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The Bellagio Biker Bandit


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THE BIKER BANDIT Robs Bellagio over $1.5 MILLION
Anthony or “Tony” Carleo

PS The guy who got away robbing the Bellagio?! He actually had tied up the owner of the car and stuck him in the trunk. He’s also STILL NOT CAUGHT.

Loved to gamble not from Vegas
He saw a guy go from $5 and parlayed his craps bets over and over until he hit 50k. This INSPIRED HIM.
Primary drugs were oxy and cocaine.

Stole millions from Bellagio in Las Vegas
By gunpoint- believed a gun was unless it was loaded

He had invested multiple balloon mortgage payments and became suddenly desperate after the 2008 crash.

Carlio declared bk in Colorado in May of 2009.

5 days after doing the Suncoast robbery in December of 2010……
At the sun coast he had robbed them for 19k.

Walked into the Bellagio with full biker outfit even with helmet on with visor down.
Had a backpack on facing the front and started stuffing the chips in as fast as possible.
He said running towards the entrance was the scariest part. Full biker leathers with gloves on. He also had a previous knee injury.

Pulled away over $1.5million in chips.

They called him the “Biker bandit”

25k chips are known as cranberries and are tracked. This is what he mostly walked away with.

Jokingly people were throwing out hypotheticals about how he could get the money because as a high roller, it wasn’t possible. This guy was trolling this popular website and offered to sell his 25k chips to someone who claimed to be a high roller.

He offered to sell his chips and even sent a photo with a few chips and a signed paper that said the Biker Bandit.

At the end of the day, he was setup by an “undercover cop” who had a friend who helped him out in making the contact.

His dad was a judge here in Clark County and ended up losing reelection after all this. He had a brother and uncle and stepfather all who were successful and hardworking. HE WAS LAZY look for get rich quick schemes.

A link to the news story:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ulw_gxlmdI

Associated Press Coverage of him RUNNING after stealing OVER $1.5 MILLIION:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7lDEvkN5ZA

Another Bellagio heist caught on camera but THIS GUY ESCAPED: He wore phantom of the opera type mask and even used a stolen car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PAceSi6Yw

Photos also courtesy of:

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2011/aug/23/bellagio-bandit-gets-3-11-years-15-million-chip-he/

https://www.pokertube.com/article/the-bellagio-bandit
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