I don't know the exact steps on becoming a successful criminal - there are so many crimes that you can commit as step 1. But I suspect that steps 2, 3, and 4 usually involve not being caught.
That's not what happened here:
Police arrested a bank robber who made a series of bad choices this afternoon, including picking a bank across from the federal courthouse, running from the bank and in front of an Assistant Police Chief and a Lieutenant, and apparently failing to read the book found in his possession, "How to Be A Successful Criminal."
Link | And yes, "How to Be a Successful Criminal" is an actual book - via TYWKIWDBI