I thought he did a really good job. David Ghantt worked as a vault supervisor for the armoured cash vehicles at the Charlotte, North Carolina branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. Ironically even though he worked for a company that moved millions of dollars every day, he was relatively underpaid. Were you really hailed as a hero? Inequality is Weakening Social Security. The van was later found with $3 million in it, but the rest of the money is still missing. Now looking back, with the life I have now, Ive got a great family, got a great kid. Ghantt, in order to conserve this money, curtailed his spending. I run the heavy equipment. Hes a great person. Then, keeping with the plan, Ghantt took $50,000 (the maximum that could by law be taken across the border without further authorization) with him and left for Mexico, winding up at the popular Yucatan Peninsula resort-island of Cozumel. Question: Which do you regret more, stealing the money or getting caught? You look nothing like Zach? My name is David Scott Ghantt. (The conversation was depicted as 100 percent private on screen). (Source: People) Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere. Ghantt was charged in connection with the . Q: Your troubles were self-inflicted, but you seem happy. Like I said before, money does weird things to people. We were in Old Fortwhen they were shooting the movie and went out to eat. One night in a small North Carolina town, a down-on-his-luck guard at Loomis Fargo manages to steal $17 millionliterally more than one ton of cash. Some people screw up big like you, some people screw up small.". I wouldnt want to change anything. [1] Tips had led the FBI to begin monitoring Chambers's (and his wife's) activities, but it was not until the FBI recorded a phone call from Ghantt in Mexico that the final connection was made. Q: You came to the North Carolina mountains during Hurricane Irma, but what do you miss about Gastonia? He was the only employee unaccounted for the next morning, and videotapes recovered at the Loomis Fargo Charlotte office showed Ghantt removing "cubes of cash" and loading it into a Loomis Fargo armored van for over an hour. [1], Steven Chambers finished serving his sentence in November 2006. So what made you do it? I think Zachs a hell of an actor. $17.3 million in cash was robbed from the Charlotte, North Carolina, regional office vault of Loomis, Fargo & Co. on the evening of October 4, 1997. Ghantt was the vault manager. Being a quasi-famous bank robber and all? But after one visit, she asked a teller "How much can I deposit before you have to report it to the feds?" David Harbour with Lily Allen. Ghantt had worked with the branch since 1994, and had been promoted from a driver to the vault supervisor. Chambers himself was a former FBI informant who had provided information on a then future Loomis armored car robbery that never happened, court documents stated. How? He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. He just never had the opportunity. Ghantt was scheduled to work a shift at the armored car company Oct. 4. In 1997, Loomis Fargo employee David Ghantt robbed the armored car company of $17 million. Eventually, the money had to run out. Did you stay in touch with them? He now has a wife, a construction job, and a child. The name she gave the pup is apropos. But even though he worked for a company that regularly moved millions of dollars, David Ghantt himself was underpaid. Charlotte hotel chef who serves with a smile recognized as outstanding ambassador, Eritrean, Ethiopian restaurant owner was a big brother and father to many in Charlotte, Home tours: This wired-up Weddington smart home has a pool big enough for the neighborhood. All David Ghantt ever really wanted was adventure, and he takes the audience along with him for an hour-and-a-half of side-splitting comedy in Masterminds. Fried chicken, cornbread and cake what brings you back to this Charlotte restaurant. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/DavidGhantt/status/827476087596789760. Following romance reports in 2019, the Stranger Things actor and vocalist married in Las Vegas in September 2020. He would eventually be arrested in Mexico in March 1998 after one of his co-conspirators put out a hit on him under the false suspicion he was the only prime suspect authorities were aware of at the time. Ghantt was apprehended in Mexico and returned to the United States in custody. LRM: Im curious. Everybody thinks being famous and being an actor is stupendous, and the money is fantastic, but they kind of live in afish bowl. So my AMA hour is up, thank you all for the great questions and swinging by to Ask Me Anything. David, now 30, says he's sorry he abandoned his wife--who he says still loves him--and his family. C hristopher David Ghantt Phone Numbers (704) 678-8911. David Ghantt talks to us about his part in the robbery of Loomis Fargo where he stole over 17 Million Dollars \u0026 the events that transpired soon after.Like us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/crimeandentertainment/Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crimenentertainment/Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/4T67Bs5kksA7HP22LoKzt4Listen on Apple Music - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crime-entertainment/id1573321645Listen on Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/show/crime-entertainmentListen on Google Podcast - https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMjcxNTQzLnJzcw==Listen on Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9cdb3854-414d-4b69-8022-4479e01dad44/crime-entertainment?ref=dm_sh_OVZBcFDuxatVNE3y3mD1HHBtm But Ghantt has been open about what he did and how he believes it changed him for the better. As we said . A: I'm in dire need for some RO's barbecue and some Tony's Ice Cream. