Chapter 15 - The Corporate Betrayal
By Wednesday morning, the contents of Leo’s flash drive were securely uploaded to the server of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Houston Police Department's homicide cold case division.
The financial audit documents revealed a massive web of offshore shell companies used by Grant Ashford to embezzle over fifty million dollars from the Ashford Trust.
Local news networks in Houston and Austin picked up the breaking story within hours, splashing headlines across every major national broadcast.
“Billionaire Tycoon Grant Ashford Implicated in Decades-Old Brother's Disappearance and Embezzlement Scandal.”
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The Ashford industrial stock plummeted twenty-eight percent before the stock market even opened for trading.
Board members began emergency resignation procedures, distancing themselves from Grant's criminal enterprise.
