', He explained the glorification and glamour often associated with bank heists and bank robberies in Hollywood films is far from reality. But after one visit, she asked a teller "How much can I deposit before you have to report it to the feds?" Press J to jump to the feed. At the. David Scott Ghantt: Vault Supervisor David Scott Ghantt was the vault supervisor at the regional branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2020, the television show Super Heists portrayed the heist in Episode 3, "Van Full of Dollars". Ghantt was charged in connection with the . A: I like the 47-year-old David Ghantt more than I did the 20-something David Ghantt. Q: You say your time in federal prison changed you. Ghantt was in fact hiding out in Mexico using McKinneys I.D., which had been sold to Chambers months earlier. Did you stay in touch with them? 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. 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. My name is David Scott Ghantt. 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 . HOW TO ROB A BANK / S1 EP7. 'Not for lunch' Then you end up in a eight by ten cube and youre going to share that cube with two other people. At one point, the hoodlum shows up and Ghantt is wearing a Jerome Bettis Pittsburgh Steelers jersey; the hoodlums favorite team is the Steelers, and he caves and tells Ghantt that McKinney wants him dead. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM MASTERMIND MOVIE. LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. But Ghantt has been open about what he did and how he believes it changed him for the better. $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. Example video title will go here for this video. It wasa painful process, but I learned to be happy with me and with what I've got. 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David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. On Monday, he was returned to Charlotte, where he is charged with stealing a van stuffed with cash from the vault at Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte. My face popped up. An additional tip reached the FBI when Michelle Chambers made a large deposit at a bank. Congratulations Dave - very well done. Until it's gone, you don't appreciate it. Chambers had broached the possibility of a robbery to Campbell earlier in the summer. A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Some received probation for money laundering, many others did hard time. 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. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: The Beast Lays On The Charm In New TV Spot. Gov. David Ghantt (@DavidGhantt) is a man that still holds the record for the second largest bank heist on American Soil. 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. "He told me they were in the dirt business, so he didn't have to worry too much about me. I wouldnt want to change anything. Masterminds follows the [] I learned that I was an a--hole. He was released in 2006. The Chambers moved from a trailer into a mansion, which alerted the FBI to their newfound wealth. How Bridgerton restarted buzz about her ancestry. By comparison, Ghantt served seven years in prison and was fined $26,000. Authorities seized several vehicles and the contents of nine safe deposit boxes. The next day, Steve and Michelle Chambers, Kelly Campbell, and four others were arrested.[6]. So what made you do it? The unlikely suspect in the Charlotte heist was 27-year-old David Scott Ghantt, a quiet, unassuming vault supervisor who earned $360 a week. One of them went into a bank and asked, How much money can I deposit before you call the IRS? Its things like that. Ghantt was. LRM: If you had to relive that heist againwhat would you do differently? She denied ever being romantically involved with Ghantt, although she ``expressed her love to him during their last intercepted conversation last Monday, according to the affidavit. Yep, yesterday, February 28, at the end of the TODAY show's 8 am ET hour, Sheinelle Jones offered the following update: "By the way, it has been an interesting morning for us. Steven Chambers, left, and David Scott Ghantt leave federal court. David Ghantt: That was the first thing the FBI told me when they had arrested me. Ghantt reported to Chambers that his supply of money was running low, but Chambers sent Ghantt just $8,000. Ghantts wife also reported him missing the same day. At the time it was the second largest cash robbery ever to happen on US soil. David Ghantt: There are quite a few small facts and tidbits. 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. Inequality is Weakening Social Security. But it was Ghantt, now 47 and living with his wife and daughter in Jacksonville, Florida,who actually took more than 2,000 pounds of cash and just drove away from his job. 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. You take a movie like Oceans Eleven, the whole concept of that movie is so farfetched, its not even funny. $7 Million by Air. David Ghantt commits the second largest bank heist in US history . What was it like to have a movie based on your story? Cathy Biles, who handled the purchase of the Chambers house in Cramerton, told WSOC-TV in Charlotte that the cash deal aroused her suspicions. On Monday, he was returned to Charlotte, where he is charged with stealing a van stuffed with cash from the vault at Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte. (His wife tells him to change that word to "selfish."). That just added to the comedic element. 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. C hristopher David Ghantt Phone Numbers (704) 678-8911. LRM: Im curious. Galifianakis will play the armored car driver, David, who evades authorities, will be searching for his co-conspirators who betrayed him, Kelly (Kristen Wiig) and Steve (Owen Wilson). People did come up to me and asked me for my autograph. February 28, 2023. In August 1997, Campbell informed Ghantt of an old high school friend of hers, Steve Chambers, who could assist Ghantt in executing a massive cash robbery of the Loomis Fargo vault in one night. 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. Unfortunately, no one explained that to David Ghantt before he used his position as vault supervisor with Charlotte, N.C.'s Loomis, Fargo & Co. to rob the company of $17 million in 1997. Ghantt, in order to conserve this money, curtailed his spending. 44:23. At first, David Ghantt said, "I didn't take her seriously. Q: How do you tell prospective employers you once stole $17 million? The Bank Job (2008) Image via Lionsgate. 