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When I’m lonely and depressed and broke, I smoke weed and re-watch the first four years of The West Wing. (Sorkin years or GTFO.) But in Europe and Asia, a lot of elderly people who are experiencing financial hardship and loneliness are turning to a slightly more exciting alternative: Straight up robbing banks.

According to Bloomberg, crime rates among the elderly are skyrocketing overseas and the best example of this trend is a Â£10 million heist of jewels and cash in London. The heist was so elaborate that many believed that it was the work of a thirtysomething famed jewel thief known as the hilariously on the nose "King of Diamonds." (Why doesn’t America have more famed jewel thieves. We’re missing out.) It turns out that it was a group of nine people that ranged in age from 42 to mid-to-late 70s.

The details, also via Bloomberg, are incredible:

Prosecutors say the thieves disabled an elevator and climbed down the shaft, then used a high-powered drill to cut into the vault. Once inside, they removed valuables from 72 safe deposit bos, hauling them away in bags and bins and loading them into a waiting van. Although their faces were obscured by hardhats and other headgear, the tabloids gave each thief a nickname based on distinctive characteristics seen on camera. Two of them, dubbed Tall Man and Old Man, "struggle to move a bin before they drag it outside," the Mirror newspaper reported in its analysis of the security footage. "The Old Man leans on the bin, struggling for breath."

One 74-year-old suspect was described by his neighbors as "an affable retiree who loves dogs." Obviously the fact that the elderly in many of these cases are facing financial hardship and/or depression is very sad, but I have an idea for them. Sell your life rights to Hollywood who will absolutely put Betty White and Morgan Freeman in the George Clooney and Brad Pitt roles respectively. Ocean’s 71 coming to theaters this fall. Who wouldn’t be cheered up by that?