Chapter 17 - The Offshore Accounts
Federal auditors in Switzerland froze three private bank accounts holding thirty million dollars belonging to Clara's estate.
The Swiss government agreed to extradite the primary banker, Jean-Luc Dupont, to face federal fraud charges in the United States.
Dupont arrived at Logan International Airport under armed guard, immediately agreeing to a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
"Mrs. Vance instructed me to transfer five million dollars from Lily's trust every six months," Dupont testified during his deposition.
"She used forged power of attorney documents bearing her late daughter's altered signature," the banker revealed under oath.
Agent Miller compiled the testimony into a master indictment, sealing Eleanor's legal fate beyond any shadow of a doubt.
With her assets frozen and her high-priced lawyers behind bars, Eleanor was left completely bankrupt inside her jail cell.
Her dark red winter coat and designer clothes were replaced by standard prison attire, her influence completely shattered.
Yet inside her cell, Eleanor sat staring at the concrete wall, her eyes filled with an unyielding, pathological malice.
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She whispered to her cellmate that she still had one final card to play before the federal trial began.
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