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The privacy invasion was vast when FBI agents drilled and pried their way into 1,400 safe-deposit boxes at the U.S. Private Vaults store in Beverly Hills.

They rummaged through personal belongings of a jazz saxophone player, an interior designer, a retired doctor, a flooring contractor, two Century City lawyers and hundreds of others.

Agents took photos and videos of pay stubs, password lists, credit cards, a prenuptial agreement, immigration and vaccination records, bank statements, heirlooms and a will, court records show. In one box, agents found cremated human remains...

Let's cut to the chase

In the raid's aftermath, the criminal case against U.S. Private Vaults sputtered to an end with nobody sent to prison.

The company went out of business. It was sentenced to pay a $1.1-million fine for laundering drug money, but prosecutors conceded it lacked the means to pay it.

Under a plea deal [*sigh*], the U.S. attorney's office agreed not to prosecute the company’s owners, despite a Justice Department policy under Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland [who?] to hold individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing -- and despite Zellhart telling Kim it was "owned and managed by criminals."

No, really, the chase has an ending, minus the part where perjury charges are filed...

Prosecutors falsely accused the man of fraud, racketeering, conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering. FBI agent Madison MacDonald — who co-authored the raid plan — filed a sworn statement saying the allegations were true.... On March 9, nearly a year after the FBI seized the man's [documents] cash and gold, Scarsi ordered the government to give it back.

Gee, I hope we don't see a repeat.. I mean, the FBI? Lying? Can't believe it, not the FBI.

The following is a preemptive shhh!:

Please note that the ball starting rolling in 2015. I forget who was president then, but let's just agree that it doesn't make a bit of difference