In the past decade, more and more bank robbers have traded in the protection of a black ski mask for the privacy of a computer screen. Data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows that while bank robberies nationwide are dropping at a speed that far exceeds the average national crime rate, complaints of Internet crime in 2011 were five times what they were 10 years prior.
High Risk, Low Reward
According to the FBI, the overall number of bank robberies has declined due to the rise in digital technology. As an increasing number of banking transactions are performed online, thieves are seeing cybercrime as a more lucrative option.
The FBI said that bank robberies in 2012 resulted in a total of $29.5 million lost, or $7,600 per heist (which is down from $12,400 per heist in 1997), while the American Bankers Association estimated that robbers got away with a staggering $1.8 billion in check and debit-card fraud in 2010 alone.
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