Sorry Willie

Willie Sutton in yesteryear was a criminal that held up banks. When asked why, he said, "Because that's where the money is."

In 2009 there were 46 drug thefts that were valued at a total of $184 million, about triple the amount of the previous year.

On Tuesday March 16, 2010 thieves stole $75 million in prescription drugs from a warehouse in Enfield CT owned by Eli Lilly & Co. They restricted their thefts to Prozac, Zyprexa, and Cymbalta. To accomplish this feat, they scaled a wall, cut a hole in the roof, disabled the security system, then slowly took a large quantity of anti-psychotic and ant-depressant prescription drugs. It was a well planned, sophisticated crime.

A good criminal these days needs a lot of data, thought, and careful preparation, and often go after non-banks. Sorry Willie.