Anthony J. Curcio (born September 1, 1980) is an American author, public speaker, youth sports coach and convicted robber.

Upon his release from prison he has devoted his life to working with youth in the field of drug abuse and crime prevention, speaking to students and athletes across the U.S.

[3] While returning a punt in practice, Curcio tore his anterior cruciate ligament, ending his promising college football career and introducing him to the powerful pain killer Vicodin.

[4] Soon after, he began experiencing withdrawals and even injured himself intentionally by kicking an oak coffee table repeatedly in order to obtain more pills.

He later became aware that the police raid was due to influence from a real estate broker who had financial interest in a local casino.

Curcio attempted to retain legal representation in the case but was denied services by local attorneys already debriefed by the real estate broker/casino owner.

[5] Curcio and several of his associates retaliated against the casino owner by breaking into his businesses and removing computers, files and documents from the offices he owned.

[5] Curcio continued to maintain an outward appearance that resembled a successful business owner and family man.

[8] Curcio's real estate investment business took a heavy downturn when the economy collapsed in 2008, leaving him with several homes on the verge of foreclosure and vehicles near repossession among other outstanding personal debts.

[7] For three months, Curcio observed a Brink's armored car as it made deliveries to the Bank of America branch in Monroe.

The ad directed them to meet in the Bank of America parking lot at the exact time Curcio planned to rob the armored car.

Wearing a blue shirt, jeans, yellow safety vest, work boots, and painter's mask, he pepper-sprayed the Brink's armored car guard who was pushing a dolly loaded with money into the bank.

[16][17] Curcio finished his incarceration at USP Coleman in Florida, where he completed a drug-treatment program and was released from custody in April 2013.

[15][19] On 23 May 2024, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that Anthony Curcio and another Washington man, Iosif Bondarchuk, had been charged with wire fraud stemming from allegations of fraudulently rated trading cards.

[20] According to FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Smith, "For over two years, Anthony Curcio and Joe Bondarchuk allegedly manipulated common-level trading cards to fraudulently inflate the retail price from its true market value by assigning false validity grades, resulting in more than $2 million in victim losses.