Gilbert Galvan

Gilbert Galvan
Born
Gilbert William Galvan Jr.

1957 (age 67–68)
Los Angeles, California
Other namesRobert Whiteman; Flying Bandit; Phantom Bandit
Known forMultiple bank robberies across Canada

Gilbert William Galvan Jr. (born c. 1957) is an American bank robber. Having spent many of his adult years in prison, Galvan fled to Canada where he assumed the name Robert Lee Whiteman and began a three-year spree robbing banks and jewelry stores in the 1980s. The media dubbed him the Flying Bandit and the Phantom Bandit. Galvan's exploits were the subject of a 1996 true crime book, The Flying Bandit, written by Robert Knuckle and Ed Arnold, which was adapted into the 2022 film Bandit.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.