Chapter 16 - Federal Investigators Raid Stanford Offices
The next forty-eight hours transformed the gleaming glass tower of Stanford Development into a buzzing hive of federal investigators.
Filing cabinets were hauled out by the truckload, and digital servers were mirrored byte-by-byte by cybercrime forensics teams.
Corbin worked tirelessly alongside federal prosecutors, signing over every necessary document to ensure complete institutional transparency.
He made sure Lianna and baby Austin were safely relocated to a secure penthouse suite downtown with 24-hour federal protection.
Arthur Pendelton, realizing he was facing forty years in prison, offered a full confession in exchange for federal witness protection.
“Arthur gave us the ledger containing every bribe paid to local politicians and judges to keep Julian’s murder investigation buried,” Marcus reported.
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“Good. Let every single corrupt official fall with them; we are cleaning house from top to bottom,” Corbin replied without hesitation.
The old guard of Stanford Development was completely wiped out, leaving a clean slate for an ethical corporate rebirth.