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. He also took various measures to change his appearance, such as shaving, after a patron at a restaurant pointed out to him that he "looked like the man who robbed a bank of $20 million. 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. On the non-philosophical side, it probably be much better off if I done everything by myself. There was no sign of forced entry into the building, but surveillance tapes and photographs showed a man believed by authorities to be Ghantt putting bags of money onto a cart in the vault at Loomis, Fargos offices in Charlotte, and then into the company van. Q: Do you ever think about what your life would be like if you had gotten away with the money? Thats my standard answer these days. Outside the building, Ghantt met up with Campbell, Chambers, and others who were involved in the plot, and drove off to a printing business called Reynolds & Reynolds in northwest Charlotte. Seven others were convicted in direct connection with the heist. How many years did David Ghantt get? Authorities said a Loomis employee pulled a gun on two co-workers. If I hadnt done on what I did and how everything unfolded like it didI wouldnt have my daughter today. I went in there to do a basic search. After the robbery, Ghantt took off to Mexico. The company reported the theft Oct. 5. Were you really hailed as a hero? Masterminds is a 2016 American crime comedy film based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery in North Carolina. So he hatched a plan to rob his employers. There are also a bit of comedy and some tragedy. David Ghantt: I was very sure they [were looking for me]. He is now a stepfather to her two daughters, Ethel, 10, and Marnie, 9. Im assuming you dont have any more contacts with your co-conspirators. 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 ;-). 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. Investigators considered Ghantt to be the prime suspect almost from the beginning. 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. by Jeff Diamant (left) and Steven Chambers (left) and David Scott Ghantt leave federal court. On Oct. 4, 1997, former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt finished his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte. A: I'm in dire need for some RO's barbecue and some Tony's Ice Cream. He would eventually be arrested in Mexico in March 1998 after one of his co-conspirators put out a hit on him under the false suspicion he was the only prime suspect authorities were aware of at the time. All were convicted. He was angry a lot. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760. David Ghantt: At first, I had a pretty good party. Investigators also found Ghantt's pickup truck, abandoned at the warehouse. 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. They even made a movie about it, with North Carolina native Zach Galifianakis playing the role of Ghantt in the comedy "Masterminds.". Court documents said an informant who was not identified tipped off federal agents about the couples suspicious spending habits. Search warrants also were executed at Ghantts home in North Carolina, federal officials said. You said that was the number two question. This Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of the notorious Loomis Fargo heist. Five years he told how he explains his past like this: "People are very forgiving if you're open and honest right from the start. I mean, thats pretty much why I did it. Im still going through the friend requests. Ghantt was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison. David Ghantt discovers the true meaning of adventure far beyond his wildest dreams. Chambers had no intention of following those rules, believing the FBI would never connect him to Ghantt. Day in and day out, he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other peoples money with no escape in sight. Chambers declines to comment on the events that made him notorious. As a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo, David had access to the vaults and all the cash within. LRM: Do you enjoy the publicity for yourself? The affidavit described Chambers as a former FBI informant who had provided information on another Loomis armored car robbery that never materialized. Hes scheduled to be sentenced in May. 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 :-). [citation needed], The defendants were the targets of many barbed jokes in Charlotte and across the country, in part because of their extravagant spending. 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.". Question: Which do you regret more, stealing the money or getting caught? 44:28. Eventually, the money had to run out. That usually takes the shine right off of it, when you start explaining that. He continued, Youd be wearing a lot of khaki brown and eating crappy food., Since the films release and its recent Netflix debut, Scott Ghent cited that the most common question he receives is about the missing $2 million never recovered by the FBI; Ive had people actually ask me that question. It was Ghantt, a 27-year-old Army veteran living in Kings Mountain at the time, who loaded up more than 2,000 pounds of cash in a company van and just drove away at the end of his shift as a supervisor at Loomis Fargo. I pretty much let them have their way with it, as you say. His wife, they said, got breast implants and used cash to purchase a 1998 BMW Z3 sports car. 2023 www.gastongazette.com. If you know, you know. Its gone! #CLXGaming#CLXRa#evokethegods 1 2 The only glimmer of excitement is his flirtatious work crush Kelly Campbell who soon lures him into the scheme of a lifetime. I had more than 700 message requests. The scary one is stealing the money. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. I got no real complaints, not at this point., The heist became the premise for the movie,Masterminds, released in September 2016. "They were short staffed and I noticed a lot of. With egg prices on the rise, are more people buying chickens? The Associated Press contributed to this report. Soooooo will anyfuckingbody say what the movie is called? 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]. Even after the tapes showing Ghantt stealing the. I might even have more these days. 33. This website is using Google Analytics. Thats some of my work. ``During the conversation Campbell. He had stayed in a luxury hotel and paid for expensive food and activities such as scuba diving and parasailing. Both were involved in the second-largest cash heist in U.S. history, in which a group of people stole $17 million from the. So he convinced a local hoodlum in Mexico to try to kill Ghantt. