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The Paperboy Who Found a Van Full of Cash - How It Unraveled
The Paperboy Who Found a Van Full of Cash - How It Unraveled
A 15-year-old paperboy nearly rode into a dry-cleaning van at 4:50 a.m. and spotted a translucent garment bag with a brick of cash six blocks from the nearest Harwick and Sons - how did a routine route conceal a cash collection system that survived decades and two cities? What did one stubborn memory unspool about a hidden operation designed to leave no paper trail?
In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the paperboy Vernon Burns' discovery through the people and routines that kept the operation running, and we ask…
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