Multiple reports describe a major heist in 2007 in which Terry Ellis, after earlier periods in prison, becomes part of what is described as a “£100 million” theft targeting a fortress-like data centre operated by telecoms company Verizon. The accounts characterize the operation as a carefully planned infiltration, with the gang allegedly disguised as police officers while entering the heavily secured facility. One version also states that the group brings a pet Alsatian, named Buster, as part of their covert approach.
While the sources provide an inside-style narrative of how the job was carried out, they do not add further verified details about the methods used inside the data centre beyond the initial infiltration, nor do they fully describe the aftermath, including arrests, prosecutions, or how much money was ultimately recovered. The reporting frames Ellis’s role as part of an ambition he later compared to a major challenge, but the core shared elements across the sources are the year, Ellis’s involvement, the Verizon data centre target, and the scale attributed to the theft.
