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A Villainous Plan

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Sep 21, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Midnight Home Invasion And Bomb Threat

  • Mat Yusman and his 70-year-old mother were held in a home invasion where masked men bound him and threatened him with a bomb.
  • The kidnappers demanded $4.2 million and later strapped what appeared to be a device to his waist to force compliance.
ANECDOTE

CEO Forced To Empty Vault Under Threats

  • Mark Zigler, a credit union CEO, was forced at gunpoint to rob his own vault under threats to his family and with specific ransom demands.
  • The kidnappers monitored him via a phone in his pocket and escaped when told to "abort" as police approached.
ANECDOTE

Family Held At Gunpoint With Baby Used As Leverage

  • Tanner Harris and his wife were terrorized at gunpoint while their infant was held hostage and forced to load cash from his bank.
  • The kidnappers took $195,000 and left the family traumatized though physically alive.
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