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Gerald Blanchard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Blanchard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Blanchard https://www.wired.com/2010/03/ff_masterthief_b

• goldenkey 8y ago
  > "On March 22, 2017, Blanchard was arrested in Burlington, Ontario for stealing electronics from a local Best Buy. [5]" You can't make this stuff up..
  • wahern 8y ago
    2004 break leading to original conviction: "Seeing a dolly and other odd equipment inside, he took down the license plate number. Police ran it. The vehicle had been rented from Avis by one Gerald Daniel Blanchard." 2017 arrest: "[O]fficers used video surveillance footage of the parking lot and traced the suspect’s licence plate to a car rented in Blanchard’s name." Being a successful, repeat criminal must be so exhausting. Before the 2004 incident the guy already had several fake identities he presumably could have used. I guess there's no end to how much effort you can put into covering your tracks and eventually you just have to roll the dice.