if a person went in to a back handed the teller a paper that read "give me XXX amount of money in the vault and do not alert the police or security etc."
the person had no gun and posed no threat physically....
the teller did what the note said and the person left
would that be considered stealing????
2007-07-13 08:48:33 · 6 answers · asked by Poosocks 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
if they gave it up willingly though is it still considered robbery???
2007-07-13 08:52:56 · update #1
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2007-07-13 09:27:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
By giving the note to the teller the person has made an implied threat of force and therefore is committing a bank robbery.
Armed theft is when a weapon is present, simple theft is when a weapon is not present. The teller has no way of knowing if a person has a weapon or not so in the interest of public safety the bank usually has the teller hand over the money without any arguments.
European banks are not all so forgiving, some have smash down bullet proof plates that drop between the teller and the customer. Other banks have lobby entrances that seal shut trapping the bank robber. It all depends on the bank.
Bank robbery is not such an easy crime to commit and get away with. You are filmed, and when a bank teller gives a bank robber the money they often include a die pack or a GPS tracker so the bank robber can be easily discovered and traced.
2007-07-13 09:00:58 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just because the person didn't have a gun doesn't mean that an accomplice didn't there could have been a bomb and ambush etc. and there was some threat when warning not to alert security its an un-written threat its saying 'don't tell people that can protect you and stop me or else' and on the fact that the money was taken from the vault and not a personal account does make it robbery
2007-07-13 08:58:14 · answer #3 · answered by she sees everything 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Implied threat and still worth 10 years in jail.
2007-07-13 08:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by jackson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's still considered robbery or attempted robbery.
2007-07-13 08:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes yes and yes!!!!
2007-07-13 08:58:47 · answer #6 · answered by whisper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