Yes. I do think that. They were stupid enough to do this in the first place.
News: This just in, we have an artists depiction of a man who stole some formal money alone with no help from any organisation and here is an artist's depiction of him from descriptions. Keep a close eye out, call crime stoppers, and hide your wallets if you see him.
Sound legit.
So you really have never seen the news? You've never heard the term "an artist's depiction" before? It means, a drawing of the suspect as the artist depicts from the witness descriptions, and I would be completely stupid in this case.