There's a world outside the US, you know ... and whatever I might think of the English (and, having spent a lot of my life living in England, I have every right to think it), they do do a good gentleman thief.
And I wouldn’t be surprised to find that New Zealand or Australia could produce one of their own … or (perhaps more likely) India.
So, take heart … you might find an English speaking, light fingered role model worth emulating yet 😉