FBI digs up more than $500G in backyard of California man who looted armored truck

FBI officials uncovered more than $500,000 Wednesday from the backyard of a Southern California home where an armored truck driver who admitted stealing $1 million had once lived.

The money was found inside a trash bin buried in the backyard of the Fontana home, FBI spokesman Laura Eimiller said.

Cesar Yanez, who lived in the home, pleaded guilty in August to conspiracy and bank robbery in the 2014 heist of a Loomis armored truck. The 38-year-old former driver was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison.

His fellow driver, Aldo Vegas, 28, of Pomona, also pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing.

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