Kevin Pinto
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Kevin John Pinto (1971 in Bahrain[1]) is a Canadian bank robber and former financier, also known as the Exchange Bandit for his habit of engaging bank tellers in conversation about exchange rates.[2]
Beginning in 2002, Pinto robbed 10 banks throughout Ontario;[3] in October 2008, he surrendered to police.[4] He subsequently pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to six years in prison.[5]
Pinto, who had been a vice-president at an investment firm who committed his robberies during his lunch hour,[6] was a compulsive gambler who turned to crime in an attempt to pay his accumulated gambling debts, which far outweighed the total amount he stole.[7]
In 2012, Pinto was granted day parole.[8]