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. At one point, the hoodlum shows up and Ghantt is wearing a Jerome Bettis Pittsburgh Steelers jersey; the hoodlums favorite team is the Steelers, and he caves and tells Ghantt that McKinney wants him dead. The unlikely suspect in the Charlotte heist was 27-year-old David Scott Ghantt, a quiet, unassuming vault supervisor who earned $360 a week. They received sentences and probation ranging from several years to 11 years and three months in federal prison for Steve Chambers, who was also fined more than $3,500,000. David Scott Ghantt: Vault Supervisor David Scott Ghantt was the vault supervisor at the regional branch of Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. A former co-worker told me, "Everybody has screwed up. A: I hate to think about what I'd be doing if I hadn't gotten caught. David Scott Ghantt, 28, was arrested Sunday at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, near the island resort of Cozumel, FBI spokesman William Perry said. "Miscavige is a recluse now the same way Hubbard was at the end," said Mike Rinder, the former media spokesman . If I hadnt of done that, Id probably still be in North Carolina and I would not have got to meet a lot of the interesting people that Ive got to meet. Wichita Eagle, Thursday, June 29, 1995 Bullock, David N., 63, retired Beech Aircraft Corp. sheet metal worker, died Tuesday, June 27, 1995. On Oct. 4, 1997, former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt finished his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte. With egg prices on the rise, are more people buying chickens? Tell us on what was actually real from that movie. On Monday, he was returned to Charlotte, where he is charged with stealing a van stuffed with cash from the vault at Loomis, Fargo & Co. in Charlotte. | TCR, Mando S3E1: The Apostate Review Fun Without Meaning, Design Without Thought, Disney+s Peter Pan & Wendy Teaser Trailer Showcases Familiar Characters, Creed III Black Carpet Interviews with Cast and Guests, Kogonada Rumored To Direct Episodes Of Star Wars: The Acolyte | Barside Buzz, Both Blade And Deadpool 3 Set To Begin Filming May This Year | Barside Buzz, Mandalorian Exec Producers Discuss Moving On Without Cara Dune, DC Spotlight February 28, 2023: The Comic Source Podcast, Arnold Schwarzenegger Stars In Netflixs FUBAR, His First Television Project, LRM Exclusive Interview: David Ghantt, Real Life Thief Who Inspired MASTERMINDS. Grants brother, Eric Scott Grant, also was in federal custody but it could not be determined late Monday whether he was charged in the scheme. I cut out a lot of partying and stuff that wastes my spending. I took a picture from back in those days to show them. My wife and I are starting a microbusiness. Im still going through the friend requests. LRM: You were a movie consultant on this project. David Ghantt : I had a hard time liftin' it up. There were things in real life that my compatriots did that was pretty comedic and stupid. [citation needed], It was later confirmed by the FBI that more than 88% of the stolen cash had been located or otherwise accounted for. LRM: Obviously, this is comedy and not a documentary. Answer: The painful one is getting caught. He was released in 2006. Court documents said an informant who was not identified tipped off federal agents about the couples suspicious spending habits. Campbell used part of her share of the money to buy a Toyota Sienna minivan in two cash installments. Although the history of the predecessor Wells Fargo & Company dates back to 1852, Loomis Fargo & Company was established in 1997 by the consolidation of Wells Fargo Armored Service and Loomis Armored Inc.; the resulting corporation employed 8,500 people and provided armored transportation, cash handling services, and automatic teller machine maintenance. Have a good one y'all," wrote David Ghantt on his Facebook page Tuesday morning. Just lounging around. [15], "David Ghantt" redirects here. No idea where it is I only ever had what I took with me and what was sent to me. David Harbour and Lily Allen are currently together. Outside the building, Ghantt met up with Campbell, Chambers, and others who were involved in the plot, and drove off to a printing business called Reynolds & Reynolds in northwest Charlotte. 1:38 On Oct. 4, 1997, former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt finished his shift as a vault supervisor for Loomis Fargo in Charlotte. There are a bunch of bizarre things they bought. Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones with his wife Shirley and daughter Seraphina at the Grammy Awards at Kensington Roof gardens, London,. I got to eat my meal perfectly, but every 5 minutes, someone wanted to shoot a selfie with Zach or an autograph from Zach. LRM: Were you actually concerned that you were one of the most wanted man in the United States while you were in Mexico? Although the FBI investigation was able to quickly connect Ghantt to Campbell, connecting Ghantt to Chambers was a more difficult task. Zach Galifianakas takes on the role of David Ghantt, a small town, backwoods security money truck driver who falls in love with Kristen Wiig's Kelly. $17 Million and Change. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. What was it like to have a movie based on your story? Growing Backlash to Montanas GOP-Controlled Legislature, Gee Its Nice Your State is Blue, the War on Abortions Still Coming for You. You can listen now on Android, iPhone, Amazon, and other internet-connected devices. David Ghantt commits the second largest bank heist in US history. Jandice : In any case, we got to talkin' afterwards, and I thought, well, that one's dead, this one's alive. Chambers was always considered the "mastermind" behind the theft, but he doesn't talkmuch about his Loomis heist days, not even when actor Owen Wilson portrayed him in the 2016comedy about the heist titled"Masterminds.". That usually takes the shine right off of it, when you start explaining that. He continued, Youd be wearing a lot of khaki brown and eating crappy food., Since the films release and its recent Netflix debut, Scott Ghent cited that the most common question he receives is about the missing $2 million never recovered by the FBI; Ive had people actually ask me that question. 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