Robberies can be so different: serious and clearly thought out, crazy, committed under the influence of a momentary impulse, stupid and even funny, and sometimes cruel and ugly. All types of robberies can, perhaps, be called ugly, since each of them has its own tragedy, hidden either in the background of the crime (problems of the private nature of the robber himself), or in its denouement. Thefts can be quite large, for example, the theft of works of art from a museum or a private collection, and ridiculous when a street thief, risking his life, tries to steal a wallet or a mink hat from a random passerby. What pushes a person to commit this crime? Why is he willing to risk his good name, his position, and even his life for the sake of ephemeral wealth? How justified is such a risk and what can a person’s criminal inclinations lead to? Is the robber's plan always successfully realized? Let's try to find answers to these questions in life itself, or rather, in those cases that actually happened and are described in this book.