The United California bank heist

The United California bank heist occurred on March 24, 1972, when professional burglars led by Amil Dinsio broke into the safe deposit vault at United California Bank in Laguna Niguel, California, and looted cash and valuables. Amil Dinsio, an Ohio professional criminal, gathered a gang of six robbers and flew them to California. They rented a townhouse and plotted a robbery at a bank where they had heard President Richard Nixon kept a multimillion-dollar slush fund.

The gang gained access to the vault by blasting a hole in its reinforced concrete roof with dynamite. The crew blew up the vault, stole $30 million in cash and valuables, and fled after meticulously cleaning the town house. The robbers were eventually identified by cops thanks to a generous tip they'd given a taxi driver — and fingerprints found on the inside of the townhouse's dishwasher. This resulted in the arrest and conviction of all of the burglars, as well as the recovery of the majority of the loot.

Stolen: $30 million