A group of men who tried to become rich by stealing money was the group who took part in the Great Train Robbery in England on August 6. 1963. About fifteen men took part in the robbery of a mail train. and they got away with about $7 million in cash(2,631,684 British pounds). After they divided it, each man got about $150,000. Eventually all of the men were caught and put in jail. although much of the money they got was spent or lost.
One of the men, Ronald Biggs, became famous because, although he was arrested for the crime, he escaped from jail and ran away to Australia. He lived there with his wife and children for four years until he was discovered. He then ran away to Brazil. and the British police were not able to get him out of Brazil. Biggs never got to use much of the money he stole. Much of it he spent trying to get out of England. and the rest he left behind. After leaving England. he lived mostly on money that he earned from working at many different jobs, including house painting. For this famous criminal, trying to get rich by stealing money was not successful.