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• The Laguna Niguel branch of United California Bank is not the bank that was acquired by Bank of the West. The name United Calidornia Bank ceased to exist when the ank changed its name to First Interstate Bank of California, which was acquired by Wells Fargo Bank. Bank of the West purchased Sanwa Bank of California shortly after Sanwa resuscitated the name United California Bank.

  By  John of UCB, at May 24, 2006 11:13 AM  

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• I thought the UCB burglary was initiated by a gang from Youngstown, Ohio and led by a guy named Emil (?) Denzio ....or whatever spelling of his last name. They rented a condo on the East Nine, I believe, that overlooked the bank. The burglary was commited over three consecutive nights ....they never got into the vault, but looted countless safety deposit boxes. Who knows what was in those boxes? Could have been a ton of money and many valuables that the IRS didn't know about. I'd appreciate more details. Email, if you know of any.

  By  Bob King, at October 08, 2006 5:11 PM  

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• Hi I think you are referring to Amil Dinsio.They robbed a bank over 3 days.and took off with about $80 million dollars [I believe.] It was mostly in Stocks, Bonds and Jewels.

  By  Anonymous, at October 19, 2007 9:20 AM  

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• How about we clarify this whole thing right now? I just watched a documentary on this heist on a TV show called "Criminal Masterminds".
  Amil Dinsio and his crew flew into LAX [from] Youngstown, OH, took a cab to Dinsio's sister's house in Southgate, CA and tipped the cab driver $100. A real-estate agent then set them up in their rental condo within walking distance from the bank. The take was actually "only" EIGHT (8) million dollars in valuables, and occurred over Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night until just hours before the bank opened Monday morning.
  
  At the end of the program, Criminal Masterminds reported that the REAL motive for the heist was that then-President Richard Nixon
  had a personal account at that bank, and the thieves were hoping to hit a "Mother Lode" of $30 Million, which they believed Nixon had stolen from someone else. This is why, after the Friday night break-in, they came back Saturday night, and then Sunday night, but never found it.
  
  Dinsio's crew members were sentenced to 3-5 years in prison, and Dinsio himself got 10 years.
  
  They did a magnificent job of trying to make a clean get-away,
  but believe it or not, forgot to empty the dish washer in their rental condo before leaving. The crew's fingerprints were found all over the dirty dishes. Their car with their robbery tools in the trunk was also found, and they were all caught.
  
  Moral to the story - even the finest and most seasoned criminals eventually manage to slip up somehow.

  By  Anonymous, at December 22, 2007 3:34 PM  

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• Amil is my uncle
  Chris is just hired help who I guess is a rat now making a profit off my uncles genius. If I run in to you chris Im going to want my cut or iim gonna cut you.

  By  rich, at August 22, 2008 8:14 AM  

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