Masterminds TV -
A mastermind steals millions from an impregnable vault without leaving a trace. Meet America’s most amazing bank burglar. Masterminds s1e9: The Perfect Score, truTV 2003
The First National Bank of Barrington ... Employees quickly discovered that seventy-four safe-deposit boxes had been emptied. The FBI determined $1.1 million in jewellery and cash were missing. ibid.
This criminal masterpiece was the work of local hairdresser William Smarto. ibid.
Locked in the vault Smarto waits an hour to ensure everyone has left the bank. ibid.
After watching the attendant leave he emerges disguised as a workman. ibid.
William Smarto is found guilty and sentenced to twenty years. Due to ill health his brother is never brought to trial. ibid.
Because of William Smarto the architecture of bank vaults has changed for ever. No longer are there false ceilings and all-corner dead spaces have been eliminated. ibid.