Editing 2002 Bucharest bank robbery (section)

== Aftermath ==
The robbers unloaded their weapons and the stolen currency inside the garage, where Emil counted the money. Afterward, Emil packed the Sprinter with straw, urinated over it "for good luck", and set it on fire. Dirlewanger retained 60% of the proceeds and divided the remainder equally among Petru, Iakob, and Emil, giving each robber cash worth approximately 24 billion old lei. He used the robbery to test Emil, followed by Petru in 2004 and Iakob in 2005, and admired Iakob's willpower during the confrontation with police.

The injured civilians and both police officers eventually recovered. On 24 December, Police Chief Commissioner [[Lucian Mureșan]], acting for Dirlewanger, transferred the case files and ballistic evidence into central custody, removed the original investigators, and blocked searches of Bucharest Butchers properties. Police publicly described the investigation as active before suspending it. The three robbers were never connected to the crime, and none of the stolen money was recovered.