Ron Brandt, who used the alias of Sal Martino, was a fake hostage, unknown to the others in the bank robbery on New Amsterdam Bank and Trust on Lex who included Castle and his mother Martha. Brandt works in military contractors and his connections saved him from prosecution for domestic abuse. Because of that, his wife Tanya and son Connor faked their deaths and went into hiding. Once he had the information he needed and was returned to the hostages, he faked a seizure, which was strengthen by a medical bracelet he had on him.