The Real Reason Behind "The Heist"

I do have to ask the League community, rhetorically speaking of course, why exactly did the Heist pop up? There doesn't seem to be a reason behind it does there? Just a reason for Riot to give cool shit at a lower price?

And interesting enough, a lot of players went on to report on the forums that they were missing skins and champions from the store. An interesting bug that only a few players encountered. Specifically, the players of the RAF program.

Ok... enough beating around the bush, this was a huge event brought on by Riot to take action against the RAF botters. How do I know this? I was one. Well, I didn't buy my account, but my friend linked botted accounts on LoL so I could get the RAF rewards as a going away gift for me. I had a feeling for a while my account would eventually get nuked, but I'm not here to whine. I tried to cheat the system, and I should get punished for it, no matter the huge amount of money I have dumped on this game in the past. It's not very formal, but I do apologize to Riot. I also am going to say, well played... whoever decided on this. I refuse to believe this was mere coincidence. I'm probably going to buy Pickpocket Twitch and Safecracker Eve just because of how impressed I am.

As for any Reds, if you're willing, I'd like to get the brains behind this operation to post on this thread. If we're not on speaking terms yet Rito, that's cool too.