1997. Were you offended that they portrayed you as an idiot being so easily manipulated? In February 2009 the Associated Press reported that Chambers had chosen to describe himself as "changed". FBI agents arrived first, which marked the beginning of the end. David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. 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 . I thought he did a really good job. So my AMA hour is up, thank you all for the great questions and swinging by to Ask Me Anything. The company reported the theft the next day, saying one of its vans was missing. His accomplices included coworker Kelly Campbell, as well as friends Steve and Michelle Chambers. I did get to meet him. Masterminds follows the [] They also bought a BMW Z3 with cash and made several large purchases, including a $600 cigar store Indian. Then you end up in a eight by ten cube and youre going to share that cube with two other people. She knows Owen Wilson's Steve, the bad apple . Wichita Eagle, Thursday, June 29, 1995 Bullock, David N., 63, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. sheet metal worker, died Tuesday, June 27, 1995. 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