Which lesson would you draw from this? “Crime doesn’t pay?” or “Murphy strikes again?” Here’s a story that could be fiction if it wasn’t true. On Sunday, December 19, 2004, a gang of Belfast, Northern Ireland, robbers initiated a daring 24-hour plan to rob the Northern Bank. While holding family members of two executives hostage, they made off with the staggering sum of $42,000,000. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this heist rates fourth on the all-time list and first for a.