I thought this might be of more interest here that in P&CE. It involves history thieves.
The Case of the Disappearing Documents
These guys are ingeneous, I'll give 'em that. It's also a bit scary how easy it was to steal all those documents.
The Case of the Disappearing Documents
Mr. Landau and an associate, Jason Savedoff, are awaiting federal trial in Baltimore, accused of conspiring to steal irreplaceable historic documents and sell them for profit. Paul Brachfeld, inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration, says that of the 10,000 pieces removed from Mr. Landau's New York home, at least 2,500 of them—potentially worth millions of dollars—were stolen from historical societies, university libraries and other institutions along the East Coast.
These guys are ingeneous, I'll give 'em that. It's also a bit scary how easy it was to steal all those documents.