Case #054 - The Mysterious Suitcase & The Fraudster
Jul 05, 2023•26 min•Season 8Ep. 54
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Episode description
A suitcase was found floating in the Waitematā Harbour in 1966. Its contents kicked off an international manhunt and one of Aotearoa's biggest fraudsters. Joseph Sheehan BEM was a detective on the case.
In 1966, the captain of the Salvation Army barge was heading up the Waitematā Harbour when he spotted a mysterious suitcase floating in the water.
He fished it out and discovered documents from the cosmetics company Leidrum and Hartnell.
A company which turned out to be a sham. The man behind it, Robert Gardner, had already left the country. Sending Joseph Sheehan, a detective sergeant at the time, on an international man.
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