How California Bank Manager Using Fake Bomb to Rob Own Bank Got Caught
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On Sept. 5, 2012, Aurora Barrera, seen here, walked into a Los Angeles bank where she was an assistant manager. She claimed to have been kidnapped, strapped with a bomb and forced into robbing her own bank. But police later determined Barrera was involved in the plot, helping to steal over $500,000. Pictured here is the device that the bomb squad learned was a fake bomb.