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Security Driver Who Stole $15M Gets 3 Years
"I don't have the money," Toni Musulin told court of the missing $3.2 Million
PARIS, May 11, 2010— -- A French security driver accused of stealing $15 million admitted in court today that he took the money to punish his boss, but insisted he does not know what happened to $3.2 million of the money that was never recovered.
"Everybody says I am Robin Hood, but I'm not. I'm just a normal person," Toni Musulin, 39, told the court at the opening of the trial in Lyon, France.
After admitting the crime, a judge fined him $57,000 and sentenced him to three years in prison. His lawyer said there would be no appeal.
Musulin gained notoriety and online fans when he vanished last November in Lyon behind the wheel of his armored van with 11.6 million euros (nearly $15 million) in cash inside following a routine pick-up with two other security workers from a branch of the Banque de France.
A website "tonymusulin.fr" even sold mugs, pins and t-shirts showing a photo of Musulin with the caption "Tony Musulin, Best Driver 2009."
But a few days later, French police received a tip and recovered 9.1 million euros (close to $11.6 million) inside a van parked in a garage Musulin had rented in Lyon. Musulin became the target of a massive manhunt, and 11 days after the heist, Musulin turned himself in to police in Monaco.
Musulin appeared before a Lyon court today to answer charges of theft and fraud attempt after he allegedly made a false car insurance claim involving a Ferrari he had bought prior to the theft.
"I had a problem with my boss. He had been stealing from me for three years. I wanted to make him pay this way," he said, explaining that the theft was an act of revenge and his way of denouncing work conditions at his security firm Loomis.
"It was not the right decision," said Musulin, who wore a gray jacket, a black pullover and sported a greying beard which contrasted with the clean shaven pictures shown in the press over the past few months.
The big issue everyone had in mind today was to hear from Musulin about the missing money. Musulin has always claimed that he did not know the whereabouts of the missing money. and today was no different.
