Chapter 13 - The Dramatic Federal Raid On Caldwell Consulting Headquarters
Simultaneously, a second wave of federal law enforcement officers entered the auxiliary data storage facility used by Caldwell Consulting in New Jersey.
Armed with expanded warrants, agents seized dozens of physical server racks containing mirrored backups of Marcus’s secret financial ledgers.
The lead digital forensic specialist plugged an extraction drive into the primary mainframe, downloading terabytes of encrypted communication files.
These files contained email threads between Marcus and several corrupt municipal zoning officials who accepted bribes for downtown building permits.
Every illicit deal, every falsified inspection report, and every offshore wire transfer receipt was now secured in federal custody.
Back in Manhattan, news crews gathered on the sidewalk outside the Caldwell Consulting building, broadcasting live updates to millions of viewers.
Financial news anchors breathlessly reported on the multi-million-dollar fraud scandal that was bringing down one of Wall Street’s elite firms.
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Inside her office, Claire watched the live broadcast on her tablet, knowing that Marcus’s legal defenses had been completely obliterated.
The trap was fully sprung, and there was no legal maneuver left in the world that could save her ex-business partner from ruin.
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