Rony Leibovitz is a convicted Israel

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i bank robber

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, nicknamed Ofnobank (a combination of the words "motorcycle" and "bank" in Hebrew

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), due to his theft methods. In English this moniker has been translated as 'Bikerbank or the Motorcycle Bandit.

During the year 1990, Ronnie Leibowitz robbed 21 bank

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 branches, mostly in the Tel Aviv

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 area, by using a motorcycle

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 (an Italian

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 Moto Guzzi

Moto Guzzi

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) to enter and escape banks, and then hiding the motorcycle in a truck readied for that purpose in advance. The police

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 investigators, searching for a fugitive motorcycle and not a truck, were unable to locate him. The mass media

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 "crowned" him as the "Motorcycle Bandit" and granted his crimes considerable media coverage. Only after 21 robberies took place was Leibowitz apprehended by the police.

When questioned, Leibowitz admitted to all his bank robberies and cooperated fully with police investigators. Just a few days after his capture, he returned all the stolen money. The district court

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 sentenced him to 20 years in prison

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, but after Leibowitz appealed to the Supreme Court of Israel

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, his sentence was reduced to 14 years. After the prosecution agreed to this reduction as well, and eventually served 8 years.