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Even in this high-tech age, old-fashioned bank robberies are still a cause for concern. In 2009 alone, more than $45 million was stolen and some 140 people injured in nearly 6,000 robberies of financial institutions reported to us from across the nation. The FBI has had a primary role in bank robbery investigations since the 1930s, when John Dillinger and his gang were robbing banks and capturing the public’s imagination. In 1934, it became a federal crime to rob any national bank or state member bank of the Federal Reserve. The law soon expanded to include bank burglary, larceny, and similar crimes, with jurisdiction delegated to the FBI. Now, as then, we work alongside local law enforcement in bank robbery cases. |
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