Nancy Drew

I know a little about the recent developments at the private safe deposit box company in David. After attempting since Christmas to gain entry to her box (always one excuse or another) my friend (with the help of her 3rd lawyer, the prosecuting attorney, a locksmith, and the entire David forensics team) was finally allowed access into the box which she had paid for. It was not completely empty. However there was some very valuable jewelry missing from the box. The estimated value of the missing jewelry is about $40,000. My friend spent thousands of dollars on lawyers, translators, locksmiths, etc just to be able to gain access to her box. The jewelry is long gone to a Costa Rica pawn shop and, of course, nobody can prove she actually put it in the box. She took photos of all the jewelry she put in the box but that isn't proof that she actually put it in or that she didn't take it out later. Now the company is suing her for slander because she told a few friends about her troubles and that caused them to lose business. The company has also threatened to sue News.Boquete (the local email distribution community service) for sending out warnings about them from Alto al Crimen. Another resident of Bocas del Toro lost about $80,000 cash out of his box. And, as Dave has posted here, he lost $6000 cash. oNE W At last count there were 9 denuncias pending against this company. Anybody who hasn't removed their stuff and closed their account is a fool.