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. LRM: For whatever its worth, its a good answer. $17 Million and Change. David Ghantt: That is the like the number two question that everyone asks me. As we said . Other FBI agents, who had wiretaps on Chambers' after being tipped off much earlier about his free-spending ways, were soon searching the expensive Cramer Mountain home he had bought with the proceeds. Honestly, it got spent and no one noticed. Ghantt and seven others eventually pleaded guilty in federal court to charges directly related to one of the largest cash heists in history while more than a dozen other family members, friends and associates of those involved in the theft were found guilty of related charges, including money laundering. You can listen now on Android, iPhone, Amazon, and other internet-connected devices. David Ghantt: Its a little less dramatic on what they had shown in the movie. Will California Save the Iconic Joshua Tree? Just lounging around. Additionally, we also discussed about his life in Mexico, the discoveries, and his life today after all this fame. What are Jandice and Kelly up to now? Sign up now to get updates whenever we release new features! Guess what? David Ghantt: I would be really philosophical about this. I gave him the short synopsis. Spending years in prison, he said, gave him time to re-invent himself. I was also made myself available on set in case if someone wanted to talk to me. Thats going to be your life for quite some time, typically. I run the heavy equipment. Ghantt had worked with the branch since 1994, and had been promoted from a driver to the vault supervisor. She was a graduate of Ashley High School and attended Gaston Co 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. 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. 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. SUBSCRIBE:Apple Podcasts||Spotify||Stitcher||TuneIn||Google Podcasts. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. 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. I just sat back and waited on my money. The Loomis Fargo Bank Robbery was a robbery of $17.3 million in cash from the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis, Fargo & Co. on the evening of October 4, 1997, by vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt, his married girlfriend Kelly Campbell (a former Loomis co-worker), Steve Chambers, his wife Michelle Chambers, Michael Gobbies and four other co-conspirators. Tell us on what was actually real from that movie. 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 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. Growing Backlash to Montanas GOP-Controlled Legislature, Gee Its Nice Your State is Blue, the War on Abortions Still Coming for You. Alert: Obviously, spoilers abound. Did you really only go to Mexico with 50k? In real life: False. GASTONIA - Nancy Carolyn Ghantt, 71, died September 6, 2018. No one could just pull off the crime of the decade. 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. After years of working hard, the realisation hit . A: I hate to think about what I'd be doing if I hadn't gotten caught. Going to prison helped me grow up as a human being. In real life: False. On similar grounds, four other people were ultimately also charged with money laundering. David Bowie 's widow recently took to Instagram to post selfies, while promoting both her makeup brand and fashion line. No idea. 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 . David Ghantt: No, I havent talked to them in a very long time. Ghantt was never in Chamberss presence until he actually handed off the money to him. 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. LRM: True. It was one of the first things they voted on. There was in fact a basically similar conversation involving Chambers and Campbell that took place during a barbecue the Campbells were hosting. Director Jared Hess Writers Chris Bowman (screenplay) Hubbel Palmer (screenplay) Emily Spivey (screenplay) Stars Zach Galifianakis Kristen Wiig Owen Wilson 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. Its comedy. Mary E. Ghantt, 38, died Tuesday in Scranton after a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. Ghantt, a decorated Army veteran who served in the Persian Gulf war repairing helicopters, was charged in October with bank larceny, sparking an intense manhunt. . In real life: Yes and no. How? Loomis, Fargo offered a $500,000 reward for his arrest and conviction. Ghantt was the vault manager. I did do a lot of diving down in Mexico, which is a great diving spot. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 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. 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. Were just getting started on that. The painful part is that when you get caught, that the part of your brain that was trying to talk to you when you first started the robbery was right, and that's like a dump truck running over you. 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. Campbell, 29, had pleaded guilty to charges of bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy to commit murder. Back then all I really wanted to do was just, I wanted to change my life. Ghantt's spending in Mexico was extravagant at first. It has a lot of things youll look for in a storya little romance, money, adventure and travel. 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. 'The Rolling Stones' drummer Charlie Watts holding his young daughter Seraphina as they arrive at London Airport, October 17th 1969. David Ghantt: Oh, yeah. Updated: Sep 29, 2022 / 03:23 PM CDT. Being a quasi-famous bank robber and all? Nine other relatives and friends were also charged with money laundering, as they had co-signed for safe deposit boxes used to store some of the money; prosecutors opted to charge them on the grounds that they should have known the money was obtained illegally. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near the island resort of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said. Authorities found Ghantts unlocked red pickup truck near the Loomis building. Service 11 a.m. Saturday . So the last third of the movie is almost entirely fiction. Well, it's 'based' on a true event, and there are accurate bits sprinkled throughout. 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. Then you have the huge velvet Elvis. 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