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| Date | October 4, 1997 |
|---|---|
| Location | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Motive | Theft of $17.3 million |
| Target | Loomis, Fargo & Co. |
| Outcome | 88% of the stolen money recovered |
| Convicted | 24 people |
$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. 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 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.[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]
- ^ Wicker, Ann (September 11, 2002). "The Imperfect Crime". Creative Loading Charlotte. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "F.B.I. Finds Armored Car Cash". New York Times. 19 September 1997. Archived from the original on 13 January 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2024.