A brazen bandit who dressed up as an armoured truck guard walked out of a New York money shop with $15,000 in cash.
Clad in a GARDA Armored Courier uniform, he told unsuspecting staff that he was there for a ‘pickup’.
The trusting workers then handed over the money.
The Hispanic man, who was caught on CCTV camera at the cheque-cashing business, is believed to be in his early 30s.
He waltzed out of Lorenzo’s Enterprises on 31st St, in Astoria, Queens, at 10.15am on Friday.
It was only a few hours later, when an actual guard from the same company arrived to pick up the cash, that staff members realised they had been stung.
Police are now investigating as to if the man was a former employee.
They are also looking at whether he has ties to the armoured truck company.
