Gang stole 17 gold bars from German billionaire’s secret vault

As if it was an action movie, a group stole 17 gold bars From the German billionaire’s secret safe August von Finck junior on the Uruguayan coast.

As reported by the local newspaper The country, the theft took place in the banker’s mansion and happened twice, first June 6 then July 26.

The authorities have not disclosed the precise location of the stay. They only clarified that it is located in the corridor of the Litoral, made up of Carmelo, Colonia del Sacramento and Fray Bentos, among others.

The criminals managed to get through the security of the mansion and gain access to the safe that the 91-year-old businessman had specially constructed under the main room. August von Finck junior stayed there documents, personal effects and part of your fortune.

In the first part of the heist, the gang entered the room forcing several doors and stormed into the main room, but failed to open the safe.

“When they first entered the ranch, the organization members were unable to remove the iron lock from the safe and cut the first layer of iron that remained on the floor,” Carmelo’s prosecutor said, Eugenia Rodríguez.

A little over a month later, on July 26, the group returned with more robust tools and an additional oxygen tank, for which he was able to steal 17 gold bars and a thousand krugerrands, a well-known South African gold coin. The booty is estimated at $ 2.5 million.

According to Colonia police chief Jhonny Diego, criminals have committed several thefts in Ombúes de Lavalle. “We knew the thieves weren’t from here,” he said.

“The owner of the ranch is 91 years old and one of the richest bankers in the world. He is a beloved person in the region. He carried out charitable works there, ”added the official.

The Uruguayan newspaper specifies that August von Finck Junior is part of a dynasty of German bankers and businessmen. Born in 1930, at his father’s request, he also learned to become a banker at the private bank of the German city of Munich, Merck Finck & Co. This bank then represented the main axis of the von Finck family fortune.

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