Professor Elam

Sat May 14, 2011

Well as Jeff Foxworthy says, you can't make this stuff up. Did you read about the bank robber who 

bragged on Facebook?  Really, this is an example of IT security, ethics, and just plain stupidity on the part of the robber. The bank did not change the alarm codes after firing this employee. She returned to the bank and disarmed the alarms, but not the cameras, whoops. Then she bragged about having a 'check' on FAcebook, alerting the police who now apparently wisely monitor such things. Then she left the money with a friend who bought two cars with cash, that day, so much for waiting till things cool off. 

And then, well it gets better, click and read.

The robbery was a second class felony. The robber was a first class fool. 

for those interested in movie versions of how things fall apart in crime capers, consider

Asphalt Jungle, classic crime caper directed by John Huston

A Simple Plan, Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton

Before the Devil Knows You are Dead, last film directed by Sidney Lumet