One, because it’s classically unoriginal in that the crooks were doing exactly what crooks in movies always do: flash cash and get caught.
Two, because it’s a direct consequence of corruption in politics that prevents the United States Congress from ever mandating the use of smartcard/chip-and-PIN-based ATM cards. If the U.S. ever decided to do this, the rest of world would also breathe easier, because they would no longer have to support the pure magstripe-based withdrawal system that only Americans actually need, and which compromises their security everywhere they go to spend money.