embedded in significant parts of Le Roux's business, from phar- macy negotiations in the United States to phosphorous shipments in Manila. He had access to the bank accounts of at least ten of Le Roux's companies in Hong Kong, through which more than $200 million had passed in the previous two years. Some of that money had been funneled into gold bars, over three hundred of them, purchased from a Swiss company called Metalor. In 2010, Shul- man purchased a pair of houses, in Yuen Long and Sheung Shui, each outfitted with a safe in which to stash Le Roux's gold. Shul- man held the only keys to both safes.

Shulman had earned several hundred thousand dollars for this work over the years, and in turn had brought on other former Duvdevan colleagues: Yoav Hen, who appeared on the Brazilian wires using the name "Eddie"; Zion Fadlon's brother Daniel, aka "Gaddafi," due to his Libyan-Jewish heritage; and Omer Gavish, a twenty-six-year-old who filled his Facebook feed with photos from his Hong Kong adventures. Each was paid a few thousand dollars a month to help guard the gold stashes. When they asked questions about the boss, Shulman told them he was a Dutch busi- nessman and they were better off not knowing more.

Now they were about to learn the rest. Shulman's arrest set off a chain of events in Hong Kong that soon bordered on the ridicu- lous. On May 1, the day after the raid, Shulman's Israeli cowork- ers began to receive messages directly from Le Roux, captured on the Brazilian wires, telling them to liquidate his gold. The only problem was, the gold was locked in safes inside the two stash houses, and none of them had the keys. First they tried getting into Shulman's apartment, but found it sealed off by the authorities. Le Roux told them to use brute force. They went to a hardware store, bought some metal-cutting tools, and got to work. At the Yuen Long house, they pried a safe out of the wall using a crowbar, and then cut a hole in the back, discovering 161 gold bars, which they placed into duffel bags.

When they arrived at the second house, they were met by an-