Brazzil

Crime paid for a little while, at least?

The problem with both thieves was that they had a tint of professional competence, but beneath it there was a thick amateur carcass. The Fortaleza robbers devised an excellent plan and executed it carefully, but were too fast to flee: they left behind used clothes, hairs, fingerprints, everything that can be used to identify them. Afterwards they devised the most cumbersome way to smuggle the money away: they bought expensive SUVs and stuffed them with the banknotes, then they hired big trucks to bring the cars to São Paulo. A red flying hippopotamus would attract less attention...

...Treasury Robbers. Brazil Has No Honest Robbers Anymore"

Did we ever have an honest robber?

Adhemar de Barros, the man who said, "I steal, but I make things happen." He was honest enough to confess he was a thief. And then there's Salim Maluf more recently. I'm sure other posters will think about their own favorite honest robber.

Robin Hood?