Jeffrey Shuman

Jeffrey Shuman (born July 1962) is an American-French bank robber, dubbed the "Reebok Bandit" and "The Vaulter", is considered to be one the most prolific bank robbers in the United States and Canada. In 1994, he pleaded guilty to robbing 14 banks in the United States, receiving a 12-year sentence, but was released in 2004, and fled the country while on parole. He then robbed 21 banks in Canada, before fleeing to France on his French passport. In 2016, he was extradited to Canada, and in 2017, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered to pay back nearly $450,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to seven counts of robbery using a firearm.

Early life Shuman was born in Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in July 1962. He is a dual citizen of the United States and France, acquired through his maternal grandmother who immigrated to the United States from Southern France in 1946 as a war bride. His mother Danielle would arrive to the United States with her mother as an infant. He managed to steal a total of about $450,000 from the robberies, most of which were successful, between 2010 and 2015. York Regional Police issued an international arrest warrant, and four months later, on September 15, 2015, with the help of French, German, Swiss and Danish authorities who monitored his activities in Europe, tracked him down to Geneva, Switzerland, where he was arrested on his way from France. Shuman fought the extradition order for two months but a Swiss court upheld the legality of the order.

Shuman has been held at Collins Bay Institution in Kingston, Ontario. His two requests for parole, in 2022 and 2024, were denied. He is set to be released in September 2025, and immediately deported to France.