Chapter 14 - Federal Prosecutors File Multiple Felony Charges
The next morning, the federal courthouse steps in downtown Manhattan were swarming with hundreds of journalists and camera crews.
The District Attorney held an emergency televised press conference announcing the multi-count federal indictment against the Vances.
Charges included treason, corporate espionage, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit murder, and fraudulent death declarations.
Television screens across America broadcasted mugshots of Arthur and Eleanor looking frail, panicked, and utterly defeated.
Wall Street reacted instantly, trading Vance Global Industries stock down ninety-five percent within the first hour of market opening.
Board members scrambled to resign en masse, distancing themselves from the radioactive corporate corruption scandal of the decade.
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Maren watched the broadcast from a secure safehouse, drinking her coffee while federal prosecutors detailed her survival story.
The truth was finally out in the open, protected by federal law and impossible for any amount of family wealth to suppress.
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