Plot

A money van carrying $3.2 million is robbed. One of the two drivers is shot dead. Caine manages to track the stolen money, which turns out to be counterfeit.

Paul Donlan survived, unlike his colleague, an attack with heavy caliber and explosives to rob $3.2 million from his lightly armored van, sent from Robert Mackenzie's bank branch. Horatio happened to be nearby for family business and soon tracks down the partner of the killer, whom he had to shoot for resisting arrest. FBI Agent Peter Elliott gets involved as it turns out the cash was counterfeit, made from Iraqi dollar-like banknotes. Donlan's motive means a major twist, exposing a surprising conspiracy.—KGF Vissers

An armored track transports money from a bank when it stopped by two attackers. Both one of the tracks' guards and one of the robbers are killed during the initial encounter. The other robber escapes with millions in cash, but he is soon arrested. The retrieved money is determined to be counterfeit. The CSI team believes that the guards had conspired to switch the real money with the counterfeit prior to the unrelated robbery. The surviving guard claims that someone kidnapped his beloved sister Mary Donlan, and that he was blackmailed to assist a heist plan in exchange for her life. The CSI team finds clues that Mary may have staged her own kidnapping, and that she is the mastermind behind the heist. Meanwhile, Horatio has a nasty surprise in his personal life. His widowed sister-in-law (and love interest) Yelina had discovered the existence of Horatio's niece Madison. She believes the child to be Horatio's illegitimate daughter, and she seems quite angry with him.—Dimos I