12 years for $ 1 million: Two security guards receive sentence for bank heist

Two former guards accused of stealing $1 million from an armored bank truck have been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Last year in January, the two men, along with three other officers, were transporting money from Raiffeisen Centrobank S.A. in Wroclaw to Poznan. Halfway through the trip, the money disappeared along with two guards. It was later found out they gave the other three guards tranquilizers. The two men were arrested three months later in Munich. In their last word the accused pleaded clemency, but accepted the verdict without any great surprise. This, according to the jury, was a sign that they had calculated prison as the cost of the "enterprise." "The accused were supposed to protect the money, but instead, they stole it," said the head of the jury. "There is no doubt they are guilty." The stolen money has yet to be been found and most experts believe there is little chance it will ever be retrieved. (Zycie, page 7) J.K.