Introduction

The Lazarus Heist is a BBC World Service original podcast. It chronicles the story of an epic bank robbery essentially where North Korean hackers try to spirit away a billion dollars from a Bangladeshi bank. As the hosts of the show follow the money, the listeners are introduced to an increasingly intricate like spider web of mysteries. We hear about how the story runs through the underground gangster world of the yakuza in Japan. The true stories that are told in this thing are absolutely unfathomable.