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Keys in the River: Inside the Perfectly Planned Holiday Heist

Keys in the River: Inside the Perfectly Planned Holiday Heist

Fear that everything you thought was secure can be turned into a vulnerability - 312 safety-deposit box keys, each stamped Harwick Savings and Loan, found in a river three blocks from the branch the morning after a holiday. Who moved them, how were internal credentials duplicated, and why had the operation been planned for at least fourteen months?

In this episode, we follow the timeline from a catfish line pull at 6:15 AM on July 5, 2011 to the discovery of a skimmer and microscopic adhesive inside the lock box housing, tracing…

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