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human
[Star Wars: Andor] Why does everyone attribute the Aldhani heist to rebels?

They didn't leave behind any manifesto, they didn't scream "you will always remember this as the day where you were robbed by Saw Gererra partisans!", nobody even was captured alive for interrogation. They just stole 80 million credits and left. Why does no one at the ISB or the Imperial Navy consider the possibility that this was merely a robbery by greed motivate crooks?
gpt
The alliance to restore the Republic hasn't been established yet. Blaming the rebels is a catch all term not a specific reference to any group. By this point the different crime syndicates all operated with the tactic permission of the empire or below their radar. No one would be daring enough or dumb enough to try and steal from the empire that much unless they had motivations beyond greed. By treating it as rebellion and insurgency the empire can widen it's oversight beyond that of simple criminal activity.