19971776 Club
A vault supervisor loads $17.3 million into a company van and drives away
David Ghantt sends a new co-worker home early, then empties the Charlotte vault into private cars at a printing shop across town.
By the fall of 1997, Loomis, Fargo & Co. had just formed from the merger of Wells Fargo Armored Service and Loomis Armored, and its Charlotte, North Carolina regional vault held millions in cash. On the evening of October 4, vault supervisor David Scott Ghantt sent a newly hired co-worker home early at 6 p.m., then loaded roughly $17.3 million into a company van. Outside, he met his girlfriend Kelly Campbell and five others, who helped transfer the cash into private vehicles at a printing business in northwest Charlotte. Ghantt kept $50,000 for himself and flew to Mexico. The rest stayed with his accomplices…
