For the past 50 years, Thomas Randele was a fugitive wanted in one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history, living in Boston under a new name he created six months after the heist in the summer of 1969.
Just before Thomas Randele died, his wife of nearly 40 years asked his golfing buddies and his co-workers from the dealerships where he sold cars to come by their home.
Ted Conrad quickly figured out that security was fairly loose at the Society National Bank in Cleveland after he started as a teller in January 1969. His mom, he said, was relieved to find out her brother had lived a happy life. "She thought she would go to her grave and never know," he said. Investigators believe he was inspired by the 1968 movie "The Thomas Crown Affair," about a bank executive who got away with $2.6 million and turned the heist into a game.
Around then, he began working in the car business, selling Land Rovers and Volvos until he retired after nearly 40 years. Among the many people he became friends with over the years was an FBI agent in Boston, Elliott said.
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