I Went to Get Water: What Really Happened to the Millions That Vanished in the Great Brink's Heist?

23 years after the Brink's heist in the north, a Maariv reporter returns to the case: a security guard hired under a false identity stole a vehicle with 4.7 million shekels and disappeared. Investigator Maman tells how his identity was exposed, about the searches that reached his grandmother's grave, about his conviction for forgery, fraud, and theft, about his sentence (seven years, five in prison), and about the fact that only about 700,000 shekels were recovered. Most of the money was not found.

23 years after the Brink's heist in the north, a Maariv reporter returns to the case in which a security guard hired under a false identity stole an armored vehicle with 4.7 million shekels and disappeared. Investigator Maman, who investigated the case, tells how the true identity of Ilan Koperman-Segal was exposed through fingerprints, forged documents, and a hard drive hidden at a neighbor's house. The money was not located, despite searches that reached the opening of his grandmother's grave. Koperman-Segal was also convicted of defrauding the National Insurance Institute of 281,719 shekels and of harassment, and was sentenced to seven years in prison (five in actual prison) and a fine of 2.3 million shekels. About 700,000 shekels were recovered, but most of the money disappeared. Maman objects to the image of Koperman-Segal as someone who outsmarted the system, and claims that he bore a heavy sentence and did not appear to live a life of luxury.