Albanian Bank Robber Arrested After Live Streaming His Failed Robbery Attempt on TikTok
Dexerto - Newsbomb reports that the man had entered the bank with the intent to rob it. After checking out the security footage, they noticed he held a phone in his hand and was recording the incident on TikTok.
The police eventually discovered the man’s identity and searched areas where he could have taken refuge without any luck.
Not giving up, police were stationed outside his apartment and watched it in case he returned home.
Sure enough, three days later, Xhellillari showed up and was immediately handcuffed by officers, but the accused claims he had no idea what happened.
When he was arrested, Xhellillari said he was ‘too drunk’ to remember ever breaking into the bank or the entire day’s events, including streaming the alleged bank break-in on TikTok.
Dua Lipa, Jeff Nadu, Stavros Halkias' producer friend Eldis, the world's worst bank robber Valter Xhellillari. The only 4 Albanians I know. And I'm pretty sure Dua Lipa is only part Albanian. Here's here picture for reference.
In Valter's Xhellillari's defense, it would have been sort of bad ass if he live streamed a bank robbery and got away with it. I'm not sure on what planet the pieces could have fallen into place for him to be successful in that. Maybe if he could have fled the country, deleted all social media, and assumed a new identity. But if you don't get to openly brag about the time you lived streamed a bank robbery then what's really the point? I guess if he'd fled to a country that doesn't cooperate with the Albanian government and wouldn't extradite him, then maybe that could have worked. But unfortunately, Valter doesn't understand how to correctly rob a bank. When banks close for the night they don't typically leave their cash scattered about in piles on the lobby floor. That's why bank robberies happen during the day. When you shove a firearm in the face of a feeble middle-aged bank teller who knows the vault codes and has a weak constitution.
It's a bit like the modern day version of the Wild West bank robbers would would announce themselves and spray bullets into the wall spelling out their full government names to take credit for their crimes (5:05 mark of this John Mulaney standup video).
Apparently that's becoming a thing once again. According to this article, people just can't help risking arrest for a few thousand TikTok likes.
This is hardly the first time an alleged crime has been posted to a video platform. In November, a Florida woman was arrested for shoplifting after posting a video showing her Target haul on TikTok.
Earlier in 2024, street racer Squeeze Benz was arrested for numerous social media stunts, including a video where he allegedly eluded the police at high speeds. Authorities also found clips of the creator “committing various traffic violations throughout the Tri-State area.”
It's a shame that Valter claims to have been too inebriated to remember a lick of what happened that night. Brutal to be arrested for a failed bank robbery you can't even attest to. The worst part about drinking to blackout is that there's a permanently looming possibility you could be arrested for a heinous crime at any moment. I'm thankful that in all my years of reckless drinking and drugging that I never defaulted to bank robbing while blacked out. I think. If I have it hasn't caught up to me yet. Worst thing I can remember when I walked home from the bar when I was back home visiting my parents, I cut through the golf course and stole a white O.B. stake. That was a great steal. I'd recommend it to any serious golfer. Every time you hit a ball slightly out of bounds you can just throw down your O.B. stake on the other side of your ball and make your drive in play.
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Much lower stakes (no pun intended) than robbing a bank. But potentially just as profitable depending on how much you have riding on the hole, and how willing you are to blatantly cheat on the golf course.
Also a shame none of the people who were tuned in live to Valter's bank robbery had the wherewithal to record it. It would have been this incredibly pointless blog about an extremely non-noteworthy story slightly more interesting. Would love to know how many concurrent viewers he had watching him aimlessly wander around a bank, hoping that a teller accidentally left the combination to a vault full of gold bars out on the counter. I would especially love to see how he managed to get in the bank after hours. Based on the photograph it appears as if he just walked in the front door.
I guess if a blacked out man can so easily walk in the front door of a closed bank, then maybe it stands to reason that the bank would have flippantly left their money sitting out in the open as well. Maybe Albanian crime reporter Jeff Nadu can pull some strings and obtain the footage.