Three hours is all it took for 100 thieves in Japan to steal $13million from cash machines in daring heist

In an audacious heist involving thousands of coordinated
withdrawals, 100 thieves in Japan made away with $13m in just
under three hours and what's more, none of them have been
apprehended.

Police believe that as many as 100 people worked together using
forged credit cards containing account details illegally obtained
from a bank in South Africa.

The attack which took place on the morning of May 15th appears to
have been the brainchild of a criminal mastermind.The fake cards
were used in 1400 ATM's and each person made a withdrawal
100,000 yen – the maximum allowed by the cash machines, they
were able to cart away more than 1.4bn yen (US$12.7m)
Japanese police have requested the assistance of the authorities in
South Africa, via Interpol in establishing how the credit card
information was obtained.Transaction data retrieved from the cash
machines suggests that the criminals used information for 1,600
credit cards issued by the unnamed South African bank.

According to local media, the daring operation went into place
early on Sunday the 15th, the withdrawals began just after 5am
with the last one made just before 8am the same day.

Reports suggest that members of the gang may no longer be in
Japan. They made sure to buy themselves enough time by using
cards issued in another country and carrying out the theft on a
day when banks won't be open, by the time the crime was
discovered, they already had a good headstart.
Source: The Guardian UK